1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
5 - Added REDIRECT_URL support
6 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
7 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
8 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
10 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
11 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
12 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
13 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
14 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
15 - Improved PAR support
16 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
17 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
18 - Static::Simple changes:
19 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
21 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
22 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
24 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
25 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
26 - Switched to Module::Install
27 - Renamed tests for easier editing
28 - Reformatted documentation
29 - Renamed -nonew to -force
31 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
33 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
35 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
36 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
38 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
39 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
40 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
41 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
43 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
44 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
46 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
47 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
49 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
50 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
53 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
54 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
56 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
57 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
59 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
63 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
64 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
65 - Fixed args handling in forward()
66 - Fixed forwarding to classes
67 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
68 - Fixed relative forwarding
69 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
71 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
72 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
75 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
76 - Improved format of startup debug log.
77 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
78 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
79 if the browser is closed.
80 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
81 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
83 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
84 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
85 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
86 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
87 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
88 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
90 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
91 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
92 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
93 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
94 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
95 parent app is shut down.
96 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
98 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
99 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
100 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
102 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
104 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
105 - Whole new dispatcher!
107 - Added path_to method
108 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
110 - Added a new welcome screen.
111 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
112 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
113 - Added self restarting test server
114 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
115 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
116 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
117 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
118 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
119 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
121 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
122 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
123 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
124 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
126 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
127 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
129 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
130 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
133 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
134 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
135 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
136 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
137 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
138 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
140 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
141 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
142 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
143 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
144 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
145 kill loggging for a whole request.
146 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
147 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
148 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
149 coverage and maintainability.
150 - Added fork support to built in test server.
151 - Fixed all memory leaks.
152 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
153 core to be thread-safe.
154 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
156 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
157 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
158 - Improved documentation
159 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
160 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
161 action. (Andy Grundman)
162 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
164 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
165 - Now with updated manifest.
167 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
168 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
170 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
172 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
173 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
174 - added arguments for detach
175 - new credits section in pod
176 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
177 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
179 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
181 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
183 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
184 - Fix for inheritance bug.
185 - Allow forward with arguments.
187 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
188 - make module build cons README automatically.
189 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
190 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
191 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
192 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
193 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
194 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
195 - added $c->request->cookie
196 - added Catalyst::Setup
197 - refactored Catalyst::import()
198 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
199 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
200 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
202 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
203 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
204 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
206 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
207 - improved base locating in MP engines
208 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
209 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
210 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
212 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
213 - fixed a bug in https detection
214 - fixed auto chain finally
215 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
217 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
218 - improved uploads and parameters
219 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
220 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
221 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
222 - fixed win32 installer
223 - added deep recursion detection
225 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
226 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
227 in Path and Regex attributes
228 - new helper templates
229 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
230 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
231 instance (not the same app!)
233 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
234 - added support for MP registry scripts
235 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
236 - added SpeedyCGI engine
238 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
239 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
240 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
241 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
242 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
243 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
244 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
245 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
246 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
247 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
249 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
250 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
251 - added Plugins chapter to manual
252 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
253 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
254 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
255 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
256 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
257 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
258 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
260 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
263 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
264 - some documentation bugs fixed
265 - added Catalyst::Utils
266 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
267 - fixed upload bug with MP19
268 - added $c->req->body
269 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
270 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
272 - extended attribute handling
273 - added global config for components
275 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
276 - new core to support inheritance trees
277 - new syntax for action declaration
278 - new helper system using TT2
279 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
280 - added Test::Pod support
281 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
282 - added option to run tests against a remote server
283 - renamed errors() to error()
285 - countless minor improvements
286 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
287 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
289 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
290 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
291 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
292 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
293 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
295 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
296 - updated helper scripts
297 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
298 the script directory. We promise!
300 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
301 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
302 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
303 - removed cgi-server.pl
304 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
305 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
306 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
307 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
309 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
310 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
312 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
313 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
314 - previous release was borked!
315 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
317 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
318 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
319 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
320 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
321 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
322 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
323 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
324 - updated helper scripts
325 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
326 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
328 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
329 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
330 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
332 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
334 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
335 - debug message for parameters
336 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
338 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
339 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
341 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
342 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
344 - more debug messages
347 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
348 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
349 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
351 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
352 - updated cookbook example
353 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
355 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
356 - no more regex actions in forward
357 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
359 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
360 - catch errors in application class
361 - handle die properly.
363 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
366 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
367 - moved bin to script
369 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
370 - improved documentation
371 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
374 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
375 - server_base sucks, removed
376 - added $c->log->dump()
378 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
379 - removed some warnings
381 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
383 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
385 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
386 - improved documentation
388 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
389 - fixed more little bugs
391 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
392 - improved documentation
393 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
395 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
396 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
397 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
398 !?default, !?begin and !?end
399 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
400 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
403 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
404 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
405 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
407 - improved documentation for actions
409 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
410 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
411 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
413 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
414 - error reporting for app class
415 - no more engine debug messages
416 - class->method forwards get resolved now
418 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
419 - friendlier statistics
421 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
422 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
424 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
427 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
428 - real version number for CPAN.pm
429 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
430 - more statistics in debug logs
431 - ? prefix for forward()
433 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
434 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
435 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
437 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
438 - added ? for prefixed actions
441 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
442 - arguments for _default
443 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
444 - added $c->req->method
446 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
447 - POD fixes and improvements
449 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
450 - first development release