1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added a new welcome screen.
5 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
6 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
7 - Added self restarting test server
8 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
9 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
10 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
11 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
12 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
13 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
15 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
16 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
17 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
18 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
20 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
21 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
23 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
24 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
27 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
28 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
29 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
30 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
31 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
32 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
34 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
35 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
36 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
37 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
38 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
39 kill loggging for a whole request.
40 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
41 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
42 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
43 coverage and maintainability.
44 - Added fork support to built in test server.
45 - Fixed all memory leaks.
46 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
47 core to be thread-safe.
48 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
50 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
51 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
52 - Improved documentation
55 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
56 - added $c->req->full_uri method (Jesse Sheidlower)
57 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
58 action. (Andy Grundman)
59 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
61 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
62 - Now with updated manifest.
64 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
65 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
67 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
69 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
70 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
71 - added arguments for detach
72 - new credits section in pod
73 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
74 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
76 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
78 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
80 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
81 - Fix for inheritance bug.
82 - Allow forward with arguments.
84 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
85 - make module build cons README automatically.
86 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
87 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
88 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
89 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
90 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
91 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
92 - added $c->request->cookie
93 - added Catalyst::Setup
94 - refactored Catalyst::import()
95 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
96 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
97 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
99 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
100 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
101 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
103 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
104 - improved base locating in MP engines
105 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
106 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
107 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
109 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
110 - fixed a bug in https detection
111 - fixed auto chain finally
112 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
114 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
115 - improved uploads and parameters
116 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
117 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
118 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
119 - fixed win32 installer
120 - added deep recursion detection
122 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
123 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
124 in Path and Regex attributes
125 - new helper templates
126 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
127 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
128 instance (not the same app!)
130 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
131 - added support for MP registry scripts
132 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
133 - added SpeedyCGI engine
135 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
136 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
137 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
138 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
139 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
140 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
141 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
142 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
143 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
144 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
146 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
147 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
148 - added Plugins chapter to manual
149 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
150 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
151 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
152 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
153 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
154 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
155 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
157 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
160 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
161 - some documentation bugs fixed
162 - added Catalyst::Utils
163 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
164 - fixed upload bug with MP19
165 - added $c->req->body
166 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
167 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
169 - extended attribute handling
170 - added global config for components
172 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
173 - new core to support inheritance trees
174 - new syntax for action declaration
175 - new helper system using TT2
176 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
177 - added Test::Pod support
178 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
179 - added option to run tests against a remote server
180 - renamed errors() to error()
182 - countless minor improvements
183 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
184 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
186 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
187 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
188 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
189 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
190 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
192 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
193 - updated helper scripts
194 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
195 the script directory. We promise!
197 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
198 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
199 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
200 - removed cgi-server.pl
201 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
202 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
203 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
204 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
206 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
207 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
209 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
210 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
211 - previous release was borked!
212 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
214 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
215 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
216 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
217 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
218 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
219 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
220 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
221 - updated helper scripts
222 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
223 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
225 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
226 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
227 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
229 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
231 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
232 - debug message for parameters
233 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
235 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
236 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
238 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
239 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
241 - more debug messages
244 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
245 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
246 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
248 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
249 - updated cookbook example
250 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
252 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
253 - no more regex actions in forward
254 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
256 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
257 - catch errors in application class
258 - handle die properly.
260 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
263 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
264 - moved bin to script
266 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
267 - improved documentation
268 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
271 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
272 - server_base sucks, removed
273 - added $c->log->dump()
275 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
276 - removed some warnings
278 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
280 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
282 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
283 - improved documentation
285 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
286 - fixed more little bugs
288 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
289 - improved documentation
290 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
292 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
293 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
294 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
295 !?default, !?begin and !?end
296 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
297 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
300 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
301 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
302 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
304 - improved documentation for actions
306 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
307 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
308 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
310 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
311 - error reporting for app class
312 - no more engine debug messages
313 - class->method forwards get resolved now
315 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
316 - friendlier statistics
318 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
319 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
321 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
324 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
325 - real version number for CPAN.pm
326 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
327 - more statistics in debug logs
328 - ? prefix for forward()
330 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
331 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
332 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
334 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
335 - added ? for prefixed actions
338 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
339 - arguments for _default
340 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
341 - added $c->req->method
343 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
344 - POD fixes and improvements
346 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
347 - first development release