This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
-4.32 Tue Mar 22 02:10:00 2005
+5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
+ - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
+ - Added YAML config support
+ - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
+ - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
+ correct execution order.
+ - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
+ - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
+ - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
+ - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
+ - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
+ packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
+ - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
+ filehandle.
+ - Exceptions now return status 500.
+ - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
+ - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
+ - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
+ a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
+ - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
+ - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
+ - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
+
+5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
+ - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
+
+5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
+ - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
+ including those that attach to /
+ - Index is now weighted higher than Path
+ - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
+ - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
+ using $c->req->params('foo').
+ - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
+
+5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
+ - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
+ - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
+ - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
+ - Removed scrollbar from debug output
+ - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
+
+5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
+ - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
+ - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
+ - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
+ - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
+ - Improved PAR support
+ - Replaced -short with auto-detection
+ - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
+ - Static::Simple changes:
+ - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
+ circuiting.
+ - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
+ - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
+
+5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
+ - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
+ - Switched to Module::Install
+ - Renamed tests for easier editing
+ - Reformatted documentation
+ - Renamed -nonew to -force
+ - Added PAR support
+ - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
+ (Sascha Kiefer)
+ - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
+
+5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
+ - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
+ request. (Sam Vilain)
+ - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
+ - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
+ - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
+ - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
+
+5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
+ - Fixed multiple cookie handling
+
+5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
+ - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
+
+5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
+ - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
+ modules.
+
+5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
+ - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
+
+5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
+ - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
+
+5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
+ - Fixed minor bugs.
+ - Updated docs.
+
+5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
+ - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
+ - Fixed args handling in forward()
+ - Fixed forwarding to classes
+ - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
+ - Fixed relative forwarding
+ - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
+
+5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
+ - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
+ configurable.
+ - Added $c->stack.
+ - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
+ - Improved format of startup debug log.
+ - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
+ - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
+ if the browser is closed.
+ - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
+ - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
+
+5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
+ - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
+ - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
+ - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
+ - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
+ - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
+ base classes
+ - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
+ - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
+ - Added multi process external FastCGI support
+ (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
+ - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
+ parent app is shut down.
+ - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
+ changed files.
+ - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
+ that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
+ - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
+ application.
+ - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
+
+5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
+ - Whole new dispatcher!
+ - Added index action
+ - Added path_to method
+ - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
+ (Andrew Bramble)
+ - Added a new welcome screen.
+ - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
+ - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
+ - Added self restarting test server
+ - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
+ - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
+ - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
+ - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
+ - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
+ - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
+ slash.
+ - Removed req->handle and res->handle
+ - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
+ - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
+ - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
+
+5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
+ - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
+ versions.
+ - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
+ for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
+ need Apache support.
+
+ - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
+ $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
+ - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
+ Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
+ - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
+ - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
+ in the debug output.
+ - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
+ - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
+ - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
+ proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
+ - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
+ kill loggging for a whole request.
+ - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
+ - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
+ - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
+ coverage and maintainability.
+ - Added fork support to built in test server.
+ - Fixed all memory leaks.
+ - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
+ core to be thread-safe.
+ - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
+ $c->res->write()
+ - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
+ - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
+ - Improved documentation
+ - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
+ - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
+ action. (Andy Grundman)
+ - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
+
+5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
+ - Now with updated manifest.
+
+5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
+ - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
+
+ - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
+ - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
+ - added arguments for detach
+ - new credits section in pod
+ - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
+ - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
+
+5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
+
+ - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
+ component
+ that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
+ - Fix for inheritance bug.
+ - Allow forward with arguments.
+ - Updated cookbook
+ - Allow overriding home/root in config.
+ - make module build cons README automatically.
+ - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
+ - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
+ - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
+ - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
+ - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
+ - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
+ - added $c->request->cookie
+ - added Catalyst::Setup
+ - refactored Catalyst::import()
+ - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
+ - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
+ - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
+
+5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
+ - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
+ - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
+
+5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
+ - improved base locating in MP engines
+ - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
+ - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
+ - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
+
+5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
+ - fixed a bug in https detection
+ - fixed auto chain finally
+ - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
+
+5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
+ - improved uploads and parameters
+ - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
+ - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
+ - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
+ - fixed win32 installer
+ - added deep recursion detection
+ - fixed auto actions
+ - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
+ - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
+ in Path and Regex attributes
+ - new helper templates
+ - installer now supports install_base and destdir
+ - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
+ instance (not the same app!)
+ - fixed MP2 engines
+ - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
+ - added support for MP registry scripts
+ - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
+ - added SpeedyCGI engine
+
+5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
+ - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
+ - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
+ - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
+ IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
+ remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
+ - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
+ - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
+ - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
+ - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
+
+5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
+ - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
+ - added Plugins chapter to manual
+ - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
+ - improved Dispatcher error messages.
+ - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
+ Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
+ - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
+ - added plugin() method for instant plugins
+ - FCGI is no more considered experimental
+
+5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
+ - fixed manifest
+
+5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
+ - some documentation bugs fixed
+ - added Catalyst::Utils
+ - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
+ - fixed upload bug with MP19
+ - added $c->req->body
+ - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
+ - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
+ generating code.
+ - extended attribute handling
+ - added global config for components
+
+5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
+ - new core to support inheritance trees
+ - new syntax for action declaration
+ - new helper system using TT2
+ - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
+ - added Test::Pod support
+ - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
+ - added option to run tests against a remote server
+ - renamed errors() to error()
+ - more better docs
+ - countless minor improvements
+ IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
+ and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
+
+4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
+ - added some messages to Makefile.PL
+ - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
+ - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
+ - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
+ - added cgi.pl
+ - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
+ - updated helper scripts
+ IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
+ the script directory. We promise!
+
+4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
+ - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
+ - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
+ - removed cgi-server.pl
+ - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
+ - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
+ - new path test (Christian Hansen)
+ IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
+
+4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
- made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
-4.31 Tue Mar 22 02:00:00 2005
+4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
- fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
- previous release was borked!
fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
-4.30 Mon Mar 21 23:00:00 2005
+4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
- more documentation (Andrew Ford)
- added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
- HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
-4.28 Sat Mar 19 22:00:00 2005
+4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
- fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
- added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
code changes
- reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
-4.27 Sat Mar 19 01:00:00 2005
+4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
- debug message for parameters
- Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
- some random fixes
- new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
you have to update script/create.pl to use it
-4.26 Wed Mar 16 10:00:00 2005
+4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
- fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
second request
- more debug messages
- 100% pod coverage.
-4.25 Sat Mar 12 18:00:00 2005
+4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
- correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
- improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
-4.24 Sat Mar 12 01:00:00 2005
+4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
- updated cookbook example
- fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
-4.23 Wed Mar 09 20:00:00 2005
+4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
- no more regex actions in forward
- added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
-4.22 Tue Mar 08 20:00:00 2005
+4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
- catch errors in application class
- handle die properly.
-4.21 Sat Mar 05 17:00:00 2005
+4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
- fixed docs
-4.20 Fri Mar 04 22:00:00 2005
+4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
- moved bin to script
-4.13 Thu Mar 03 11:00:00 2005
+4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
- improved documentation
- pod coverage test for helper generated apps
- new helper api
-4.12 Wed Mar 02 11:00:00 2005
+4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
- server_base sucks, removed
- added $c->log->dump()
-4.11 Wed Mar 02 11:00:00 2005
+4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
- removed some warnings
- improved docs
- private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
- added server_base
- updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
-4.10 Wed Mar 02 10:00:00 2005
+4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
- improved documentation
- fixed upload bug
- fixed prefixed private actions bug
- fixed more little bugs
-4.01 Tue Mar 01 10:00:00 2005
+4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
- improved documentation
- documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
-4.00 Sun Feb 27 22:00:00 2005
+4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
- more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
- implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
!?default, !?begin and !?end
- new helpers, bin/catalyst
- helper api
-3.11 Wed Feb 23 21:00:00 2005
+3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
- added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
- added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
(Marcus Ramberg)
- improved documentation for actions
-3.10 Thu Feb 19 20:00:00 2005
+3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
- removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
-3.04 Thu Feb 17 21:00:00 2005
+3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
- error reporting for app class
- no more engine debug messages
- class->method forwards get resolved now
-3.03 Wed Feb 16 23:00:00 2005
+3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
- friendlier statistics
-3.02 Wed Feb 16 22:00:00 2005
+3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
- fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
-3.01 Wed Feb 16 20:30:00 2005
+3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
- better statistics
-3.00 Wed Feb 16 20:00:00 2005
+3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
- real version number for CPAN.pm
- fixed redirect in CGI engine
- more statistics in debug logs
- ? prefix for forward()
-2.99_15 Wed Feb 02 22:00:00 2005
+2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
- support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
- Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
(Gary Ashton Jones)
- added ? for prefixed actions
- misc improvememts
-2.99_14 Mon Jan 31 22:00:00 2005
+2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
- arguments for _default
- $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
- added $c->req->method
-2.99_13 Sun Jan 30 18:00:00 2005
+2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
- POD fixes and improvements
-2.99_12 Fri Jan 28 22:00:00 2005
+2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
- first development release