1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
6 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
7 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
8 - Switched to Module::Install
9 - Renamed tests for easier editing
10 - Reformatted documentation
11 - Renamed -nonew to -force
13 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
15 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
17 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
18 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
20 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
21 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
22 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
23 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
25 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
26 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
28 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
29 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
31 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
32 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
35 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
36 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
38 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
39 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
41 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
45 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
46 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
47 - Fixed args handling in forward()
48 - Fixed forwarding to classes
49 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
50 - Fixed relative forwarding
51 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
53 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
54 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
57 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
58 - Improved format of startup debug log.
59 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
60 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
61 if the browser is closed.
62 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
63 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
65 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
66 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
67 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
68 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
69 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
70 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
72 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
73 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
74 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
75 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
76 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
77 parent app is shut down.
78 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
80 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
81 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
82 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
84 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
86 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
87 - Whole new dispatcher!
89 - Added path_to method
90 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
92 - Added a new welcome screen.
93 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
94 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
95 - Added self restarting test server
96 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
97 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
98 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
99 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
100 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
101 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
103 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
104 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
105 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
106 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
108 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
109 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
111 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
112 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
115 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
116 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
117 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
118 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
119 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
120 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
122 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
123 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
124 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
125 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
126 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
127 kill loggging for a whole request.
128 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
129 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
130 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
131 coverage and maintainability.
132 - Added fork support to built in test server.
133 - Fixed all memory leaks.
134 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
135 core to be thread-safe.
136 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
138 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
139 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
140 - Improved documentation
141 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
142 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
143 action. (Andy Grundman)
144 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
146 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
147 - Now with updated manifest.
149 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
150 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
152 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
154 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
155 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
156 - added arguments for detach
157 - new credits section in pod
158 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
159 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
161 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
163 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
165 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
166 - Fix for inheritance bug.
167 - Allow forward with arguments.
169 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
170 - make module build cons README automatically.
171 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
172 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
173 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
174 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
175 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
176 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
177 - added $c->request->cookie
178 - added Catalyst::Setup
179 - refactored Catalyst::import()
180 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
181 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
182 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
184 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
185 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
186 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
188 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
189 - improved base locating in MP engines
190 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
191 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
192 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
194 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
195 - fixed a bug in https detection
196 - fixed auto chain finally
197 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
199 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
200 - improved uploads and parameters
201 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
202 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
203 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
204 - fixed win32 installer
205 - added deep recursion detection
207 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
208 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
209 in Path and Regex attributes
210 - new helper templates
211 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
212 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
213 instance (not the same app!)
215 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
216 - added support for MP registry scripts
217 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
218 - added SpeedyCGI engine
220 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
221 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
222 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
223 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
224 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
225 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
226 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
227 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
228 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
229 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
231 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
232 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
233 - added Plugins chapter to manual
234 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
235 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
236 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
237 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
238 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
239 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
240 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
242 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
245 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
246 - some documentation bugs fixed
247 - added Catalyst::Utils
248 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
249 - fixed upload bug with MP19
250 - added $c->req->body
251 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
252 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
254 - extended attribute handling
255 - added global config for components
257 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
258 - new core to support inheritance trees
259 - new syntax for action declaration
260 - new helper system using TT2
261 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
262 - added Test::Pod support
263 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
264 - added option to run tests against a remote server
265 - renamed errors() to error()
267 - countless minor improvements
268 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
269 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
271 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
272 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
273 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
274 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
275 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
277 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
278 - updated helper scripts
279 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
280 the script directory. We promise!
282 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
283 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
284 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
285 - removed cgi-server.pl
286 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
287 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
288 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
289 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
291 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
292 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
294 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
295 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
296 - previous release was borked!
297 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
299 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
300 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
301 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
302 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
303 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
304 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
305 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
306 - updated helper scripts
307 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
308 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
310 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
311 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
312 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
314 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
316 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
317 - debug message for parameters
318 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
320 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
321 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
323 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
324 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
326 - more debug messages
329 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
330 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
331 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
333 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
334 - updated cookbook example
335 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
337 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
338 - no more regex actions in forward
339 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
341 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
342 - catch errors in application class
343 - handle die properly.
345 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
348 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
349 - moved bin to script
351 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
352 - improved documentation
353 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
356 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
357 - server_base sucks, removed
358 - added $c->log->dump()
360 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
361 - removed some warnings
363 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
365 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
367 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
368 - improved documentation
370 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
371 - fixed more little bugs
373 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
374 - improved documentation
375 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
377 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
378 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
379 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
380 !?default, !?begin and !?end
381 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
382 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
385 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
386 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
387 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
389 - improved documentation for actions
391 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
392 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
393 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
395 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
396 - error reporting for app class
397 - no more engine debug messages
398 - class->method forwards get resolved now
400 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
401 - friendlier statistics
403 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
404 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
406 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
409 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
410 - real version number for CPAN.pm
411 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
412 - more statistics in debug logs
413 - ? prefix for forward()
415 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
416 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
417 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
419 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
420 - added ? for prefixed actions
423 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
424 - arguments for _default
425 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
426 - added $c->req->method
428 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
429 - POD fixes and improvements
431 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
432 - first development release