1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
4 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
5 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
6 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
7 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
8 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
9 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
10 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
11 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
12 - Added ActionClass attribute
13 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
14 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
15 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
16 - cleaned up logging and debug output
18 - Added warning for setup being called twice
19 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
20 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
24 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
25 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
27 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
28 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
30 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
31 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
32 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
35 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
36 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
38 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
40 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
42 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
43 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
44 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
45 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
47 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
48 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
50 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
51 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
52 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
53 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
54 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
55 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
56 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
57 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
58 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
59 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
60 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
61 to more sane settings.
62 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
63 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
64 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
65 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
66 (stress tests run 12% faster)
67 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
69 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
70 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
71 - Cleaned generated tests
72 - Added Root controller concept
73 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
75 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
76 - Added plugin introspection.
77 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
78 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
79 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
81 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
82 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
83 was not run. (Eric Wong)
84 - Cleaned up generated tests
85 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
86 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
87 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
88 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
90 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
91 - Updated prereq versions
93 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
94 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
95 - Added YAML config support
96 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
97 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
98 correct execution order.
99 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
100 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
101 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
102 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
103 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
104 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
105 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
107 - Exceptions now return status 500.
108 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
109 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
110 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
111 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
112 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
113 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
114 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
116 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
117 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
119 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
120 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
121 including those that attach to /
122 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
123 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
124 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
125 using $c->req->params('foo').
126 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
128 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
129 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
130 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
131 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
132 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
133 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
135 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
136 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
137 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
138 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
139 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
140 - Improved PAR support
141 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
142 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
143 - Static::Simple changes:
144 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
146 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
147 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
149 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
150 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
151 - Switched to Module::Install
152 - Renamed tests for easier editing
153 - Reformatted documentation
154 - Renamed -nonew to -force
156 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
158 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
160 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
161 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
162 request. (Sam Vilain)
163 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
164 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
165 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
166 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
168 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
169 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
171 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
172 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
174 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
175 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
178 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
179 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
181 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
182 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
184 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
188 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
189 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
190 - Fixed args handling in forward()
191 - Fixed forwarding to classes
192 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
193 - Fixed relative forwarding
194 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
196 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
197 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
200 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
201 - Improved format of startup debug log.
202 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
203 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
204 if the browser is closed.
205 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
206 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
208 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
209 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
210 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
211 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
212 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
213 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
215 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
216 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
217 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
218 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
219 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
220 parent app is shut down.
221 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
223 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
224 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
225 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
227 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
229 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
230 - Whole new dispatcher!
232 - Added path_to method
233 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
235 - Added a new welcome screen.
236 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
237 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
238 - Added self restarting test server
239 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
240 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
241 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
242 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
243 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
244 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
246 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
247 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
248 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
249 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
251 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
252 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
254 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
255 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
258 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
259 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
260 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
261 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
262 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
263 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
265 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
266 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
267 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
268 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
269 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
270 kill loggging for a whole request.
271 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
272 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
273 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
274 coverage and maintainability.
275 - Added fork support to built in test server.
276 - Fixed all memory leaks.
277 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
278 core to be thread-safe.
279 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
281 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
282 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
283 - Improved documentation
284 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
285 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
286 action. (Andy Grundman)
287 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
289 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
290 - Now with updated manifest.
292 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
293 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
295 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
297 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
298 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
299 - added arguments for detach
300 - new credits section in pod
301 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
302 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
304 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
306 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
308 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
309 - Fix for inheritance bug.
310 - Allow forward with arguments.
312 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
313 - make module build cons README automatically.
314 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
315 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
316 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
317 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
318 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
319 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
320 - added $c->request->cookie
321 - added Catalyst::Setup
322 - refactored Catalyst::import()
323 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
324 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
325 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
327 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
328 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
329 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
331 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
332 - improved base locating in MP engines
333 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
334 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
335 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
337 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
338 - fixed a bug in https detection
339 - fixed auto chain finally
340 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
342 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
343 - improved uploads and parameters
344 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
345 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
346 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
347 - fixed win32 installer
348 - added deep recursion detection
350 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
351 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
352 in Path and Regex attributes
353 - new helper templates
354 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
355 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
356 instance (not the same app!)
358 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
359 - added support for MP registry scripts
360 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
361 - added SpeedyCGI engine
363 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
364 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
365 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
366 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
367 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
368 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
369 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
370 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
371 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
372 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
374 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
375 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
376 - added Plugins chapter to manual
377 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
378 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
379 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
380 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
381 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
382 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
383 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
385 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
388 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
389 - some documentation bugs fixed
390 - added Catalyst::Utils
391 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
392 - fixed upload bug with MP19
393 - added $c->req->body
394 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
395 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
397 - extended attribute handling
398 - added global config for components
400 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
401 - new core to support inheritance trees
402 - new syntax for action declaration
403 - new helper system using TT2
404 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
405 - added Test::Pod support
406 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
407 - added option to run tests against a remote server
408 - renamed errors() to error()
410 - countless minor improvements
411 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
412 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
414 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
415 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
416 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
417 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
418 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
420 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
421 - updated helper scripts
422 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
423 the script directory. We promise!
425 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
426 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
427 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
428 - removed cgi-server.pl
429 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
430 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
431 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
432 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
434 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
435 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
437 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
438 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
439 - previous release was borked!
440 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
442 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
443 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
444 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
445 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
446 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
447 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
448 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
449 - updated helper scripts
450 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
451 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
453 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
454 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
455 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
457 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
459 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
460 - debug message for parameters
461 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
463 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
464 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
466 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
467 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
469 - more debug messages
472 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
473 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
474 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
476 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
477 - updated cookbook example
478 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
480 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
481 - no more regex actions in forward
482 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
484 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
485 - catch errors in application class
486 - handle die properly.
488 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
491 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
492 - moved bin to script
494 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
495 - improved documentation
496 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
499 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
500 - server_base sucks, removed
501 - added $c->log->dump()
503 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
504 - removed some warnings
506 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
508 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
510 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
511 - improved documentation
513 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
514 - fixed more little bugs
516 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
517 - improved documentation
518 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
520 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
521 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
522 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
523 !?default, !?begin and !?end
524 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
525 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
528 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
529 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
530 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
532 - improved documentation for actions
534 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
535 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
536 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
538 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
539 - error reporting for app class
540 - no more engine debug messages
541 - class->method forwards get resolved now
543 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
544 - friendlier statistics
546 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
547 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
549 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
552 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
553 - real version number for CPAN.pm
554 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
555 - more statistics in debug logs
556 - ? prefix for forward()
558 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
559 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
560 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
562 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
563 - added ? for prefixed actions
566 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
567 - arguments for _default
568 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
569 - added $c->req->method
571 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
572 - POD fixes and improvements
574 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
575 - first development release