1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
5 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
6 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
7 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
8 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
9 parent app is shut down.
10 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
12 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
13 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
14 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
16 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
18 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
19 - Whole new dispatcher!
21 - Added path_to method
22 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
24 - Added a new welcome screen.
25 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
26 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
27 - Added self restarting test server
28 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
29 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
30 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
31 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
32 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
33 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
35 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
36 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
37 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
38 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
40 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
41 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
43 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
44 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
47 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
48 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
49 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
50 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
51 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
52 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
54 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
55 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
56 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
57 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
58 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
59 kill loggging for a whole request.
60 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
61 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
62 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
63 coverage and maintainability.
64 - Added fork support to built in test server.
65 - Fixed all memory leaks.
66 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
67 core to be thread-safe.
68 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
70 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
71 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
72 - Improved documentation
73 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
74 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
75 action. (Andy Grundman)
76 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
78 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
79 - Now with updated manifest.
81 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
82 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
84 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
86 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
87 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
88 - added arguments for detach
89 - new credits section in pod
90 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
91 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
93 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
95 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
97 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
98 - Fix for inheritance bug.
99 - Allow forward with arguments.
101 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
102 - make module build cons README automatically.
103 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
104 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
105 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
106 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
107 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
108 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
109 - added $c->request->cookie
110 - added Catalyst::Setup
111 - refactored Catalyst::import()
112 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
113 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
114 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
116 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
117 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
118 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
120 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
121 - improved base locating in MP engines
122 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
123 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
124 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
126 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
127 - fixed a bug in https detection
128 - fixed auto chain finally
129 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
131 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
132 - improved uploads and parameters
133 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
134 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
135 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
136 - fixed win32 installer
137 - added deep recursion detection
139 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
140 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
141 in Path and Regex attributes
142 - new helper templates
143 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
144 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
145 instance (not the same app!)
147 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
148 - added support for MP registry scripts
149 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
150 - added SpeedyCGI engine
152 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
153 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
154 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
155 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
156 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
157 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
158 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
159 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
160 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
161 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
163 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
164 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
165 - added Plugins chapter to manual
166 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
167 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
168 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
169 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
170 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
171 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
172 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
174 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
177 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
178 - some documentation bugs fixed
179 - added Catalyst::Utils
180 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
181 - fixed upload bug with MP19
182 - added $c->req->body
183 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
184 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
186 - extended attribute handling
187 - added global config for components
189 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
190 - new core to support inheritance trees
191 - new syntax for action declaration
192 - new helper system using TT2
193 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
194 - added Test::Pod support
195 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
196 - added option to run tests against a remote server
197 - renamed errors() to error()
199 - countless minor improvements
200 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
201 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
203 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
204 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
205 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
206 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
207 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
209 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
210 - updated helper scripts
211 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
212 the script directory. We promise!
214 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
215 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
216 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
217 - removed cgi-server.pl
218 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
219 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
220 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
221 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
223 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
224 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
226 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
227 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
228 - previous release was borked!
229 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
231 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
232 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
233 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
234 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
235 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
236 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
237 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
238 - updated helper scripts
239 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
240 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
242 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
243 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
244 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
246 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
248 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
249 - debug message for parameters
250 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
252 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
253 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
255 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
256 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
258 - more debug messages
261 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
262 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
263 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
265 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
266 - updated cookbook example
267 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
269 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
270 - no more regex actions in forward
271 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
273 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
274 - catch errors in application class
275 - handle die properly.
277 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
280 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
281 - moved bin to script
283 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
284 - improved documentation
285 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
288 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
289 - server_base sucks, removed
290 - added $c->log->dump()
292 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
293 - removed some warnings
295 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
297 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
299 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
300 - improved documentation
302 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
303 - fixed more little bugs
305 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
306 - improved documentation
307 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
309 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
310 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
311 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
312 !?default, !?begin and !?end
313 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
314 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
317 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
318 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
319 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
321 - improved documentation for actions
323 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
324 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
325 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
327 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
328 - error reporting for app class
329 - no more engine debug messages
330 - class->method forwards get resolved now
332 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
333 - friendlier statistics
335 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
336 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
338 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
341 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
342 - real version number for CPAN.pm
343 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
344 - more statistics in debug logs
345 - ? prefix for forward()
347 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
348 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
349 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
351 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
352 - added ? for prefixed actions
355 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
356 - arguments for _default
357 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
358 - added $c->req->method
360 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
361 - POD fixes and improvements
363 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
364 - first development release