1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
5 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
7 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
8 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
9 - Static::Simple changes:
10 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
12 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
13 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
15 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
16 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
17 - Switched to Module::Install
18 - Renamed tests for easier editing
19 - Reformatted documentation
20 - Renamed -nonew to -force
22 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
24 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
26 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
27 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
29 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
30 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
31 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
32 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
34 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
35 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
37 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
38 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
40 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
41 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
44 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
45 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
47 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
48 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
50 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
54 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
55 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
56 - Fixed args handling in forward()
57 - Fixed forwarding to classes
58 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
59 - Fixed relative forwarding
60 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
62 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
63 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
66 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
67 - Improved format of startup debug log.
68 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
69 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
70 if the browser is closed.
71 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
72 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
74 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
75 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
76 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
77 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
78 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
79 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
81 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
82 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
83 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
84 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
85 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
86 parent app is shut down.
87 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
89 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
90 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
91 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
93 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
95 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
96 - Whole new dispatcher!
98 - Added path_to method
99 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
101 - Added a new welcome screen.
102 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
103 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
104 - Added self restarting test server
105 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
106 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
107 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
108 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
109 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
110 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
112 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
113 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
114 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
115 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
117 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
118 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
120 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
121 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
124 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
125 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
126 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
127 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
128 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
129 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
131 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
132 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
133 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
134 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
135 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
136 kill loggging for a whole request.
137 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
138 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
139 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
140 coverage and maintainability.
141 - Added fork support to built in test server.
142 - Fixed all memory leaks.
143 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
144 core to be thread-safe.
145 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
147 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
148 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
149 - Improved documentation
150 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
151 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
152 action. (Andy Grundman)
153 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
155 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
156 - Now with updated manifest.
158 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
159 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
161 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
163 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
164 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
165 - added arguments for detach
166 - new credits section in pod
167 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
168 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
170 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
172 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
174 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
175 - Fix for inheritance bug.
176 - Allow forward with arguments.
178 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
179 - make module build cons README automatically.
180 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
181 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
182 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
183 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
184 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
185 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
186 - added $c->request->cookie
187 - added Catalyst::Setup
188 - refactored Catalyst::import()
189 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
190 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
191 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
193 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
194 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
195 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
197 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
198 - improved base locating in MP engines
199 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
200 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
201 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
203 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
204 - fixed a bug in https detection
205 - fixed auto chain finally
206 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
208 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
209 - improved uploads and parameters
210 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
211 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
212 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
213 - fixed win32 installer
214 - added deep recursion detection
216 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
217 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
218 in Path and Regex attributes
219 - new helper templates
220 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
221 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
222 instance (not the same app!)
224 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
225 - added support for MP registry scripts
226 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
227 - added SpeedyCGI engine
229 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
230 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
231 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
232 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
233 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
234 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
235 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
236 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
237 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
238 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
240 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
241 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
242 - added Plugins chapter to manual
243 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
244 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
245 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
246 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
247 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
248 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
249 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
251 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
254 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
255 - some documentation bugs fixed
256 - added Catalyst::Utils
257 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
258 - fixed upload bug with MP19
259 - added $c->req->body
260 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
261 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
263 - extended attribute handling
264 - added global config for components
266 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
267 - new core to support inheritance trees
268 - new syntax for action declaration
269 - new helper system using TT2
270 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
271 - added Test::Pod support
272 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
273 - added option to run tests against a remote server
274 - renamed errors() to error()
276 - countless minor improvements
277 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
278 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
280 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
281 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
282 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
283 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
284 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
286 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
287 - updated helper scripts
288 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
289 the script directory. We promise!
291 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
292 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
293 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
294 - removed cgi-server.pl
295 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
296 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
297 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
298 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
300 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
301 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
303 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
304 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
305 - previous release was borked!
306 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
308 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
309 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
310 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
311 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
312 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
313 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
314 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
315 - updated helper scripts
316 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
317 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
319 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
320 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
321 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
323 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
325 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
326 - debug message for parameters
327 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
329 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
330 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
332 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
333 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
335 - more debug messages
338 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
339 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
340 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
342 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
343 - updated cookbook example
344 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
346 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
347 - no more regex actions in forward
348 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
350 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
351 - catch errors in application class
352 - handle die properly.
354 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
357 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
358 - moved bin to script
360 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
361 - improved documentation
362 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
365 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
366 - server_base sucks, removed
367 - added $c->log->dump()
369 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
370 - removed some warnings
372 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
374 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
376 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
377 - improved documentation
379 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
380 - fixed more little bugs
382 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
383 - improved documentation
384 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
386 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
387 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
388 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
389 !?default, !?begin and !?end
390 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
391 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
394 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
395 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
396 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
398 - improved documentation for actions
400 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
401 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
402 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
404 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
405 - error reporting for app class
406 - no more engine debug messages
407 - class->method forwards get resolved now
409 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
410 - friendlier statistics
412 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
413 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
415 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
418 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
419 - real version number for CPAN.pm
420 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
421 - more statistics in debug logs
422 - ? prefix for forward()
424 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
425 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
426 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
428 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
429 - added ? for prefixed actions
432 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
433 - arguments for _default
434 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
435 - added $c->req->method
437 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
438 - POD fixes and improvements
440 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
441 - first development release