1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
6 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
7 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
8 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
9 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
10 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
11 - Improved PAR support
12 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
13 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
14 - Static::Simple changes:
15 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
17 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
18 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
20 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
21 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
22 - Switched to Module::Install
23 - Renamed tests for easier editing
24 - Reformatted documentation
25 - Renamed -nonew to -force
27 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
29 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
31 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
32 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
34 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
35 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
36 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
37 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
39 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
40 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
42 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
43 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
45 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
46 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
49 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
50 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
52 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
53 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
55 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
59 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
60 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
61 - Fixed args handling in forward()
62 - Fixed forwarding to classes
63 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
64 - Fixed relative forwarding
65 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
67 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
68 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
71 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
72 - Improved format of startup debug log.
73 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
74 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
75 if the browser is closed.
76 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
77 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
79 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
80 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
81 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
82 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
83 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
84 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
86 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
87 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
88 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
89 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
90 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
91 parent app is shut down.
92 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
94 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
95 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
96 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
98 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
100 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
101 - Whole new dispatcher!
103 - Added path_to method
104 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
106 - Added a new welcome screen.
107 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
108 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
109 - Added self restarting test server
110 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
111 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
112 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
113 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
114 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
115 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
117 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
118 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
119 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
120 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
122 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
123 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
125 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
126 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
129 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
130 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
131 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
132 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
133 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
134 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
136 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
137 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
138 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
139 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
140 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
141 kill loggging for a whole request.
142 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
143 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
144 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
145 coverage and maintainability.
146 - Added fork support to built in test server.
147 - Fixed all memory leaks.
148 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
149 core to be thread-safe.
150 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
152 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
153 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
154 - Improved documentation
155 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
156 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
157 action. (Andy Grundman)
158 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
160 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
161 - Now with updated manifest.
163 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
164 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
166 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
168 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
169 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
170 - added arguments for detach
171 - new credits section in pod
172 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
173 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
175 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
177 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
179 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
180 - Fix for inheritance bug.
181 - Allow forward with arguments.
183 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
184 - make module build cons README automatically.
185 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
186 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
187 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
188 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
189 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
190 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
191 - added $c->request->cookie
192 - added Catalyst::Setup
193 - refactored Catalyst::import()
194 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
195 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
196 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
198 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
199 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
200 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
202 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
203 - improved base locating in MP engines
204 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
205 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
206 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
208 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
209 - fixed a bug in https detection
210 - fixed auto chain finally
211 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
213 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
214 - improved uploads and parameters
215 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
216 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
217 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
218 - fixed win32 installer
219 - added deep recursion detection
221 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
222 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
223 in Path and Regex attributes
224 - new helper templates
225 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
226 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
227 instance (not the same app!)
229 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
230 - added support for MP registry scripts
231 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
232 - added SpeedyCGI engine
234 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
235 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
236 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
237 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
238 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
239 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
240 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
241 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
242 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
243 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
245 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
246 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
247 - added Plugins chapter to manual
248 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
249 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
250 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
251 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
252 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
253 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
254 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
256 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
259 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
260 - some documentation bugs fixed
261 - added Catalyst::Utils
262 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
263 - fixed upload bug with MP19
264 - added $c->req->body
265 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
266 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
268 - extended attribute handling
269 - added global config for components
271 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
272 - new core to support inheritance trees
273 - new syntax for action declaration
274 - new helper system using TT2
275 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
276 - added Test::Pod support
277 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
278 - added option to run tests against a remote server
279 - renamed errors() to error()
281 - countless minor improvements
282 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
283 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
285 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
286 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
287 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
288 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
289 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
291 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
292 - updated helper scripts
293 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
294 the script directory. We promise!
296 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
297 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
298 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
299 - removed cgi-server.pl
300 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
301 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
302 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
303 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
305 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
306 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
308 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
309 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
310 - previous release was borked!
311 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
313 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
314 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
315 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
316 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
317 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
318 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
319 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
320 - updated helper scripts
321 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
322 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
324 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
325 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
326 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
328 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
330 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
331 - debug message for parameters
332 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
334 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
335 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
337 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
338 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
340 - more debug messages
343 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
344 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
345 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
347 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
348 - updated cookbook example
349 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
351 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
352 - no more regex actions in forward
353 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
355 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
356 - catch errors in application class
357 - handle die properly.
359 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
362 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
363 - moved bin to script
365 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
366 - improved documentation
367 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
370 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
371 - server_base sucks, removed
372 - added $c->log->dump()
374 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
375 - removed some warnings
377 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
379 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
381 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
382 - improved documentation
384 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
385 - fixed more little bugs
387 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
388 - improved documentation
389 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
391 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
392 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
393 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
394 !?default, !?begin and !?end
395 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
396 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
399 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
400 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
401 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
403 - improved documentation for actions
405 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
406 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
407 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
409 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
410 - error reporting for app class
411 - no more engine debug messages
412 - class->method forwards get resolved now
414 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
415 - friendlier statistics
417 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
418 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
420 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
423 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
424 - real version number for CPAN.pm
425 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
426 - more statistics in debug logs
427 - ? prefix for forward()
429 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
430 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
431 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
433 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
434 - added ? for prefixed actions
437 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
438 - arguments for _default
439 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
440 - added $c->req->method
442 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
443 - POD fixes and improvements
445 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
446 - first development release