1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
4 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
5 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
7 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
8 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
10 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
11 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
12 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
13 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
14 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
15 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
16 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
17 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
18 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
19 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
20 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
21 to more sane settings.
22 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
23 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
24 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
25 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
26 (stress tests run 12% faster)
27 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
29 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
30 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
31 - Cleaned generated tests
32 - Added Root controller concept
33 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
35 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
36 - Added plugin introspection.
37 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
38 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
39 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
41 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
42 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
43 was not run. (Eric Wong)
44 - Cleaned up generated tests
45 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
46 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
47 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
48 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
50 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
51 - Updated prereq versions
53 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
54 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
55 - Added YAML config support
56 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
57 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
58 correct execution order.
59 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
60 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
61 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
62 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
63 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
64 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
65 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
67 - Exceptions now return status 500.
68 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
69 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
70 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
71 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
72 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
73 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
74 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
76 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
77 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
79 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
80 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
81 including those that attach to /
82 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
83 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
84 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
85 using $c->req->params('foo').
86 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
88 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
89 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
90 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
91 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
92 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
93 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
95 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
96 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
97 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
98 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
99 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
100 - Improved PAR support
101 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
102 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
103 - Static::Simple changes:
104 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
106 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
107 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
109 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
110 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
111 - Switched to Module::Install
112 - Renamed tests for easier editing
113 - Reformatted documentation
114 - Renamed -nonew to -force
116 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
118 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
120 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
121 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
122 request. (Sam Vilain)
123 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
124 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
125 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
126 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
128 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
129 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
131 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
132 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
134 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
135 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
138 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
139 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
141 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
142 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
144 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
148 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
149 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
150 - Fixed args handling in forward()
151 - Fixed forwarding to classes
152 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
153 - Fixed relative forwarding
154 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
156 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
157 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
160 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
161 - Improved format of startup debug log.
162 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
163 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
164 if the browser is closed.
165 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
166 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
168 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
169 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
170 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
171 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
172 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
173 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
175 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
176 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
177 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
178 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
179 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
180 parent app is shut down.
181 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
183 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
184 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
185 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
187 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
189 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
190 - Whole new dispatcher!
192 - Added path_to method
193 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
195 - Added a new welcome screen.
196 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
197 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
198 - Added self restarting test server
199 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
200 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
201 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
202 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
203 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
204 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
206 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
207 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
208 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
209 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
211 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
212 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
214 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
215 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
218 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
219 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
220 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
221 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
222 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
223 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
225 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
226 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
227 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
228 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
229 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
230 kill loggging for a whole request.
231 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
232 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
233 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
234 coverage and maintainability.
235 - Added fork support to built in test server.
236 - Fixed all memory leaks.
237 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
238 core to be thread-safe.
239 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
241 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
242 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
243 - Improved documentation
244 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
245 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
246 action. (Andy Grundman)
247 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
249 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
250 - Now with updated manifest.
252 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
253 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
255 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
257 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
258 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
259 - added arguments for detach
260 - new credits section in pod
261 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
262 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
264 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
266 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
268 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
269 - Fix for inheritance bug.
270 - Allow forward with arguments.
272 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
273 - make module build cons README automatically.
274 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
275 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
276 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
277 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
278 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
279 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
280 - added $c->request->cookie
281 - added Catalyst::Setup
282 - refactored Catalyst::import()
283 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
284 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
285 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
287 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
288 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
289 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
291 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
292 - improved base locating in MP engines
293 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
294 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
295 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
297 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
298 - fixed a bug in https detection
299 - fixed auto chain finally
300 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
302 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
303 - improved uploads and parameters
304 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
305 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
306 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
307 - fixed win32 installer
308 - added deep recursion detection
310 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
311 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
312 in Path and Regex attributes
313 - new helper templates
314 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
315 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
316 instance (not the same app!)
318 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
319 - added support for MP registry scripts
320 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
321 - added SpeedyCGI engine
323 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
324 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
325 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
326 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
327 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
328 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
329 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
330 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
331 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
332 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
334 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
335 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
336 - added Plugins chapter to manual
337 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
338 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
339 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
340 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
341 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
342 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
343 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
345 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
348 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
349 - some documentation bugs fixed
350 - added Catalyst::Utils
351 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
352 - fixed upload bug with MP19
353 - added $c->req->body
354 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
355 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
357 - extended attribute handling
358 - added global config for components
360 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
361 - new core to support inheritance trees
362 - new syntax for action declaration
363 - new helper system using TT2
364 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
365 - added Test::Pod support
366 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
367 - added option to run tests against a remote server
368 - renamed errors() to error()
370 - countless minor improvements
371 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
372 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
374 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
375 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
376 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
377 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
378 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
380 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
381 - updated helper scripts
382 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
383 the script directory. We promise!
385 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
386 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
387 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
388 - removed cgi-server.pl
389 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
390 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
391 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
392 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
394 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
395 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
397 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
398 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
399 - previous release was borked!
400 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
402 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
403 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
404 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
405 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
406 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
407 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
408 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
409 - updated helper scripts
410 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
411 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
413 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
414 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
415 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
417 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
419 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
420 - debug message for parameters
421 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
423 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
424 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
426 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
427 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
429 - more debug messages
432 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
433 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
434 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
436 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
437 - updated cookbook example
438 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
440 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
441 - no more regex actions in forward
442 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
444 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
445 - catch errors in application class
446 - handle die properly.
448 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
451 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
452 - moved bin to script
454 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
455 - improved documentation
456 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
459 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
460 - server_base sucks, removed
461 - added $c->log->dump()
463 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
464 - removed some warnings
466 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
468 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
470 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
471 - improved documentation
473 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
474 - fixed more little bugs
476 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
477 - improved documentation
478 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
480 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
481 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
482 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
483 !?default, !?begin and !?end
484 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
485 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
488 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
489 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
490 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
492 - improved documentation for actions
494 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
495 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
496 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
498 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
499 - error reporting for app class
500 - no more engine debug messages
501 - class->method forwards get resolved now
503 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
504 - friendlier statistics
506 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
507 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
509 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
512 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
513 - real version number for CPAN.pm
514 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
515 - more statistics in debug logs
516 - ? prefix for forward()
518 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
519 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
520 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
522 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
523 - added ? for prefixed actions
526 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
527 - arguments for _default
528 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
529 - added $c->req->method
531 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
532 - POD fixes and improvements
534 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
535 - first development release