X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Changes;h=0d49ca59bac555d1584843830db3151e20ce6ec8;hb=2f3f09d4356a6b6c23455b66bf76d8b954522ffc;hp=f183edfe7f96abc4aebfcb180c5c1eadea4516d2;hpb=aceee8b5c5fa1198e7c77652ba58049d4582b8d8;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index f183edf..0d49ca5 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -1,5 +1,166 @@ # This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst. +5.90000 - UNRELEASED + + Major changes in this release: + + The Catalyst::Engine classes have all been removed and deprecated, + to be replaced with Plack handlers. + + Plack is an implementation of the PSGI specification, which is + a standard interface between web servers and application frameworks. + + This should be no different for developers, and you should not have to + migrate your applications unless you are using a custom engine already. + + This change benefits Catalyst significantly by reducing the amount of + code inside the framework, and means that the framework gets upstream + bug fixes in Plack, and automatically gains support for any web server + which a PSGI compliant handler is written for. + + It also allows you more flexibility with your application, and allows + the use of cross web framework 'middleware'. + + Developers are recommended to read Catalyst::Upgrading for notes about + upgrading, especially if you are using an unusual deployment method. + + Documentation for how to take advantage of PSGI can be found in + Catalyst::PSGI, and information about deploying your application + has been moved to Catalyst::Manual::Deployment. + + A number of modules have been updated to pass their tests or not + produce deprecation warnings with the latest version of Catalyst. + It is recommended that you upgrade any of these that you are using + after installing this version of Catalyst. + + These extensions are: + + Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork - this is now deprecated, see + Catalyst::Upgrading. + + Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst - has been updated to not produce + deprecation warnings. + + Catalyst::ActionRole::ACL - has been updated to fix failing tests + (although older versions still function perfectly with this + version of Catalyst). + + Catalyst::Plugin::Session::Store::DBIC - has been updated to fix + failing tests (although older versions still function perfectly + with this version of Catalyst). + + Changelong since the last TRIAL release: + + Backward compatibility fixes: + + - Fix calling MyApp->engine_class to set the engine class manually. + + - Re-add a $res->headers->{status} field to Catalyst::Test responses. + This _should_ be accessed with $c->res->code instead, but is here + for backward compatibility. + + Documentation: + + - Documentation which was in the now removed Catalyst::Engine::* classes + has been moved to Catalyst::Manual::Deployment + + Changes: + + - nginx specific behaviour is removed as it is not needed with any + web server configuration I can come up with (recommended config is + documented in Catalst::Manual::Deployment::nginx::FastCGI) + +5.89003 2011-07-28 20:11:50 (TRIAL release) + + Backward compatibility fixes: + + - Application scripts which have not been upgraded to newer + Catalyst::Script::XXX style scripts have been fixed + + Bug fixes: + + - mod_perl handler fixed to work with application classes which have manually + been made immutable. + + - Scripts now force the Plack engine choice manually, rather than relying + on auto-detection, as the automatic mechanism gets it wrong if (for + example) Coro is loaded. + + - Server script option for --fork --keepalive are now handled by loading + the Starman server, rather than silently ignored. + + - Server script options for --background and --pid are now fixed by + using MooseX::Deamonize + + - Plack middlewares to deal with issues in Lighttpd and IIS6 are now + automatically applied to applications and deployments which need them + (when there is not a user written .psgi script available). + This fixes compatibility with previous stable releases for applications + deployed in these environments. + + Enhancements: + + - Catalyst::Test's remote_request method not uses Plack::Test to perform + the remote request. + + Documentation: + - Added a Catalyst::PSGI manual page with information about writing a .psgi + file for your application. + + - Catalyst::Uprading has been improved, and the status of old Catalyst + engines clarified. + + Deprecations: + - Catalyst::Test's local_request function is now deprecated. You should just + use the normal request function against a local server instead. + +5.80033 2011-07-24 16:09:00 + + Bug fixes: + - Fix Catalyst::Request so that the hostname accessor is not incorrectly + populated with 'localhost' if a reverse DNS lookup fails. + + - Fix Path actions debug screen to display number of arguments + + - Fix a regression that prevented configuring attributes for all actions using + ->config(actions => { '*' => \%attrs }) from working + + - Append $\ in Catalyst::Response->print to more closely match + IO::Handle's behaviour. + + - Fixed situation where a detach($action) from a forward within auto + was not breaking out correctly + + - Fix the disable_component_resolution_regex_fallback config setting + to also work in the $c->component method. + + - Handle users setting cookies with an undef value by not trying to + output that cookie (rather than trying to do so and causing an exception + as previously happened). A warning is logged if this occurs in debug + mode. + - Update tests to ignore $ENV{CATALYST_HOME} where required + + - Change repository metadata to point at git. + + - Clean namespaces in Catalyst::Request::Upload + + - Catalyst::Test: Fixes to action_ok, action_redirect and action_notfound + test functions to be better documented, and have better default test + names. + + - Update tests to ignore CATALYST_HOME env var. + +5.89002 2011-03-02 11:30:00 (TRIAL release) + + Bug fixes: + - Fix a couple of test failures caused by optional dependencies such as FCGI + not being installed. + + Refactoring: + - Simplified the API for getting a PSGI application code reference for a + Catalyst application for use in, for example, .psgi files. See + Catalyst::Upgrading for details. + 5.89001 2011-03-01 15:27:00 (TRIAL release) Bug fixes: