1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Removed test dependency on Test::NoWarnings
4 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
5 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
6 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
7 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
8 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
9 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
10 - Added ActionClass attribute
11 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
12 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
13 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
14 - cleaned up logging and debug output
16 - Added warning for setup being called twice
17 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
18 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
22 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
23 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
25 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
26 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
28 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
29 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
30 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
33 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
34 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
36 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
38 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
40 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
41 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
42 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
43 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
45 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
46 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
48 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
49 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
50 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
51 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
52 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
53 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
54 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
55 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
56 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
57 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
58 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
59 to more sane settings.
60 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
61 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
62 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
63 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
64 (stress tests run 12% faster)
65 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
67 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
68 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
69 - Cleaned generated tests
70 - Added Root controller concept
71 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
73 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
74 - Added plugin introspection.
75 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
76 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
77 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
79 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
80 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
81 was not run. (Eric Wong)
82 - Cleaned up generated tests
83 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
84 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
85 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
86 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
88 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
89 - Updated prereq versions
91 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
92 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
93 - Added YAML config support
94 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
95 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
96 correct execution order.
97 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
98 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
99 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
100 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
101 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
102 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
103 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
105 - Exceptions now return status 500.
106 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
107 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
108 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
109 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
110 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
111 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
112 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
114 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
115 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
117 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
118 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
119 including those that attach to /
120 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
121 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
122 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
123 using $c->req->params('foo').
124 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
126 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
127 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
128 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
129 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
130 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
131 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
133 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
134 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
135 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
136 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
137 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
138 - Improved PAR support
139 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
140 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
141 - Static::Simple changes:
142 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
144 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
145 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
147 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
148 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
149 - Switched to Module::Install
150 - Renamed tests for easier editing
151 - Reformatted documentation
152 - Renamed -nonew to -force
154 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
156 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
158 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
159 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
160 request. (Sam Vilain)
161 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
162 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
163 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
164 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
166 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
167 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
169 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
170 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
172 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
173 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
176 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
177 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
179 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
180 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
182 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
186 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
187 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
188 - Fixed args handling in forward()
189 - Fixed forwarding to classes
190 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
191 - Fixed relative forwarding
192 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
194 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
195 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
198 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
199 - Improved format of startup debug log.
200 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
201 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
202 if the browser is closed.
203 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
204 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
206 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
207 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
208 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
209 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
210 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
211 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
213 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
214 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
215 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
216 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
217 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
218 parent app is shut down.
219 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
221 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
222 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
223 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
225 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
227 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
228 - Whole new dispatcher!
230 - Added path_to method
231 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
233 - Added a new welcome screen.
234 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
235 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
236 - Added self restarting test server
237 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
238 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
239 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
240 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
241 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
242 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
244 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
245 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
246 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
247 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
249 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
250 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
252 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
253 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
256 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
257 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
258 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
259 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
260 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
261 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
263 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
264 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
265 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
266 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
267 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
268 kill loggging for a whole request.
269 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
270 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
271 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
272 coverage and maintainability.
273 - Added fork support to built in test server.
274 - Fixed all memory leaks.
275 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
276 core to be thread-safe.
277 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
279 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
280 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
281 - Improved documentation
282 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
283 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
284 action. (Andy Grundman)
285 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
287 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
288 - Now with updated manifest.
290 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
291 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
293 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
295 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
296 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
297 - added arguments for detach
298 - new credits section in pod
299 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
300 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
302 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
304 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
306 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
307 - Fix for inheritance bug.
308 - Allow forward with arguments.
310 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
311 - make module build cons README automatically.
312 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
313 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
314 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
315 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
316 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
317 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
318 - added $c->request->cookie
319 - added Catalyst::Setup
320 - refactored Catalyst::import()
321 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
322 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
323 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
325 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
326 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
327 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
329 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
330 - improved base locating in MP engines
331 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
332 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
333 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
335 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
336 - fixed a bug in https detection
337 - fixed auto chain finally
338 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
340 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
341 - improved uploads and parameters
342 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
343 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
344 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
345 - fixed win32 installer
346 - added deep recursion detection
348 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
349 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
350 in Path and Regex attributes
351 - new helper templates
352 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
353 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
354 instance (not the same app!)
356 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
357 - added support for MP registry scripts
358 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
359 - added SpeedyCGI engine
361 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
362 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
363 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
364 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
365 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
366 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
367 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
368 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
369 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
370 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
372 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
373 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
374 - added Plugins chapter to manual
375 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
376 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
377 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
378 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
379 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
380 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
381 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
383 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
386 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
387 - some documentation bugs fixed
388 - added Catalyst::Utils
389 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
390 - fixed upload bug with MP19
391 - added $c->req->body
392 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
393 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
395 - extended attribute handling
396 - added global config for components
398 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
399 - new core to support inheritance trees
400 - new syntax for action declaration
401 - new helper system using TT2
402 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
403 - added Test::Pod support
404 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
405 - added option to run tests against a remote server
406 - renamed errors() to error()
408 - countless minor improvements
409 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
410 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
412 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
413 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
414 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
415 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
416 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
418 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
419 - updated helper scripts
420 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
421 the script directory. We promise!
423 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
424 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
425 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
426 - removed cgi-server.pl
427 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
428 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
429 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
430 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
432 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
433 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
435 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
436 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
437 - previous release was borked!
438 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
440 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
441 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
442 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
443 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
444 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
445 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
446 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
447 - updated helper scripts
448 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
449 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
451 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
452 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
453 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
455 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
457 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
458 - debug message for parameters
459 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
461 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
462 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
464 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
465 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
467 - more debug messages
470 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
471 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
472 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
474 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
475 - updated cookbook example
476 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
478 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
479 - no more regex actions in forward
480 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
482 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
483 - catch errors in application class
484 - handle die properly.
486 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
489 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
490 - moved bin to script
492 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
493 - improved documentation
494 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
497 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
498 - server_base sucks, removed
499 - added $c->log->dump()
501 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
502 - removed some warnings
504 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
506 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
508 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
509 - improved documentation
511 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
512 - fixed more little bugs
514 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
515 - improved documentation
516 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
518 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
519 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
520 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
521 !?default, !?begin and !?end
522 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
523 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
526 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
527 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
528 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
530 - improved documentation for actions
532 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
533 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
534 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
536 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
537 - error reporting for app class
538 - no more engine debug messages
539 - class->method forwards get resolved now
541 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
542 - friendlier statistics
544 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
545 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
547 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
550 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
551 - real version number for CPAN.pm
552 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
553 - more statistics in debug logs
554 - ? prefix for forward()
556 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
557 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
558 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
560 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
561 - added ? for prefixed actions
564 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
565 - arguments for _default
566 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
567 - added $c->req->method
569 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
570 - POD fixes and improvements
572 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
573 - first development release