1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
4 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
5 was not run. (Eric Wong)
6 - Cleaned up generated tests
7 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
8 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
9 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
10 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
12 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
13 - Updated prereq versions
15 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
16 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
17 - Added YAML config support
18 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
19 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
20 correct execution order.
21 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
22 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
23 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
24 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
25 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
26 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
27 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
29 - Exceptions now return status 500.
30 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
31 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
32 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
33 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
34 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
35 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
36 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
38 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
39 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
41 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
42 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
43 including those that attach to /
44 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
45 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
46 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
47 using $c->req->params('foo').
48 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
50 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
51 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
52 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
53 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
54 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
55 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
57 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
58 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
59 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
60 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
61 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
62 - Improved PAR support
63 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
64 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
65 - Static::Simple changes:
66 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
68 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
69 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
71 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
72 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
73 - Switched to Module::Install
74 - Renamed tests for easier editing
75 - Reformatted documentation
76 - Renamed -nonew to -force
78 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
80 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
82 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
83 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
85 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
86 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
87 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
88 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
90 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
91 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
93 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
94 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
96 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
97 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
100 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
101 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
103 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
104 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
106 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
110 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
111 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
112 - Fixed args handling in forward()
113 - Fixed forwarding to classes
114 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
115 - Fixed relative forwarding
116 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
118 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
119 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
122 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
123 - Improved format of startup debug log.
124 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
125 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
126 if the browser is closed.
127 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
128 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
130 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
131 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
132 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
133 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
134 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
135 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
137 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
138 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
139 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
140 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
141 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
142 parent app is shut down.
143 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
145 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
146 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
147 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
149 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
151 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
152 - Whole new dispatcher!
154 - Added path_to method
155 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
157 - Added a new welcome screen.
158 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
159 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
160 - Added self restarting test server
161 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
162 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
163 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
164 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
165 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
166 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
168 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
169 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
170 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
171 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
173 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
174 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
176 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
177 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
180 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
181 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
182 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
183 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
184 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
185 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
187 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
188 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
189 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
190 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
191 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
192 kill loggging for a whole request.
193 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
194 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
195 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
196 coverage and maintainability.
197 - Added fork support to built in test server.
198 - Fixed all memory leaks.
199 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
200 core to be thread-safe.
201 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
203 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
204 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
205 - Improved documentation
206 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
207 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
208 action. (Andy Grundman)
209 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
211 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
212 - Now with updated manifest.
214 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
215 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
217 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
219 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
220 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
221 - added arguments for detach
222 - new credits section in pod
223 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
224 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
226 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
228 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
230 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
231 - Fix for inheritance bug.
232 - Allow forward with arguments.
234 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
235 - make module build cons README automatically.
236 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
237 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
238 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
239 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
240 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
241 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
242 - added $c->request->cookie
243 - added Catalyst::Setup
244 - refactored Catalyst::import()
245 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
246 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
247 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
249 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
250 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
251 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
253 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
254 - improved base locating in MP engines
255 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
256 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
257 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
259 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
260 - fixed a bug in https detection
261 - fixed auto chain finally
262 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
264 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
265 - improved uploads and parameters
266 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
267 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
268 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
269 - fixed win32 installer
270 - added deep recursion detection
272 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
273 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
274 in Path and Regex attributes
275 - new helper templates
276 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
277 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
278 instance (not the same app!)
280 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
281 - added support for MP registry scripts
282 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
283 - added SpeedyCGI engine
285 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
286 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
287 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
288 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
289 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
290 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
291 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
292 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
293 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
294 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
296 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
297 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
298 - added Plugins chapter to manual
299 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
300 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
301 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
302 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
303 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
304 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
305 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
307 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
310 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
311 - some documentation bugs fixed
312 - added Catalyst::Utils
313 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
314 - fixed upload bug with MP19
315 - added $c->req->body
316 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
317 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
319 - extended attribute handling
320 - added global config for components
322 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
323 - new core to support inheritance trees
324 - new syntax for action declaration
325 - new helper system using TT2
326 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
327 - added Test::Pod support
328 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
329 - added option to run tests against a remote server
330 - renamed errors() to error()
332 - countless minor improvements
333 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
334 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
336 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
337 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
338 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
339 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
340 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
342 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
343 - updated helper scripts
344 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
345 the script directory. We promise!
347 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
348 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
349 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
350 - removed cgi-server.pl
351 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
352 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
353 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
354 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
356 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
357 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
359 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
360 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
361 - previous release was borked!
362 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
364 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
365 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
366 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
367 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
368 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
369 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
370 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
371 - updated helper scripts
372 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
373 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
375 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
376 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
377 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
379 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
381 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
382 - debug message for parameters
383 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
385 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
386 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
388 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
389 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
391 - more debug messages
394 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
395 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
396 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
398 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
399 - updated cookbook example
400 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
402 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
403 - no more regex actions in forward
404 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
406 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
407 - catch errors in application class
408 - handle die properly.
410 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
413 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
414 - moved bin to script
416 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
417 - improved documentation
418 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
421 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
422 - server_base sucks, removed
423 - added $c->log->dump()
425 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
426 - removed some warnings
428 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
430 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
432 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
433 - improved documentation
435 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
436 - fixed more little bugs
438 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
439 - improved documentation
440 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
442 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
443 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
444 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
445 !?default, !?begin and !?end
446 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
447 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
450 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
451 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
452 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
454 - improved documentation for actions
456 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
457 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
458 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
460 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
461 - error reporting for app class
462 - no more engine debug messages
463 - class->method forwards get resolved now
465 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
466 - friendlier statistics
468 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
469 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
471 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
474 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
475 - real version number for CPAN.pm
476 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
477 - more statistics in debug logs
478 - ? prefix for forward()
480 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
481 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
482 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
484 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
485 - added ? for prefixed actions
488 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
489 - arguments for _default
490 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
491 - added $c->req->method
493 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
494 - POD fixes and improvements
496 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
497 - first development release