X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FDelta.pod;h=9880687cc705a60c94d4119ba4f375e6be72689c;hb=1fae8c61b074673071df73cd339111d3d5a7d6b4;hp=2c94406f2c75dd4fdc581960e98ee18533a157e7;hpb=b31499bc273decc3b6ffb9514e912ea1d1dca4c1;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod index 2c94406..9880687 100755 --- a/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod +++ b/lib/Catalyst/Delta.pod @@ -1,82 +1,157 @@ -=head1 Deltachanges from 5.7 to 5.8 +=head1 NAME +Catalyst::Delta - Overview of changes between versions of Catalyst -This is an overview of the user visible changes in 5.8 +=head1 DESCRIPTION -=head2 Deprecations +This is an overview of the user-visible changes to Catalyst in version 5.9. -::[MVC]:: style naming scheme has been deprecated and will warn +=head2 +=head1 PREVIOUS VERSIONS - - Use Class::C3::Adopt::NEXT (rafl) +=head2 Catalyst 5.8 -Catalyst 5.80 uses L method dispatch order. This is built into -perl 5.10 (new pragma mro), and comes via L for perl 5.8. This -replaces L with L, forcing all components to -resolve methods using C3, rather than the unpredictable dispatch order of -L. Please "use MRO::Compat" in both perl 5.8 and perl 5.10 to activate -this feature. -- Disallow writing to config after setup and disallow calling setup more -than once (rafl) +=head3 Deprecations -=head2 Dispatcher +Please see L for a full description of how changes in the +framework may affect your application. -- visit and go now takes CaptureArgs +Below is a brief list of features which have been deprecated in this release: - - Change the $c->visit and $c->go methods to optionally take - CaptureArgs, making them useful to call ActionChains with (t0m) +=over - - Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects (Rafael Kitover). +=item ::[MVC]:: style naming scheme has been deprecated and will warn -=head2 restarter +=item NEXT is deprecated for all applications and components, use MRO::Compat -- Non-naive implementation of making mutable on restart using - B::Hooks::OP::Check::StashChange if installed (t0m) - For a restart the immutable Moose-objects need to turn back to mutable. - With L installed this will be done. +=item Dispatcher methods which are an implementation detail made private, public versions now warn. -= head2 $c->uri_for_action method. (hdp) +=item MyApp->plugin method is deprecated, use L instead. -A private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for. -This is a shortcut for calling C<< $c->dispatcher->get_action_by_path($path) >> -and passing the resulting C<$action> and the remaining arguments to -C<< $c->uri_for >>. +=item __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors() is supported for backward compatibility only, use Moose attributes instead in new code. +=item Use of Catalyst::Base now warns -=head2 Logging +=back - - Make log levels additive, and add documentation and tests - for the setup_log method, which previously had none. - Sewn together by t0m from two patches provided by David E. Wheeler +=head3 New features -=head2 Consequences of the Moose backend +=head3 Dispatcher - - Use MooseX::MethodAttributes::Inheritable to contain action - attributes. This means that attributes are now represented in the MOP, - allowing method modifiers on actions to work as expected. (rafl) - - Provide a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with - and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace - subroutine attributes for action declerations with an alternate - syntax. (rafl/hdp) - - Refactor capturing of $app from Catalyst::Controller into - Catalyst::Component::ApplicationAttribute for easier reuse in other - components (Florian Ragwitz) - - Make MyApp immutable at the end of the scope after the setup - method is called, fixing issues with plugins which have their - own new methods by inlining a constructor on MyApp (t0m) - - Instantiate correct sub-class of Moose::Meta::Class for non-Moose - components where Catalyst forces the creation of a metaclass instance. - -=head2 Test Suite +=over - - Change Catalyst::Test to use Sub::Exporter (Florian Ragwitz). - - Port to Moose - - Support mocking virtualhosts in test suite () - - Add methods like action_ok and action_redirect to write - more compact tests +=item Fix forwarding to Catalyst::Action objects. -=head2 Catalyst::Response->print() +=item Add the dispatch_type method -Prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,. This lets you pass -the response object to functions that want to write to an L. +=back + +=head3 Restarter + +The development server restarter has been improved to be compatible with +immutable Moose classes, and also to optionally use +L to handle more complex application layouts +correctly. + +=head3 $c->uri_for_action method. + +Give a private path to the Catalyst action you want to create a URI for. + +=head3 Logging + +Log levels have been made additive. + +=head3 L + +=over + +=item Change to use L. + +=item Support mocking multiple virtual hosts + +=item New methods like action_ok and action_redirect to write more compact tests + +=back + +=head3 Catalyst::Response + +=over + +=item * + +New print method which prints @data to the output stream, separated by $,. +This lets you pass the response object to functions that want to write to an +L. + +=item * + +Added code method as an alias for C<< $res->status >> + +=back + +=head3 Consequences of the Moose back end + +=over + +=item * + +Components are fully compatible with Moose, and all Moose features, such as +method modifiers, attributes, roles, BUILD and BUILDARGS methods are fully +supported and may be used in components and applications. + +=item * + +Many reusable extensions which would previously have been plugins or base +classes are better implemented as Moose roles. + +=item * + +L is used to contain action +attributes. This means that attributes are represented in the MOP, and +decouples action creation from attributes. + +=item * + +There is a reasonable API in Catalyst::Controller for working with +and registering actions, allowing a controller sub-class to replace +subroutine attributes for action declarations with an alternate +syntax. + +=item * + +Refactored capturing of $app from L into +L for easier reuse in other +components. + +=item * + +Your application class is forced to become immutable at the end of compilation. + +=back + +=head3 Bug fixes + +=over + +=item * + +Don't ignore SIGCHLD while handling requests with the development server, so that +system() and other ways of creating child processes work as expected. + +=item * + +Fixes for FastCGI when used with IIS 6.0 + +=item * + +Fix a bug in uri_for which could cause it to generate paths with multiple +slashes in them. + +=item * + +Fix a bug in Catalyst::Stats, stopping garbage being inserted into +the stats if a user calls begin => but no end + +=back