1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug.
6 - add _application accessor
8 - Allow use Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
9 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
11 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
12 - Additions and updates to tutorial
14 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
15 - unescape captures to match args
16 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
17 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
18 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
20 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
21 - fix for component loading
22 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
25 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
26 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
27 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
28 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
31 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
33 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
34 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
35 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
37 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
40 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
42 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
43 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
44 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
45 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
46 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
47 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
48 Module::Pluggable::Object
49 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
50 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
51 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
52 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
53 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
54 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
55 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
56 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
57 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
58 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
59 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
60 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
61 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
62 - Added ActionClass attribute
63 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
64 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
65 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
66 - cleaned up logging and debug output
67 - significant documentation revisions
68 - Added warning for setup being called twice
69 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
70 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
74 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
75 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
77 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
78 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
80 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
81 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
82 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
85 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
86 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
88 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
90 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
92 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
93 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
94 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
95 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
97 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
98 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
100 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
101 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
102 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
103 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
104 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
105 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
106 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
107 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
108 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
109 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
110 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
111 to more sane settings.
112 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
113 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
114 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
115 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
116 (stress tests run 12% faster)
117 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
119 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
120 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
121 - Cleaned generated tests
122 - Added Root controller concept
123 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
125 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
126 - Added plugin introspection.
127 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
128 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
129 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
131 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
132 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
133 was not run. (Eric Wong)
134 - Cleaned up generated tests
135 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
136 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
137 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
138 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
140 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
141 - Updated prereq versions
143 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
144 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
145 - Added YAML config support
146 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
147 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
148 correct execution order.
149 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
150 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
151 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
152 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
153 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
154 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
155 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
157 - Exceptions now return status 500.
158 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
159 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
160 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
161 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
162 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
163 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
164 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
166 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
167 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
169 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
170 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
171 including those that attach to /
172 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
173 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
174 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
175 using $c->req->params('foo').
176 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
178 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
179 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
180 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
181 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
182 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
183 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
185 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
186 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
187 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
188 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
189 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
190 - Improved PAR support
191 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
192 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
193 - Static::Simple changes:
194 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
196 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
197 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
199 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
200 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
201 - Switched to Module::Install
202 - Renamed tests for easier editing
203 - Reformatted documentation
204 - Renamed -nonew to -force
206 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
208 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
210 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
211 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
212 request. (Sam Vilain)
213 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
214 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
215 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
216 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
218 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
219 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
221 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
222 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
224 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
225 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
228 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
229 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
231 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
232 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
234 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
238 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
239 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
240 - Fixed args handling in forward()
241 - Fixed forwarding to classes
242 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
243 - Fixed relative forwarding
244 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
246 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
247 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
250 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
251 - Improved format of startup debug log.
252 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
253 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
254 if the browser is closed.
255 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
256 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
258 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
259 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
260 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
261 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
262 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
263 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
265 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
266 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
267 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
268 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
269 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
270 parent app is shut down.
271 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
273 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
274 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
275 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
277 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
279 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
280 - Whole new dispatcher!
282 - Added path_to method
283 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
285 - Added a new welcome screen.
286 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
287 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
288 - Added self restarting test server
289 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
290 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
291 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
292 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
293 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
294 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
296 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
297 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
298 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
299 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
301 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
302 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
304 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
305 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
308 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
309 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
310 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
311 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
312 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
313 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
315 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
316 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
317 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
318 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
319 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
320 kill loggging for a whole request.
321 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
322 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
323 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
324 coverage and maintainability.
325 - Added fork support to built in test server.
326 - Fixed all memory leaks.
327 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
328 core to be thread-safe.
329 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
331 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
332 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
333 - Improved documentation
334 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
335 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
336 action. (Andy Grundman)
337 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
339 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
340 - Now with updated manifest.
342 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
343 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
345 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
347 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
348 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
349 - added arguments for detach
350 - new credits section in pod
351 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
352 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
354 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
356 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
358 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
359 - Fix for inheritance bug.
360 - Allow forward with arguments.
362 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
363 - make module build cons README automatically.
364 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
365 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
366 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
367 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
368 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
369 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
370 - added $c->request->cookie
371 - added Catalyst::Setup
372 - refactored Catalyst::import()
373 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
374 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
375 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
377 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
378 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
379 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
381 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
382 - improved base locating in MP engines
383 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
384 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
385 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
387 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
388 - fixed a bug in https detection
389 - fixed auto chain finally
390 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
392 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
393 - improved uploads and parameters
394 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
395 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
396 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
397 - fixed win32 installer
398 - added deep recursion detection
400 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
401 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
402 in Path and Regex attributes
403 - new helper templates
404 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
405 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
406 instance (not the same app!)
408 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
409 - added support for MP registry scripts
410 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
411 - added SpeedyCGI engine
413 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
414 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
415 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
416 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
417 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
418 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
419 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
420 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
421 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
422 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
424 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
425 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
426 - added Plugins chapter to manual
427 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
428 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
429 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
430 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
431 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
432 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
433 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
435 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
438 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
439 - some documentation bugs fixed
440 - added Catalyst::Utils
441 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
442 - fixed upload bug with MP19
443 - added $c->req->body
444 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
445 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
447 - extended attribute handling
448 - added global config for components
450 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
451 - new core to support inheritance trees
452 - new syntax for action declaration
453 - new helper system using TT2
454 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
455 - added Test::Pod support
456 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
457 - added option to run tests against a remote server
458 - renamed errors() to error()
460 - countless minor improvements
461 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
462 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
464 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
465 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
466 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
467 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
468 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
470 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
471 - updated helper scripts
472 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
473 the script directory. We promise!
475 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
476 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
477 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
478 - removed cgi-server.pl
479 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
480 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
481 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
482 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
484 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
485 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
487 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
488 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
489 - previous release was borked!
490 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
492 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
493 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
494 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
495 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
496 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
497 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
498 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
499 - updated helper scripts
500 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
501 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
503 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
504 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
505 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
507 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
509 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
510 - debug message for parameters
511 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
513 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
514 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
516 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
517 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
519 - more debug messages
522 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
523 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
524 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
526 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
527 - updated cookbook example
528 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
530 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
531 - no more regex actions in forward
532 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
534 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
535 - catch errors in application class
536 - handle die properly.
538 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
541 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
542 - moved bin to script
544 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
545 - improved documentation
546 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
549 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
550 - server_base sucks, removed
551 - added $c->log->dump()
553 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
554 - removed some warnings
556 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
558 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
560 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
561 - improved documentation
563 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
564 - fixed more little bugs
566 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
567 - improved documentation
568 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
570 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
571 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
572 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
573 !?default, !?begin and !?end
574 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
575 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
578 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
579 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
580 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
582 - improved documentation for actions
584 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
585 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
586 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
588 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
589 - error reporting for app class
590 - no more engine debug messages
591 - class->method forwards get resolved now
593 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
594 - friendlier statistics
596 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
597 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
599 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
602 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
603 - real version number for CPAN.pm
604 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
605 - more statistics in debug logs
606 - ? prefix for forward()
608 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
609 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
610 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
612 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
613 - added ? for prefixed actions
616 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
617 - arguments for _default
618 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
619 - added $c->req->method
621 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
622 - POD fixes and improvements
624 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
625 - first development release