1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
5 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
6 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
8 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
9 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
10 - Static::Simple changes:
11 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
13 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
14 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
16 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
17 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
18 - Switched to Module::Install
19 - Renamed tests for easier editing
20 - Reformatted documentation
21 - Renamed -nonew to -force
23 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
25 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
27 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
28 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
30 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
31 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
32 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
33 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
35 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
36 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
38 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
39 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
41 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
42 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
45 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
46 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
48 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
49 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
51 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
55 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
56 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
57 - Fixed args handling in forward()
58 - Fixed forwarding to classes
59 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
60 - Fixed relative forwarding
61 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
63 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
64 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
67 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
68 - Improved format of startup debug log.
69 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
70 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
71 if the browser is closed.
72 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
73 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
75 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
76 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
77 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
78 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
79 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
80 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
82 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
83 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
84 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
85 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
86 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
87 parent app is shut down.
88 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
90 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
91 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
92 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
94 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
96 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
97 - Whole new dispatcher!
99 - Added path_to method
100 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
102 - Added a new welcome screen.
103 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
104 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
105 - Added self restarting test server
106 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
107 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
108 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
109 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
110 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
111 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
113 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
114 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
115 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
116 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
118 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
119 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
121 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
122 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
125 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
126 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
127 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
128 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
129 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
130 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
132 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
133 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
134 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
135 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
136 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
137 kill loggging for a whole request.
138 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
139 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
140 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
141 coverage and maintainability.
142 - Added fork support to built in test server.
143 - Fixed all memory leaks.
144 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
145 core to be thread-safe.
146 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
148 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
149 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
150 - Improved documentation
151 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
152 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
153 action. (Andy Grundman)
154 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
156 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
157 - Now with updated manifest.
159 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
160 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
162 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
164 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
165 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
166 - added arguments for detach
167 - new credits section in pod
168 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
169 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
171 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
173 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
175 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
176 - Fix for inheritance bug.
177 - Allow forward with arguments.
179 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
180 - make module build cons README automatically.
181 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
182 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
183 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
184 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
185 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
186 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
187 - added $c->request->cookie
188 - added Catalyst::Setup
189 - refactored Catalyst::import()
190 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
191 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
192 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
194 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
195 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
196 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
198 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
199 - improved base locating in MP engines
200 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
201 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
202 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
204 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
205 - fixed a bug in https detection
206 - fixed auto chain finally
207 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
209 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
210 - improved uploads and parameters
211 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
212 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
213 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
214 - fixed win32 installer
215 - added deep recursion detection
217 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
218 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
219 in Path and Regex attributes
220 - new helper templates
221 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
222 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
223 instance (not the same app!)
225 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
226 - added support for MP registry scripts
227 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
228 - added SpeedyCGI engine
230 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
231 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
232 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
233 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
234 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
235 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
236 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
237 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
238 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
239 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
241 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
242 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
243 - added Plugins chapter to manual
244 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
245 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
246 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
247 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
248 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
249 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
250 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
252 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
255 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
256 - some documentation bugs fixed
257 - added Catalyst::Utils
258 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
259 - fixed upload bug with MP19
260 - added $c->req->body
261 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
262 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
264 - extended attribute handling
265 - added global config for components
267 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
268 - new core to support inheritance trees
269 - new syntax for action declaration
270 - new helper system using TT2
271 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
272 - added Test::Pod support
273 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
274 - added option to run tests against a remote server
275 - renamed errors() to error()
277 - countless minor improvements
278 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
279 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
281 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
282 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
283 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
284 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
285 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
287 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
288 - updated helper scripts
289 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
290 the script directory. We promise!
292 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
293 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
294 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
295 - removed cgi-server.pl
296 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
297 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
298 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
299 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
301 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
302 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
304 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
305 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
306 - previous release was borked!
307 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
309 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
310 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
311 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
312 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
313 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
314 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
315 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
316 - updated helper scripts
317 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
318 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
320 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
321 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
322 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
324 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
326 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
327 - debug message for parameters
328 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
330 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
331 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
333 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
334 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
336 - more debug messages
339 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
340 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
341 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
343 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
344 - updated cookbook example
345 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
347 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
348 - no more regex actions in forward
349 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
351 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
352 - catch errors in application class
353 - handle die properly.
355 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
358 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
359 - moved bin to script
361 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
362 - improved documentation
363 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
366 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
367 - server_base sucks, removed
368 - added $c->log->dump()
370 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
371 - removed some warnings
373 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
375 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
377 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
378 - improved documentation
380 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
381 - fixed more little bugs
383 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
384 - improved documentation
385 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
387 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
388 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
389 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
390 !?default, !?begin and !?end
391 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
392 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
395 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
396 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
397 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
399 - improved documentation for actions
401 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
402 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
403 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
405 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
406 - error reporting for app class
407 - no more engine debug messages
408 - class->method forwards get resolved now
410 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
411 - friendlier statistics
413 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
414 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
416 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
419 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
420 - real version number for CPAN.pm
421 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
422 - more statistics in debug logs
423 - ? prefix for forward()
425 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
426 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
427 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
429 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
430 - added ? for prefixed actions
433 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
434 - arguments for _default
435 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
436 - added $c->req->method
438 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
439 - POD fixes and improvements
441 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
442 - first development release