1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
5 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL
6 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
8 - Exceptions now return status 500
9 - Updated for Module::Install 0.40
10 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names
11 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
12 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
13 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
14 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
16 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
17 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
19 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
20 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
21 including those that attach to /
22 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
23 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
24 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
25 using $c->req->params('foo').
26 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
28 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
29 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
30 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
31 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
32 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
33 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
35 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
36 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
37 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
38 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
39 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
40 - Improved PAR support
41 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
42 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
43 - Static::Simple changes:
44 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
46 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
47 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
49 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
50 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
51 - Switched to Module::Install
52 - Renamed tests for easier editing
53 - Reformatted documentation
54 - Renamed -nonew to -force
56 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
58 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
60 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
61 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
63 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
64 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
65 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
66 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
68 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
69 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
71 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
72 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
74 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
75 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
78 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
79 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
81 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
82 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
84 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
88 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
89 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
90 - Fixed args handling in forward()
91 - Fixed forwarding to classes
92 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
93 - Fixed relative forwarding
94 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
96 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
97 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
100 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
101 - Improved format of startup debug log.
102 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
103 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
104 if the browser is closed.
105 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
106 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
108 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
109 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
110 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
111 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
112 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
113 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
115 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
116 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
117 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
118 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
119 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
120 parent app is shut down.
121 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
123 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
124 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
125 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
127 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
129 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
130 - Whole new dispatcher!
132 - Added path_to method
133 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
135 - Added a new welcome screen.
136 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
137 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
138 - Added self restarting test server
139 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
140 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
141 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
142 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
143 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
144 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
146 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
147 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
148 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
149 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
151 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
152 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
154 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
155 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
158 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
159 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
160 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
161 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
162 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
163 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
165 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
166 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
167 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
168 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
169 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
170 kill loggging for a whole request.
171 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
172 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
173 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
174 coverage and maintainability.
175 - Added fork support to built in test server.
176 - Fixed all memory leaks.
177 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
178 core to be thread-safe.
179 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
181 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
182 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
183 - Improved documentation
184 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
185 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
186 action. (Andy Grundman)
187 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
189 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
190 - Now with updated manifest.
192 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
193 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
195 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
197 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
198 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
199 - added arguments for detach
200 - new credits section in pod
201 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
202 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
204 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
206 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
208 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
209 - Fix for inheritance bug.
210 - Allow forward with arguments.
212 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
213 - make module build cons README automatically.
214 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
215 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
216 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
217 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
218 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
219 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
220 - added $c->request->cookie
221 - added Catalyst::Setup
222 - refactored Catalyst::import()
223 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
224 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
225 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
227 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
228 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
229 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
231 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
232 - improved base locating in MP engines
233 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
234 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
235 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
237 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
238 - fixed a bug in https detection
239 - fixed auto chain finally
240 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
242 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
243 - improved uploads and parameters
244 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
245 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
246 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
247 - fixed win32 installer
248 - added deep recursion detection
250 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
251 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
252 in Path and Regex attributes
253 - new helper templates
254 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
255 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
256 instance (not the same app!)
258 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
259 - added support for MP registry scripts
260 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
261 - added SpeedyCGI engine
263 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
264 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
265 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
266 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
267 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
268 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
269 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
270 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
271 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
272 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
274 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
275 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
276 - added Plugins chapter to manual
277 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
278 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
279 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
280 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
281 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
282 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
283 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
285 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
288 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
289 - some documentation bugs fixed
290 - added Catalyst::Utils
291 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
292 - fixed upload bug with MP19
293 - added $c->req->body
294 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
295 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
297 - extended attribute handling
298 - added global config for components
300 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
301 - new core to support inheritance trees
302 - new syntax for action declaration
303 - new helper system using TT2
304 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
305 - added Test::Pod support
306 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
307 - added option to run tests against a remote server
308 - renamed errors() to error()
310 - countless minor improvements
311 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
312 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
314 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
315 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
316 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
317 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
318 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
320 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
321 - updated helper scripts
322 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
323 the script directory. We promise!
325 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
326 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
327 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
328 - removed cgi-server.pl
329 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
330 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
331 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
332 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
334 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
335 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
337 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
338 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
339 - previous release was borked!
340 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
342 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
343 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
344 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
345 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
346 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
347 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
348 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
349 - updated helper scripts
350 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
351 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
353 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
354 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
355 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
357 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
359 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
360 - debug message for parameters
361 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
363 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
364 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
366 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
367 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
369 - more debug messages
372 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
373 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
374 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
376 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
377 - updated cookbook example
378 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
380 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
381 - no more regex actions in forward
382 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
384 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
385 - catch errors in application class
386 - handle die properly.
388 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
391 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
392 - moved bin to script
394 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
395 - improved documentation
396 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
399 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
400 - server_base sucks, removed
401 - added $c->log->dump()
403 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
404 - removed some warnings
406 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
408 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
410 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
411 - improved documentation
413 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
414 - fixed more little bugs
416 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
417 - improved documentation
418 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
420 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
421 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
422 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
423 !?default, !?begin and !?end
424 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
425 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
428 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
429 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
430 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
432 - improved documentation for actions
434 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
435 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
436 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
438 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
439 - error reporting for app class
440 - no more engine debug messages
441 - class->method forwards get resolved now
443 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
444 - friendlier statistics
446 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
447 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
449 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
452 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
453 - real version number for CPAN.pm
454 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
455 - more statistics in debug logs
456 - ? prefix for forward()
458 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
459 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
460 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
462 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
463 - added ? for prefixed actions
466 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
467 - arguments for _default
468 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
469 - added $c->req->method
471 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
472 - POD fixes and improvements
474 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
475 - first development release