1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7001 2006-07-15 18:07:54
4 - fix for component loading
5 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
8 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
9 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
10 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
11 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
14 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
16 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
17 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
18 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
20 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
23 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
25 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
26 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
27 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
28 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
29 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
30 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
31 Module::Pluggable::Object
32 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
33 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
34 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
35 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
36 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
37 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
38 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
39 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
40 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
41 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
42 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
43 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
44 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
45 - Added ActionClass attribute
46 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
47 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
48 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
49 - cleaned up logging and debug output
50 - significant documentation revisions
51 - Added warning for setup being called twice
52 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
53 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
57 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
58 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
60 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
61 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
63 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
64 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
65 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
68 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
69 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
71 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
73 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
75 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
76 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
77 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
78 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
80 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
81 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
83 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
84 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
85 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
86 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
87 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
88 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
89 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
90 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
91 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
92 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
93 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
94 to more sane settings.
95 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
96 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
97 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
98 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
99 (stress tests run 12% faster)
100 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
102 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
103 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
104 - Cleaned generated tests
105 - Added Root controller concept
106 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
108 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
109 - Added plugin introspection.
110 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
111 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
112 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
114 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
115 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
116 was not run. (Eric Wong)
117 - Cleaned up generated tests
118 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
119 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
120 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
121 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
123 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
124 - Updated prereq versions
126 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
127 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
128 - Added YAML config support
129 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
130 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
131 correct execution order.
132 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
133 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
134 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
135 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
136 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
137 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
138 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
140 - Exceptions now return status 500.
141 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
142 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
143 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
144 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
145 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
146 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
147 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
149 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
150 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
152 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
153 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
154 including those that attach to /
155 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
156 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
157 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
158 using $c->req->params('foo').
159 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
161 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
162 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
163 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
164 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
165 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
166 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
168 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
169 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
170 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
171 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
172 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
173 - Improved PAR support
174 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
175 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
176 - Static::Simple changes:
177 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
179 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
180 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
182 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
183 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
184 - Switched to Module::Install
185 - Renamed tests for easier editing
186 - Reformatted documentation
187 - Renamed -nonew to -force
189 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
191 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
193 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
194 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
195 request. (Sam Vilain)
196 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
197 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
198 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
199 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
201 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
202 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
204 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
205 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
207 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
208 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
211 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
212 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
214 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
215 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
217 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
221 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
222 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
223 - Fixed args handling in forward()
224 - Fixed forwarding to classes
225 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
226 - Fixed relative forwarding
227 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
229 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
230 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
233 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
234 - Improved format of startup debug log.
235 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
236 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
237 if the browser is closed.
238 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
239 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
241 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
242 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
243 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
244 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
245 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
246 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
248 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
249 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
250 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
251 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
252 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
253 parent app is shut down.
254 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
256 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
257 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
258 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
260 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
262 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
263 - Whole new dispatcher!
265 - Added path_to method
266 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
268 - Added a new welcome screen.
269 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
270 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
271 - Added self restarting test server
272 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
273 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
274 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
275 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
276 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
277 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
279 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
280 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
281 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
282 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
284 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
285 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
287 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
288 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
291 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
292 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
293 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
294 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
295 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
296 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
298 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
299 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
300 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
301 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
302 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
303 kill loggging for a whole request.
304 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
305 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
306 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
307 coverage and maintainability.
308 - Added fork support to built in test server.
309 - Fixed all memory leaks.
310 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
311 core to be thread-safe.
312 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
314 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
315 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
316 - Improved documentation
317 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
318 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
319 action. (Andy Grundman)
320 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
322 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
323 - Now with updated manifest.
325 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
326 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
328 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
330 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
331 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
332 - added arguments for detach
333 - new credits section in pod
334 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
335 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
337 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
339 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
341 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
342 - Fix for inheritance bug.
343 - Allow forward with arguments.
345 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
346 - make module build cons README automatically.
347 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
348 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
349 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
350 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
351 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
352 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
353 - added $c->request->cookie
354 - added Catalyst::Setup
355 - refactored Catalyst::import()
356 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
357 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
358 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
360 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
361 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
362 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
364 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
365 - improved base locating in MP engines
366 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
367 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
368 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
370 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
371 - fixed a bug in https detection
372 - fixed auto chain finally
373 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
375 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
376 - improved uploads and parameters
377 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
378 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
379 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
380 - fixed win32 installer
381 - added deep recursion detection
383 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
384 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
385 in Path and Regex attributes
386 - new helper templates
387 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
388 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
389 instance (not the same app!)
391 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
392 - added support for MP registry scripts
393 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
394 - added SpeedyCGI engine
396 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
397 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
398 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
399 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
400 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
401 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
402 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
403 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
404 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
405 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
407 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
408 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
409 - added Plugins chapter to manual
410 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
411 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
412 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
413 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
414 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
415 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
416 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
418 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
421 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
422 - some documentation bugs fixed
423 - added Catalyst::Utils
424 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
425 - fixed upload bug with MP19
426 - added $c->req->body
427 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
428 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
430 - extended attribute handling
431 - added global config for components
433 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
434 - new core to support inheritance trees
435 - new syntax for action declaration
436 - new helper system using TT2
437 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
438 - added Test::Pod support
439 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
440 - added option to run tests against a remote server
441 - renamed errors() to error()
443 - countless minor improvements
444 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
445 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
447 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
448 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
449 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
450 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
451 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
453 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
454 - updated helper scripts
455 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
456 the script directory. We promise!
458 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
459 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
460 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
461 - removed cgi-server.pl
462 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
463 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
464 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
465 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
467 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
468 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
470 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
471 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
472 - previous release was borked!
473 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
475 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
476 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
477 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
478 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
479 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
480 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
481 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
482 - updated helper scripts
483 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
484 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
486 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
487 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
488 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
490 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
492 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
493 - debug message for parameters
494 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
496 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
497 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
499 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
500 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
502 - more debug messages
505 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
506 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
507 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
509 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
510 - updated cookbook example
511 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
513 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
514 - no more regex actions in forward
515 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
517 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
518 - catch errors in application class
519 - handle die properly.
521 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
524 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
525 - moved bin to script
527 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
528 - improved documentation
529 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
532 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
533 - server_base sucks, removed
534 - added $c->log->dump()
536 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
537 - removed some warnings
539 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
541 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
543 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
544 - improved documentation
546 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
547 - fixed more little bugs
549 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
550 - improved documentation
551 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
553 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
554 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
555 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
556 !?default, !?begin and !?end
557 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
558 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
561 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
562 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
563 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
565 - improved documentation for actions
567 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
568 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
569 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
571 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
572 - error reporting for app class
573 - no more engine debug messages
574 - class->method forwards get resolved now
576 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
577 - friendlier statistics
579 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
580 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
582 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
585 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
586 - real version number for CPAN.pm
587 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
588 - more statistics in debug logs
589 - ? prefix for forward()
591 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
592 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
593 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
595 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
596 - added ? for prefixed actions
599 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
600 - arguments for _default
601 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
602 - added $c->req->method
604 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
605 - POD fixes and improvements
607 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
608 - first development release