Merge what I've done over the weekend

[catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git] / TODO

# Known Bugs:

   - Bug ->go or ->visit causes actions which have Args or CaptureArgs called
     twice when called via ->go or ->visit.

     Test app: http://github.com/bobtfish/catalyst-app-bug-go_chain/tree/master

# Compatibility warnings to add:

  - $self->config should warn as config should only ever be called as a
    class method (TESTS).

# Proposed functionality / feature additions:

## Log setup needs to be less lame

So Catalyst::Plugin::Log::* can die
in a fire. Having $c->log_class would be a good start. kane volunteered
to do some of this.

Simple example: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Colorful should just be a
subclass of Catalyst::Log, no ::Plugin:: needed.

See also: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Dispatch and
http://github.com/willert/catalyst-plugin-log4perl-simple/tree

## Capture arguments that the plack engine component was run with somewhere,
    to more easily support custom args from scripts (e.g. Gitalist's
    --git_dir)

## throw away the restarter and allow using the restarters Plack provides

## remove per-request state from the engine instance

## be smarter about how we use PSGI - not every response needs to be delayed
    and streaming

#  The horrible hack for plugin setup - replacing it:

 * Have a look at the Devel::REPL BEFORE_PLUGIN stuff
   I wonder if what we need is that combined with plugins-as-roles

  * Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork no longer works since it requires
    Catalyst::Engine::CGI which no longer is in the cataplack distribution.
    Investigation shows moving CE:CGI to CE:HTTP:Prefork allows tests to pass.

#  PSGI

##  To do at release time

  - Release psgi branch of Catalyst-Devel
  - Release new Task::Catalyst
  - Release 5.9 branch of Catalyst-Manual
  - Release Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Prefork with deprecation notice
    (and maybe compat?)

##  Blockers

  * Better docs for stopping using Engine::HTTP::Prefork and
    starting using Starman, maybe?

  * Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst new release

  * Test nginx middleware to determine if it is needed with:

    root app - with use_request_uri_for_path
    root app - without use_request_uri_for_path
    non-root app - with use_request_uri_for_path
    non-root app - without use_request_uri_for_path

    If it isn't needed, remove. If it is needed, split it out into it's own
    file and document why it's needed.

  * I've noticed a small difference with Catalyst::Test. The latest stable
    version include two headers, 'host' and 'https'. They are missing from
    this version - Pedro Melo on list
    ^^ Cannot replicate this? Mailed back to ask for tests..

# App / ctx split:

  NOTE - these are notes that t0m thought up after doing back compat for
         catalyst_component_class, may be inaccurate, wrong or missing things
         bug mst (at least) to correct before trying more than the first 2
         steps. Please knock yourself out on the first two however :)

  - Eliminate actions in MyApp from the main test suite
  - Uncomment warning in C::C::register_action_methods, add tests it works
    by mocking out the logging..
  - Remove MyApp @ISA controller (ask metaclass if it has attributes, and if
                                  so you need back compat :/)
  - Make Catalyst::Context, move the per request stuff in there, handles from
    main app class to delegate
  - Make an instance of the app class which is a global variable
  - Make new instance of the context class, not the app class per-request
  - Remove the components as class data, move to instance data on the app
    class (you probably have to do this for _all_ the class data, good luck!)
  - Make it possible for users to spin up different instances of the app class
    (with different config etc each)
  - Profit! (Things like changing the complete app config per vhost, i.e.
    writing a config loader / app class role which dispatches per vhost to
    differently configured apps is piss easy)