1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
5 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug.
7 - add _application accessor
9 - Allow use Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
10 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
12 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
13 - Additions and updates to tutorial
15 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
16 - unescape captures to match args
17 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
18 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
19 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
21 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
22 - fix for component loading
23 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
26 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
27 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
28 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
29 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
32 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
34 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
35 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
36 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
38 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
41 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
43 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
44 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
45 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
46 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
47 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
48 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
49 Module::Pluggable::Object
50 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
51 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
52 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
53 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
54 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
55 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
56 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
57 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
58 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
59 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
60 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
61 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
62 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
63 - Added ActionClass attribute
64 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
65 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
66 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
67 - cleaned up logging and debug output
68 - significant documentation revisions
69 - Added warning for setup being called twice
70 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
71 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
75 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
76 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
78 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
79 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
81 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
82 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
83 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
86 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
87 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
89 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
91 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
93 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
94 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
95 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
96 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
98 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
99 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
101 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
102 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
103 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
104 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
105 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
106 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
107 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
108 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
109 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
110 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
111 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
112 to more sane settings.
113 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
114 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
115 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
116 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
117 (stress tests run 12% faster)
118 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
120 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
121 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
122 - Cleaned generated tests
123 - Added Root controller concept
124 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
126 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
127 - Added plugin introspection.
128 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
129 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
130 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
132 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
133 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
134 was not run. (Eric Wong)
135 - Cleaned up generated tests
136 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
137 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
138 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
139 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
141 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
142 - Updated prereq versions
144 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
145 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
146 - Added YAML config support
147 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
148 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
149 correct execution order.
150 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
151 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
152 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
153 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
154 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
155 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
156 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
158 - Exceptions now return status 500.
159 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
160 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
161 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
162 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
163 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
164 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
165 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
167 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
168 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
170 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
171 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
172 including those that attach to /
173 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
174 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
175 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
176 using $c->req->params('foo').
177 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
179 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
180 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
181 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
182 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
183 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
184 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
186 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
187 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
188 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
189 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
190 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
191 - Improved PAR support
192 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
193 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
194 - Static::Simple changes:
195 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
197 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
198 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
200 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
201 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
202 - Switched to Module::Install
203 - Renamed tests for easier editing
204 - Reformatted documentation
205 - Renamed -nonew to -force
207 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
209 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
211 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
212 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
213 request. (Sam Vilain)
214 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
215 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
216 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
217 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
219 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
220 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
222 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
223 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
225 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
226 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
229 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
230 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
232 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
233 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
235 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
239 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
240 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
241 - Fixed args handling in forward()
242 - Fixed forwarding to classes
243 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
244 - Fixed relative forwarding
245 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
247 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
248 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
251 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
252 - Improved format of startup debug log.
253 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
254 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
255 if the browser is closed.
256 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
257 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
259 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
260 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
261 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
262 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
263 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
264 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
266 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
267 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
268 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
269 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
270 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
271 parent app is shut down.
272 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
274 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
275 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
276 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
278 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
280 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
281 - Whole new dispatcher!
283 - Added path_to method
284 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
286 - Added a new welcome screen.
287 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
288 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
289 - Added self restarting test server
290 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
291 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
292 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
293 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
294 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
295 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
297 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
298 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
299 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
300 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
302 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
303 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
305 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
306 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
309 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
310 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
311 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
312 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
313 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
314 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
316 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
317 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
318 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
319 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
320 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
321 kill loggging for a whole request.
322 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
323 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
324 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
325 coverage and maintainability.
326 - Added fork support to built in test server.
327 - Fixed all memory leaks.
328 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
329 core to be thread-safe.
330 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
332 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
333 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
334 - Improved documentation
335 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
336 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
337 action. (Andy Grundman)
338 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
340 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
341 - Now with updated manifest.
343 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
344 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
346 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
348 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
349 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
350 - added arguments for detach
351 - new credits section in pod
352 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
353 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
355 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
357 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
359 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
360 - Fix for inheritance bug.
361 - Allow forward with arguments.
363 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
364 - make module build cons README automatically.
365 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
366 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
367 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
368 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
369 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
370 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
371 - added $c->request->cookie
372 - added Catalyst::Setup
373 - refactored Catalyst::import()
374 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
375 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
376 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
378 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
379 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
380 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
382 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
383 - improved base locating in MP engines
384 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
385 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
386 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
388 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
389 - fixed a bug in https detection
390 - fixed auto chain finally
391 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
393 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
394 - improved uploads and parameters
395 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
396 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
397 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
398 - fixed win32 installer
399 - added deep recursion detection
401 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
402 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
403 in Path and Regex attributes
404 - new helper templates
405 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
406 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
407 instance (not the same app!)
409 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
410 - added support for MP registry scripts
411 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
412 - added SpeedyCGI engine
414 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
415 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
416 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
417 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
418 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
419 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
420 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
421 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
422 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
423 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
425 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
426 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
427 - added Plugins chapter to manual
428 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
429 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
430 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
431 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
432 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
433 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
434 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
436 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
439 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
440 - some documentation bugs fixed
441 - added Catalyst::Utils
442 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
443 - fixed upload bug with MP19
444 - added $c->req->body
445 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
446 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
448 - extended attribute handling
449 - added global config for components
451 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
452 - new core to support inheritance trees
453 - new syntax for action declaration
454 - new helper system using TT2
455 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
456 - added Test::Pod support
457 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
458 - added option to run tests against a remote server
459 - renamed errors() to error()
461 - countless minor improvements
462 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
463 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
465 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
466 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
467 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
468 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
469 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
471 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
472 - updated helper scripts
473 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
474 the script directory. We promise!
476 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
477 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
478 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
479 - removed cgi-server.pl
480 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
481 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
482 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
483 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
485 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
486 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
488 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
489 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
490 - previous release was borked!
491 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
493 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
494 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
495 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
496 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
497 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
498 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
499 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
500 - updated helper scripts
501 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
502 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
504 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
505 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
506 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
508 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
510 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
511 - debug message for parameters
512 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
514 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
515 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
517 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
518 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
520 - more debug messages
523 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
524 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
525 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
527 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
528 - updated cookbook example
529 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
531 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
532 - no more regex actions in forward
533 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
535 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
536 - catch errors in application class
537 - handle die properly.
539 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
542 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
543 - moved bin to script
545 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
546 - improved documentation
547 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
550 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
551 - server_base sucks, removed
552 - added $c->log->dump()
554 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
555 - removed some warnings
557 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
559 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
561 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
562 - improved documentation
564 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
565 - fixed more little bugs
567 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
568 - improved documentation
569 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
571 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
572 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
573 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
574 !?default, !?begin and !?end
575 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
576 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
579 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
580 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
581 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
583 - improved documentation for actions
585 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
586 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
587 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
589 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
590 - error reporting for app class
591 - no more engine debug messages
592 - class->method forwards get resolved now
594 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
595 - friendlier statistics
597 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
598 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
600 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
603 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
604 - real version number for CPAN.pm
605 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
606 - more statistics in debug logs
607 - ? prefix for forward()
609 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
610 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
611 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
613 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
614 - added ? for prefixed actions
617 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
618 - arguments for _default
619 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
620 - added $c->req->method
622 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
623 - POD fixes and improvements
625 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
626 - first development release