1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
5 correct execution order.
6 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
7 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
8 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
9 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
10 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
11 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
12 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
14 - Exceptions now return status 500.
15 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
16 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
17 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
18 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
19 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
20 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
21 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
23 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
24 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
26 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
27 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
28 including those that attach to /
29 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
30 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
31 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
32 using $c->req->params('foo').
33 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
35 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
36 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
37 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
38 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
39 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
40 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
42 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
43 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
44 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
45 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
46 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
47 - Improved PAR support
48 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
49 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
50 - Static::Simple changes:
51 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
53 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
54 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
56 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
57 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
58 - Switched to Module::Install
59 - Renamed tests for easier editing
60 - Reformatted documentation
61 - Renamed -nonew to -force
63 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
65 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
67 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
68 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
70 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
71 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
72 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
73 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
75 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
76 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
78 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
79 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
81 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
82 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
85 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
86 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
88 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
89 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
91 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
95 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
96 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
97 - Fixed args handling in forward()
98 - Fixed forwarding to classes
99 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
100 - Fixed relative forwarding
101 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
103 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
104 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
107 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
108 - Improved format of startup debug log.
109 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
110 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
111 if the browser is closed.
112 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
113 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
115 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
116 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
117 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
118 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
119 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
120 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
122 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
123 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
124 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
125 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
126 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
127 parent app is shut down.
128 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
130 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
131 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
132 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
134 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
136 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
137 - Whole new dispatcher!
139 - Added path_to method
140 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
142 - Added a new welcome screen.
143 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
144 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
145 - Added self restarting test server
146 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
147 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
148 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
149 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
150 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
151 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
153 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
154 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
155 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
156 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
158 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
159 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
161 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
162 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
165 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
166 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
167 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
168 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
169 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
170 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
172 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
173 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
174 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
175 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
176 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
177 kill loggging for a whole request.
178 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
179 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
180 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
181 coverage and maintainability.
182 - Added fork support to built in test server.
183 - Fixed all memory leaks.
184 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
185 core to be thread-safe.
186 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
188 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
189 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
190 - Improved documentation
191 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
192 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
193 action. (Andy Grundman)
194 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
196 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
197 - Now with updated manifest.
199 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
200 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
202 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
204 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
205 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
206 - added arguments for detach
207 - new credits section in pod
208 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
209 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
211 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
213 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
215 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
216 - Fix for inheritance bug.
217 - Allow forward with arguments.
219 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
220 - make module build cons README automatically.
221 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
222 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
223 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
224 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
225 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
226 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
227 - added $c->request->cookie
228 - added Catalyst::Setup
229 - refactored Catalyst::import()
230 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
231 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
232 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
234 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
235 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
236 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
238 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
239 - improved base locating in MP engines
240 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
241 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
242 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
244 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
245 - fixed a bug in https detection
246 - fixed auto chain finally
247 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
249 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
250 - improved uploads and parameters
251 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
252 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
253 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
254 - fixed win32 installer
255 - added deep recursion detection
257 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
258 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
259 in Path and Regex attributes
260 - new helper templates
261 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
262 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
263 instance (not the same app!)
265 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
266 - added support for MP registry scripts
267 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
268 - added SpeedyCGI engine
270 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
271 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
272 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
273 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
274 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
275 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
276 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
277 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
278 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
279 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
281 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
282 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
283 - added Plugins chapter to manual
284 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
285 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
286 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
287 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
288 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
289 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
290 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
292 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
295 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
296 - some documentation bugs fixed
297 - added Catalyst::Utils
298 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
299 - fixed upload bug with MP19
300 - added $c->req->body
301 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
302 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
304 - extended attribute handling
305 - added global config for components
307 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
308 - new core to support inheritance trees
309 - new syntax for action declaration
310 - new helper system using TT2
311 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
312 - added Test::Pod support
313 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
314 - added option to run tests against a remote server
315 - renamed errors() to error()
317 - countless minor improvements
318 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
319 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
321 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
322 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
323 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
324 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
325 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
327 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
328 - updated helper scripts
329 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
330 the script directory. We promise!
332 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
333 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
334 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
335 - removed cgi-server.pl
336 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
337 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
338 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
339 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
341 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
342 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
344 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
345 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
346 - previous release was borked!
347 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
349 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
350 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
351 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
352 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
353 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
354 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
355 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
356 - updated helper scripts
357 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
358 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
360 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
361 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
362 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
364 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
366 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
367 - debug message for parameters
368 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
370 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
371 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
373 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
374 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
376 - more debug messages
379 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
380 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
381 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
383 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
384 - updated cookbook example
385 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
387 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
388 - no more regex actions in forward
389 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
391 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
392 - catch errors in application class
393 - handle die properly.
395 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
398 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
399 - moved bin to script
401 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
402 - improved documentation
403 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
406 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
407 - server_base sucks, removed
408 - added $c->log->dump()
410 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
411 - removed some warnings
413 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
415 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
417 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
418 - improved documentation
420 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
421 - fixed more little bugs
423 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
424 - improved documentation
425 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
427 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
428 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
429 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
430 !?default, !?begin and !?end
431 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
432 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
435 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
436 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
437 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
439 - improved documentation for actions
441 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
442 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
443 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
445 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
446 - error reporting for app class
447 - no more engine debug messages
448 - class->method forwards get resolved now
450 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
451 - friendlier statistics
453 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
454 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
456 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
459 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
460 - real version number for CPAN.pm
461 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
462 - more statistics in debug logs
463 - ? prefix for forward()
465 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
466 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
467 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
469 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
470 - added ? for prefixed actions
473 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
474 - arguments for _default
475 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
476 - added $c->req->method
478 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
479 - POD fixes and improvements
481 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
482 - first development release