Make sure you get it from there to ensure you have the latest version.
-=head2 5.7x series
-
-Stable relases, no major features planned. Bugfixes for current release
-and documentation improvements.
-
-Will be working on developing more ActionClasses, and Reusable chained
-controllers, as well as opinonated highlevel frameworks on top of the
-Catalyst Core.
+=head2 5.80000 1st Quarter 2009
-=head3 5.7.1
+Next major planned release, ports Catalyst to Moose, and does some refactoring to help app/ctx.
-=over 4
+=head2 5.81000
-=item make deployment of Catalyst easier
+=over
-=over 4
+=item Reduce core class data usage.
-=item Add htaccess files to distro
+Refactor everything that doesn't have to be class data into object data
-=item Trim runtime dependencies
+=item Work towards a declarative syntax mode
-=item test dependency graph, make sure everything installs cleanly on different platforms.
+Dispatcher refactoring to provide alternatives to deprecated methods, and
+support for pluggable dispatcher builders (so that attributes can be replaced).
-=back
+=item MyApp should not ISA Catalyst::Controller
-=item Add support for configuration profiles to be selected at startup time
-through switches / ENV
+=over
-=item add call method to do a forward with eval case.
+=item Update Test suite to not assume MyApp ISA Controller
-=item add go method to do a call while setting action.
-
-=item move all inline pod to bottom of file.
-
-=item update pod coverage tests to detect stubbed pod, ensure real coverage
+=item After that set up attr handlers that will output helpful error messages when you do it as well as how to fix it.
=back
-=head2 5.80000 1st Quarter 2009
-
-Next major planned release.
-
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Application / Context Split
+=head2 5.82000
-Catalyst needs to be split so that $c refers to the current context, and is a separate thing from the Application class.
+=over
=item Extend pluggability of the Catalyst core.
separation of plugins (some reusable components want different plugins)
near total engine independence
-=item Moose roles instead of NEXT.
+=back
-Change the Catalyst core to use Moose for the plugin system as well as
-accessors/constructors.
+=head2 5.90000
-=item Reduce core class data usage.
+=over
-Refactor everything that doesn't have to be class data into object data
+=item Application / Context Split
-=item Add support for Isotope Engines
+Catalyst needs to be split so that $c refers to the current context, and is a separate thing from the Application class.
-This depends on the progress of Isotope
+=back
-=item Work towards a declarative syntax mode
+=head2 Wishlist
-=back
-
-=head2 5.90000 2009
+=over
+
+=item move all inline pod to bottom of file.
+
+=item update pod coverage tests to detect stubbed pod, ensure real coverage
-Blue Sky. Will start planning this once we land 5.8 :)
+=item Add support for configuration profiles to be selected at startup time
+through switches / ENV
+=back