1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
4 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
5 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
6 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
7 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
8 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
9 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
10 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
11 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
12 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
13 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
14 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
15 - Added ActionClass attribute
16 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
17 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
18 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
19 - cleaned up logging and debug output
21 - Added warning for setup being called twice
22 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
23 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
27 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
28 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
30 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
31 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
33 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
34 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
35 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
38 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
39 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
41 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
43 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
45 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
46 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
47 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
48 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
50 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
51 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
53 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
54 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
55 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
56 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
57 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
58 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
59 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
60 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
61 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
62 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
63 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
64 to more sane settings.
65 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
66 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
67 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
68 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
69 (stress tests run 12% faster)
70 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
72 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
73 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
74 - Cleaned generated tests
75 - Added Root controller concept
76 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
78 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
79 - Added plugin introspection.
80 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
81 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
82 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
84 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
85 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
86 was not run. (Eric Wong)
87 - Cleaned up generated tests
88 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
89 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
90 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
91 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
93 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
94 - Updated prereq versions
96 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
97 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
98 - Added YAML config support
99 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
100 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
101 correct execution order.
102 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
103 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
104 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
105 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
106 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
107 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
108 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
110 - Exceptions now return status 500.
111 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
112 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
113 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
114 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
115 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
116 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
117 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
119 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
120 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
122 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
123 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
124 including those that attach to /
125 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
126 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
127 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
128 using $c->req->params('foo').
129 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
131 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
132 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
133 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
134 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
135 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
136 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
138 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
139 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
140 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
141 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
142 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
143 - Improved PAR support
144 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
145 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
146 - Static::Simple changes:
147 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
149 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
150 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
152 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
153 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
154 - Switched to Module::Install
155 - Renamed tests for easier editing
156 - Reformatted documentation
157 - Renamed -nonew to -force
159 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
161 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
163 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
164 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
165 request. (Sam Vilain)
166 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
167 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
168 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
169 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
171 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
172 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
174 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
175 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
177 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
178 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
181 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
182 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
184 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
185 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
187 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
191 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
192 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
193 - Fixed args handling in forward()
194 - Fixed forwarding to classes
195 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
196 - Fixed relative forwarding
197 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
199 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
200 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
203 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
204 - Improved format of startup debug log.
205 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
206 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
207 if the browser is closed.
208 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
209 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
211 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
212 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
213 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
214 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
215 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
216 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
218 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
219 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
220 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
221 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
222 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
223 parent app is shut down.
224 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
226 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
227 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
228 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
230 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
232 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
233 - Whole new dispatcher!
235 - Added path_to method
236 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
238 - Added a new welcome screen.
239 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
240 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
241 - Added self restarting test server
242 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
243 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
244 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
245 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
246 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
247 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
249 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
250 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
251 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
252 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
254 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
255 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
257 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
258 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
261 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
262 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
263 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
264 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
265 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
266 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
268 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
269 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
270 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
271 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
272 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
273 kill loggging for a whole request.
274 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
275 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
276 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
277 coverage and maintainability.
278 - Added fork support to built in test server.
279 - Fixed all memory leaks.
280 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
281 core to be thread-safe.
282 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
284 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
285 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
286 - Improved documentation
287 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
288 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
289 action. (Andy Grundman)
290 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
292 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
293 - Now with updated manifest.
295 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
296 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
298 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
300 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
301 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
302 - added arguments for detach
303 - new credits section in pod
304 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
305 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
307 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
309 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
311 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
312 - Fix for inheritance bug.
313 - Allow forward with arguments.
315 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
316 - make module build cons README automatically.
317 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
318 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
319 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
320 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
321 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
322 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
323 - added $c->request->cookie
324 - added Catalyst::Setup
325 - refactored Catalyst::import()
326 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
327 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
328 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
330 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
331 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
332 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
334 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
335 - improved base locating in MP engines
336 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
337 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
338 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
340 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
341 - fixed a bug in https detection
342 - fixed auto chain finally
343 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
345 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
346 - improved uploads and parameters
347 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
348 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
349 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
350 - fixed win32 installer
351 - added deep recursion detection
353 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
354 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
355 in Path and Regex attributes
356 - new helper templates
357 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
358 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
359 instance (not the same app!)
361 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
362 - added support for MP registry scripts
363 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
364 - added SpeedyCGI engine
366 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
367 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
368 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
369 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
370 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
371 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
372 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
373 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
374 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
375 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
377 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
378 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
379 - added Plugins chapter to manual
380 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
381 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
382 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
383 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
384 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
385 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
386 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
388 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
391 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
392 - some documentation bugs fixed
393 - added Catalyst::Utils
394 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
395 - fixed upload bug with MP19
396 - added $c->req->body
397 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
398 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
400 - extended attribute handling
401 - added global config for components
403 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
404 - new core to support inheritance trees
405 - new syntax for action declaration
406 - new helper system using TT2
407 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
408 - added Test::Pod support
409 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
410 - added option to run tests against a remote server
411 - renamed errors() to error()
413 - countless minor improvements
414 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
415 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
417 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
418 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
419 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
420 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
421 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
423 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
424 - updated helper scripts
425 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
426 the script directory. We promise!
428 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
429 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
430 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
431 - removed cgi-server.pl
432 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
433 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
434 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
435 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
437 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
438 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
440 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
441 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
442 - previous release was borked!
443 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
445 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
446 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
447 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
448 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
449 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
450 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
451 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
452 - updated helper scripts
453 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
454 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
456 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
457 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
458 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
460 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
462 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
463 - debug message for parameters
464 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
466 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
467 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
469 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
470 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
472 - more debug messages
475 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
476 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
477 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
479 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
480 - updated cookbook example
481 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
483 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
484 - no more regex actions in forward
485 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
487 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
488 - catch errors in application class
489 - handle die properly.
491 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
494 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
495 - moved bin to script
497 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
498 - improved documentation
499 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
502 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
503 - server_base sucks, removed
504 - added $c->log->dump()
506 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
507 - removed some warnings
509 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
511 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
513 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
514 - improved documentation
516 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
517 - fixed more little bugs
519 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
520 - improved documentation
521 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
523 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
524 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
525 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
526 !?default, !?begin and !?end
527 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
528 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
531 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
532 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
533 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
535 - improved documentation for actions
537 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
538 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
539 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
541 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
542 - error reporting for app class
543 - no more engine debug messages
544 - class->method forwards get resolved now
546 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
547 - friendlier statistics
549 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
550 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
552 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
555 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
556 - real version number for CPAN.pm
557 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
558 - more statistics in debug logs
559 - ? prefix for forward()
561 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
562 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
563 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
565 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
566 - added ? for prefixed actions
569 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
570 - arguments for _default
571 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
572 - added $c->req->method
574 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
575 - POD fixes and improvements
577 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
578 - first development release