1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Don't ignore file uploads if form contains a text field with the same name.
8 5.7006 2006-11-03 14.18
10 - Fix Slurp dependency
11 - Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST requests.
12 - Skip utf8 fix for undef values in uri_with() and uri_for()
14 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
15 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
16 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
17 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
19 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
20 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
21 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
22 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
24 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
25 - Support current_view
26 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
27 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
28 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
29 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
30 - various documentation fixes and improvements
32 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
33 - Additions and updates to tutorial
35 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
36 - unescape captures to match args
37 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
38 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
39 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
41 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
42 - fix for component loading
43 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
46 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
47 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
48 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
49 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
52 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
54 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
55 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
56 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
58 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
61 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
63 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
64 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
65 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
66 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
67 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
68 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
69 Module::Pluggable::Object
70 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
71 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
72 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
73 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
74 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
75 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
76 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
77 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
78 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
79 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
80 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
81 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
82 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
83 - Added ActionClass attribute
84 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
85 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
86 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
87 - cleaned up logging and debug output
88 - significant documentation revisions
89 - Added warning for setup being called twice
90 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
91 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
95 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
96 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
98 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
99 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
101 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
102 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
103 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
106 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
107 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
109 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
111 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
113 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
114 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
115 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
116 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
118 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
119 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
121 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
122 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
123 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
124 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
125 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
126 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
127 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
128 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
129 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
130 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
131 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
132 to more sane settings.
133 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
134 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
135 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
136 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
137 (stress tests run 12% faster)
138 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
140 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
141 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
142 - Cleaned generated tests
143 - Added Root controller concept
144 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
146 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
147 - Added plugin introspection.
148 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
149 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
150 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
152 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
153 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
154 was not run. (Eric Wong)
155 - Cleaned up generated tests
156 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
157 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
158 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
159 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
161 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
162 - Updated prereq versions
164 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
165 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
166 - Added YAML config support
167 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
168 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
169 correct execution order.
170 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
171 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
172 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
173 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
174 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
175 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
176 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
178 - Exceptions now return status 500.
179 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
180 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
181 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
182 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
183 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
184 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
185 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
187 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
188 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
190 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
191 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
192 including those that attach to /
193 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
194 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
195 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
196 using $c->req->params('foo').
197 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
199 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
200 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
201 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
202 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
203 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
204 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
206 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
207 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
208 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
209 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
210 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
211 - Improved PAR support
212 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
213 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
214 - Static::Simple changes:
215 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
217 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
218 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
220 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
221 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
222 - Switched to Module::Install
223 - Renamed tests for easier editing
224 - Reformatted documentation
225 - Renamed -nonew to -force
227 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
229 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
231 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
232 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
233 request. (Sam Vilain)
234 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
235 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
236 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
237 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
239 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
240 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
242 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
243 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
245 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
246 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
249 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
250 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
252 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
253 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
255 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
259 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
260 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
261 - Fixed args handling in forward()
262 - Fixed forwarding to classes
263 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
264 - Fixed relative forwarding
265 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
267 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
268 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
271 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
272 - Improved format of startup debug log.
273 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
274 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
275 if the browser is closed.
276 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
277 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
279 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
280 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
281 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
282 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
283 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
284 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
286 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
287 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
288 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
289 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
290 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
291 parent app is shut down.
292 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
294 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
295 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
296 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
298 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
300 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
301 - Whole new dispatcher!
303 - Added path_to method
304 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
306 - Added a new welcome screen.
307 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
308 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
309 - Added self restarting test server
310 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
311 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
312 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
313 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
314 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
315 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
317 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
318 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
319 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
320 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
322 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
323 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
325 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
326 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
329 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
330 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
331 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
332 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
333 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
334 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
336 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
337 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
338 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
339 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
340 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
341 kill loggging for a whole request.
342 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
343 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
344 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
345 coverage and maintainability.
346 - Added fork support to built in test server.
347 - Fixed all memory leaks.
348 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
349 core to be thread-safe.
350 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
352 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
353 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
354 - Improved documentation
355 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
356 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
357 action. (Andy Grundman)
358 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
360 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
361 - Now with updated manifest.
363 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
364 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
366 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
368 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
369 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
370 - added arguments for detach
371 - new credits section in pod
372 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
373 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
375 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
377 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
379 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
380 - Fix for inheritance bug.
381 - Allow forward with arguments.
383 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
384 - make module build cons README automatically.
385 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
386 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
387 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
388 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
389 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
390 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
391 - added $c->request->cookie
392 - added Catalyst::Setup
393 - refactored Catalyst::import()
394 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
395 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
396 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
398 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
399 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
400 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
402 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
403 - improved base locating in MP engines
404 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
405 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
406 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
408 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
409 - fixed a bug in https detection
410 - fixed auto chain finally
411 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
413 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
414 - improved uploads and parameters
415 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
416 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
417 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
418 - fixed win32 installer
419 - added deep recursion detection
421 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
422 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
423 in Path and Regex attributes
424 - new helper templates
425 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
426 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
427 instance (not the same app!)
429 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
430 - added support for MP registry scripts
431 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
432 - added SpeedyCGI engine
434 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
435 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
436 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
437 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
438 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
439 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
440 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
441 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
442 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
443 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
445 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
446 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
447 - added Plugins chapter to manual
448 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
449 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
450 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
451 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
452 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
453 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
454 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
456 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
459 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
460 - some documentation bugs fixed
461 - added Catalyst::Utils
462 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
463 - fixed upload bug with MP19
464 - added $c->req->body
465 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
466 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
468 - extended attribute handling
469 - added global config for components
471 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
472 - new core to support inheritance trees
473 - new syntax for action declaration
474 - new helper system using TT2
475 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
476 - added Test::Pod support
477 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
478 - added option to run tests against a remote server
479 - renamed errors() to error()
481 - countless minor improvements
482 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
483 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
485 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
486 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
487 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
488 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
489 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
491 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
492 - updated helper scripts
493 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
494 the script directory. We promise!
496 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
497 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
498 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
499 - removed cgi-server.pl
500 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
501 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
502 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
503 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
505 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
506 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
508 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
509 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
510 - previous release was borked!
511 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
513 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
514 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
515 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
516 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
517 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
518 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
519 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
520 - updated helper scripts
521 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
522 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
524 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
525 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
526 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
528 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
530 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
531 - debug message for parameters
532 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
534 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
535 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
537 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
538 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
540 - more debug messages
543 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
544 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
545 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
547 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
548 - updated cookbook example
549 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
551 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
552 - no more regex actions in forward
553 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
555 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
556 - catch errors in application class
557 - handle die properly.
559 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
562 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
563 - moved bin to script
565 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
566 - improved documentation
567 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
570 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
571 - server_base sucks, removed
572 - added $c->log->dump()
574 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
575 - removed some warnings
577 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
579 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
581 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
582 - improved documentation
584 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
585 - fixed more little bugs
587 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
588 - improved documentation
589 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
591 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
592 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
593 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
594 !?default, !?begin and !?end
595 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
596 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
599 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
600 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
601 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
603 - improved documentation for actions
605 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
606 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
607 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
609 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
610 - error reporting for app class
611 - no more engine debug messages
612 - class->method forwards get resolved now
614 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
615 - friendlier statistics
617 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
618 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
620 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
623 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
624 - real version number for CPAN.pm
625 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
626 - more statistics in debug logs
627 - ? prefix for forward()
629 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
630 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
631 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
633 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
634 - added ? for prefixed actions
637 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
638 - arguments for _default
639 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
640 - added $c->req->method
642 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
643 - POD fixes and improvements
645 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
646 - first development release