Updated Intro.pod

[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / Changes

Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.

5.50
        - 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  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  2005-03-21 23:00:00 
        - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
        - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
        - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
        - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
        - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
        - removed Catalyst::Test::server
        - updated helper scripts
          IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
          script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)

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  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  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  2005-03-12 18:00:00
        - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
        - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)

4.24  2005-03-12 01:00:00
        - updated cookbook example  
        - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
        
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  2005-03-08 20:00:00
        - catch errors in application class
        - handle die properly.

4.21  2005-03-05 17:00:00
        - fixed docs

4.20  2005-03-04 22:00:00
        - moved bin to script

4.13  2005-03-03 11:00:00
        - improved documentation
        - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
        - new helper api

4.12  2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
        - server_base sucks, removed
        - added $c->log->dump()

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  2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
        - improved documentation
        - fixed upload bug
        - fixed prefixed private actions bug
        - fixed more little bugs

4.01  2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
        - improved documentation
        - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)

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 Catalyst::Manual::Intro
        - new helpers, bin/catalyst
        - helper api

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  2005-02-19 20:00:00
        - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
          and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI

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  2005-02-16 23:00:00 
        - friendlier statistics

3.02  2005-02-16 22:00:00
        - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)

3.01  2005-02-16 20:30:00
        - better statistics

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  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)
        - replaced _ with ! for private actions
        - added ? for prefixed actions
        - misc improvememts

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  2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
        - POD fixes and improvements

2.99_12  2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
        - first development release