1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
4 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
6 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
7 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
9 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
10 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
13 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
14 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
16 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
17 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
19 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
23 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
24 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
25 - Fixed args handling in forward()
26 - Fixed forwarding to classes
27 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
28 - Fixed relative forwarding
29 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
31 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
32 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
35 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
36 - Improved format of startup debug log.
37 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
38 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
39 if the browser is closed.
40 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
41 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
43 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
44 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
45 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
46 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
47 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
48 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
50 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
51 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
52 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
53 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
54 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
55 parent app is shut down.
56 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
58 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
59 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
60 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
62 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
64 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
65 - Whole new dispatcher!
67 - Added path_to method
68 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
70 - Added a new welcome screen.
71 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
72 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
73 - Added self restarting test server
74 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
75 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
76 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
77 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
78 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
79 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
81 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
82 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
83 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
84 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
86 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
87 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
89 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
90 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
93 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
94 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
95 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
96 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
97 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
98 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
100 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
101 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
102 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
103 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
104 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
105 kill loggging for a whole request.
106 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
107 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
108 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
109 coverage and maintainability.
110 - Added fork support to built in test server.
111 - Fixed all memory leaks.
112 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
113 core to be thread-safe.
114 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
116 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
117 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
118 - Improved documentation
119 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
120 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
121 action. (Andy Grundman)
122 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
124 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
125 - Now with updated manifest.
127 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
128 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
130 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
132 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
133 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
134 - added arguments for detach
135 - new credits section in pod
136 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
137 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
139 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
141 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
143 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
144 - Fix for inheritance bug.
145 - Allow forward with arguments.
147 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
148 - make module build cons README automatically.
149 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
150 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
151 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
152 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
153 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
154 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
155 - added $c->request->cookie
156 - added Catalyst::Setup
157 - refactored Catalyst::import()
158 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
159 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
160 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
162 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
163 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
164 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
166 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
167 - improved base locating in MP engines
168 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
169 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
170 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
172 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
173 - fixed a bug in https detection
174 - fixed auto chain finally
175 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
177 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
178 - improved uploads and parameters
179 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
180 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
181 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
182 - fixed win32 installer
183 - added deep recursion detection
185 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
186 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
187 in Path and Regex attributes
188 - new helper templates
189 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
190 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
191 instance (not the same app!)
193 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
194 - added support for MP registry scripts
195 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
196 - added SpeedyCGI engine
198 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
199 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
200 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
201 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
202 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
203 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
204 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
205 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
206 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
207 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
209 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
210 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
211 - added Plugins chapter to manual
212 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
213 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
214 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
215 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
216 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
217 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
218 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
220 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
223 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
224 - some documentation bugs fixed
225 - added Catalyst::Utils
226 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
227 - fixed upload bug with MP19
228 - added $c->req->body
229 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
230 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
232 - extended attribute handling
233 - added global config for components
235 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
236 - new core to support inheritance trees
237 - new syntax for action declaration
238 - new helper system using TT2
239 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
240 - added Test::Pod support
241 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
242 - added option to run tests against a remote server
243 - renamed errors() to error()
245 - countless minor improvements
246 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
247 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
249 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
250 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
251 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
252 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
253 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
255 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
256 - updated helper scripts
257 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
258 the script directory. We promise!
260 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
261 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
262 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
263 - removed cgi-server.pl
264 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
265 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
266 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
267 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
269 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
270 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
272 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
273 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
274 - previous release was borked!
275 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
277 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
278 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
279 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
280 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
281 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
282 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
283 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
284 - updated helper scripts
285 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
286 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
288 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
289 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
290 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
292 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
294 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
295 - debug message for parameters
296 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
298 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
299 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
301 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
302 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
304 - more debug messages
307 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
308 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
309 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
311 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
312 - updated cookbook example
313 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
315 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
316 - no more regex actions in forward
317 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
319 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
320 - catch errors in application class
321 - handle die properly.
323 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
326 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
327 - moved bin to script
329 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
330 - improved documentation
331 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
334 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
335 - server_base sucks, removed
336 - added $c->log->dump()
338 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
339 - removed some warnings
341 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
343 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
345 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
346 - improved documentation
348 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
349 - fixed more little bugs
351 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
352 - improved documentation
353 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
355 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
356 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
357 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
358 !?default, !?begin and !?end
359 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
360 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
363 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
364 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
365 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
367 - improved documentation for actions
369 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
370 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
371 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
373 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
374 - error reporting for app class
375 - no more engine debug messages
376 - class->method forwards get resolved now
378 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
379 - friendlier statistics
381 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
382 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
384 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
387 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
388 - real version number for CPAN.pm
389 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
390 - more statistics in debug logs
391 - ? prefix for forward()
393 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
394 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
395 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
397 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
398 - added ? for prefixed actions
401 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
402 - arguments for _default
403 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
404 - added $c->req->method
406 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
407 - POD fixes and improvements
409 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
410 - first development release