1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
5 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
7 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
8 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
9 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
10 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
12 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
13 - Support current_view
14 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
15 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
16 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
17 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
18 - various documentation fixes and improvements
20 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
21 - Additions and updates to tutorial
23 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
24 - unescape captures to match args
25 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
26 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
27 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
29 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
30 - fix for component loading
31 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
34 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
35 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
36 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
37 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
40 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
42 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
43 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
44 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
46 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
49 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
51 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
52 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
53 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
54 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
55 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
56 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
57 Module::Pluggable::Object
58 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
59 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
60 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
61 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
62 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
63 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
64 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
65 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
66 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
67 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
68 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
69 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
70 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
71 - Added ActionClass attribute
72 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
73 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
74 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
75 - cleaned up logging and debug output
76 - significant documentation revisions
77 - Added warning for setup being called twice
78 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
79 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
83 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
84 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
86 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
87 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
89 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
90 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
91 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
94 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
95 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
97 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
99 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
101 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
102 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
103 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
104 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
106 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
107 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
109 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
110 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
111 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
112 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
113 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
114 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
115 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
116 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
117 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
118 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
119 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
120 to more sane settings.
121 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
122 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
123 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
124 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
125 (stress tests run 12% faster)
126 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
128 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
129 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
130 - Cleaned generated tests
131 - Added Root controller concept
132 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
134 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
135 - Added plugin introspection.
136 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
137 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
138 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
140 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
141 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
142 was not run. (Eric Wong)
143 - Cleaned up generated tests
144 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
145 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
146 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
147 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
149 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
150 - Updated prereq versions
152 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
153 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
154 - Added YAML config support
155 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
156 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
157 correct execution order.
158 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
159 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
160 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
161 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
162 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
163 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
164 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
166 - Exceptions now return status 500.
167 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
168 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
169 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
170 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
171 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
172 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
173 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
175 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
176 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
178 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
179 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
180 including those that attach to /
181 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
182 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
183 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
184 using $c->req->params('foo').
185 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
187 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
188 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
189 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
190 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
191 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
192 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
194 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
195 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
196 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
197 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
198 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
199 - Improved PAR support
200 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
201 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
202 - Static::Simple changes:
203 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
205 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
206 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
208 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
209 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
210 - Switched to Module::Install
211 - Renamed tests for easier editing
212 - Reformatted documentation
213 - Renamed -nonew to -force
215 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
217 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
219 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
220 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
221 request. (Sam Vilain)
222 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
223 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
224 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
225 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
227 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
228 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
230 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
231 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
233 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
234 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
237 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
238 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
240 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
241 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
243 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
247 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
248 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
249 - Fixed args handling in forward()
250 - Fixed forwarding to classes
251 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
252 - Fixed relative forwarding
253 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
255 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
256 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
259 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
260 - Improved format of startup debug log.
261 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
262 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
263 if the browser is closed.
264 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
265 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
267 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
268 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
269 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
270 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
271 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
272 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
274 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
275 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
276 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
277 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
278 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
279 parent app is shut down.
280 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
282 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
283 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
284 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
286 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
288 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
289 - Whole new dispatcher!
291 - Added path_to method
292 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
294 - Added a new welcome screen.
295 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
296 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
297 - Added self restarting test server
298 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
299 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
300 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
301 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
302 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
303 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
305 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
306 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
307 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
308 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
310 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
311 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
313 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
314 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
317 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
318 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
319 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
320 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
321 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
322 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
324 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
325 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
326 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
327 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
328 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
329 kill loggging for a whole request.
330 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
331 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
332 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
333 coverage and maintainability.
334 - Added fork support to built in test server.
335 - Fixed all memory leaks.
336 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
337 core to be thread-safe.
338 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
340 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
341 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
342 - Improved documentation
343 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
344 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
345 action. (Andy Grundman)
346 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
348 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
349 - Now with updated manifest.
351 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
352 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
354 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
356 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
357 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
358 - added arguments for detach
359 - new credits section in pod
360 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
361 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
363 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
365 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
367 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
368 - Fix for inheritance bug.
369 - Allow forward with arguments.
371 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
372 - make module build cons README automatically.
373 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
374 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
375 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
376 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
377 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
378 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
379 - added $c->request->cookie
380 - added Catalyst::Setup
381 - refactored Catalyst::import()
382 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
383 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
384 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
386 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
387 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
388 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
390 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
391 - improved base locating in MP engines
392 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
393 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
394 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
396 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
397 - fixed a bug in https detection
398 - fixed auto chain finally
399 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
401 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
402 - improved uploads and parameters
403 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
404 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
405 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
406 - fixed win32 installer
407 - added deep recursion detection
409 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
410 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
411 in Path and Regex attributes
412 - new helper templates
413 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
414 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
415 instance (not the same app!)
417 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
418 - added support for MP registry scripts
419 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
420 - added SpeedyCGI engine
422 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
423 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
424 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
425 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
426 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
427 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
428 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
429 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
430 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
431 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
433 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
434 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
435 - added Plugins chapter to manual
436 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
437 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
438 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
439 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
440 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
441 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
442 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
444 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
447 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
448 - some documentation bugs fixed
449 - added Catalyst::Utils
450 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
451 - fixed upload bug with MP19
452 - added $c->req->body
453 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
454 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
456 - extended attribute handling
457 - added global config for components
459 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
460 - new core to support inheritance trees
461 - new syntax for action declaration
462 - new helper system using TT2
463 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
464 - added Test::Pod support
465 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
466 - added option to run tests against a remote server
467 - renamed errors() to error()
469 - countless minor improvements
470 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
471 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
473 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
474 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
475 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
476 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
477 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
479 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
480 - updated helper scripts
481 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
482 the script directory. We promise!
484 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
485 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
486 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
487 - removed cgi-server.pl
488 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
489 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
490 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
491 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
493 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
494 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
496 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
497 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
498 - previous release was borked!
499 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
501 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
502 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
503 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
504 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
505 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
506 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
507 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
508 - updated helper scripts
509 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
510 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
512 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
513 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
514 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
516 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
518 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
519 - debug message for parameters
520 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
522 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
523 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
525 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
526 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
528 - more debug messages
531 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
532 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
533 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
535 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
536 - updated cookbook example
537 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
539 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
540 - no more regex actions in forward
541 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
543 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
544 - catch errors in application class
545 - handle die properly.
547 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
550 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
551 - moved bin to script
553 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
554 - improved documentation
555 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
558 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
559 - server_base sucks, removed
560 - added $c->log->dump()
562 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
563 - removed some warnings
565 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
567 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
569 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
570 - improved documentation
572 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
573 - fixed more little bugs
575 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
576 - improved documentation
577 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
579 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
580 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
581 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
582 !?default, !?begin and !?end
583 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
584 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
587 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
588 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
589 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
591 - improved documentation for actions
593 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
594 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
595 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
597 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
598 - error reporting for app class
599 - no more engine debug messages
600 - class->method forwards get resolved now
602 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
603 - friendlier statistics
605 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
606 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
608 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
611 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
612 - real version number for CPAN.pm
613 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
614 - more statistics in debug logs
615 - ? prefix for forward()
617 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
618 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
619 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
621 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
622 - added ? for prefixed actions
625 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
626 - arguments for _default
627 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
628 - added $c->req->method
630 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
631 - POD fixes and improvements
633 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
634 - first development release