1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
4 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
6 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
7 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
8 including those that attach to /
9 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
10 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
11 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
12 using $c->req->params('foo').
13 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
15 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
16 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
17 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
18 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
19 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
20 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
22 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
23 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
24 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
25 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
26 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
27 - Improved PAR support
28 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
29 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
30 - Static::Simple changes:
31 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
33 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
34 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
36 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
37 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
38 - Switched to Module::Install
39 - Renamed tests for easier editing
40 - Reformatted documentation
41 - Renamed -nonew to -force
43 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
45 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
47 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
48 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
50 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
51 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
52 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
53 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
55 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
56 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
58 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
59 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
61 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
62 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
65 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
66 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
68 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
69 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
71 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
75 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
76 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
77 - Fixed args handling in forward()
78 - Fixed forwarding to classes
79 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
80 - Fixed relative forwarding
81 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
83 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
84 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
87 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
88 - Improved format of startup debug log.
89 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
90 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
91 if the browser is closed.
92 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
93 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
95 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
96 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
97 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
98 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
99 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
100 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
102 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
103 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
104 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
105 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
106 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
107 parent app is shut down.
108 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
110 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
111 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
112 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
114 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
116 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
117 - Whole new dispatcher!
119 - Added path_to method
120 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
122 - Added a new welcome screen.
123 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
124 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
125 - Added self restarting test server
126 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
127 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
128 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
129 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
130 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
131 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
133 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
134 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
135 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
136 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
138 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
139 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
141 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
142 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
145 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
146 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
147 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
148 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
149 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
150 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
152 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
153 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
154 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
155 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
156 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
157 kill loggging for a whole request.
158 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
159 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
160 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
161 coverage and maintainability.
162 - Added fork support to built in test server.
163 - Fixed all memory leaks.
164 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
165 core to be thread-safe.
166 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
168 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
169 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
170 - Improved documentation
171 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
172 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
173 action. (Andy Grundman)
174 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
176 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
177 - Now with updated manifest.
179 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
180 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
182 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
184 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
185 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
186 - added arguments for detach
187 - new credits section in pod
188 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
189 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
191 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
193 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
195 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
196 - Fix for inheritance bug.
197 - Allow forward with arguments.
199 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
200 - make module build cons README automatically.
201 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
202 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
203 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
204 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
205 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
206 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
207 - added $c->request->cookie
208 - added Catalyst::Setup
209 - refactored Catalyst::import()
210 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
211 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
212 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
214 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
215 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
216 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
218 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
219 - improved base locating in MP engines
220 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
221 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
222 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
224 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
225 - fixed a bug in https detection
226 - fixed auto chain finally
227 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
229 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
230 - improved uploads and parameters
231 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
232 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
233 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
234 - fixed win32 installer
235 - added deep recursion detection
237 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
238 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
239 in Path and Regex attributes
240 - new helper templates
241 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
242 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
243 instance (not the same app!)
245 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
246 - added support for MP registry scripts
247 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
248 - added SpeedyCGI engine
250 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
251 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
252 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
253 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
254 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
255 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
256 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
257 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
258 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
259 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
261 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
262 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
263 - added Plugins chapter to manual
264 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
265 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
266 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
267 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
268 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
269 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
270 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
272 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
275 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
276 - some documentation bugs fixed
277 - added Catalyst::Utils
278 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
279 - fixed upload bug with MP19
280 - added $c->req->body
281 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
282 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
284 - extended attribute handling
285 - added global config for components
287 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
288 - new core to support inheritance trees
289 - new syntax for action declaration
290 - new helper system using TT2
291 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
292 - added Test::Pod support
293 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
294 - added option to run tests against a remote server
295 - renamed errors() to error()
297 - countless minor improvements
298 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
299 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
301 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
302 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
303 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
304 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
305 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
307 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
308 - updated helper scripts
309 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
310 the script directory. We promise!
312 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
313 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
314 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
315 - removed cgi-server.pl
316 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
317 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
318 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
319 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
321 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
322 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
324 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
325 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
326 - previous release was borked!
327 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
329 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
330 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
331 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
332 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
333 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
334 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
335 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
336 - updated helper scripts
337 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
338 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
340 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
341 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
342 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
344 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
346 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
347 - debug message for parameters
348 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
350 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
351 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
353 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
354 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
356 - more debug messages
359 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
360 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
361 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
363 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
364 - updated cookbook example
365 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
367 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
368 - no more regex actions in forward
369 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
371 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
372 - catch errors in application class
373 - handle die properly.
375 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
378 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
379 - moved bin to script
381 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
382 - improved documentation
383 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
386 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
387 - server_base sucks, removed
388 - added $c->log->dump()
390 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
391 - removed some warnings
393 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
395 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
397 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
398 - improved documentation
400 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
401 - fixed more little bugs
403 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
404 - improved documentation
405 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
407 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
408 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
409 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
410 !?default, !?begin and !?end
411 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
412 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
415 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
416 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
417 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
419 - improved documentation for actions
421 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
422 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
423 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
425 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
426 - error reporting for app class
427 - no more engine debug messages
428 - class->method forwards get resolved now
430 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
431 - friendlier statistics
433 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
434 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
436 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
439 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
440 - real version number for CPAN.pm
441 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
442 - more statistics in debug logs
443 - ? prefix for forward()
445 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
446 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
447 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
449 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
450 - added ? for prefixed actions
453 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
454 - arguments for _default
455 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
456 - added $c->req->method
458 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
459 - POD fixes and improvements
461 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
462 - first development release