1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
4 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
5 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
6 - cleaned up logging and debug output
8 - Added warning for setup being called twice
9 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
10 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
11 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
13 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
14 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
16 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
17 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
19 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
20 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
21 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
24 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
25 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
27 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
29 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
31 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
32 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
33 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
34 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
36 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
37 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
39 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
40 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
41 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
42 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
43 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
44 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
45 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
46 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
47 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
48 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
49 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
50 to more sane settings.
51 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
52 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
53 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
54 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
55 (stress tests run 12% faster)
56 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
58 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
59 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
60 - Cleaned generated tests
61 - Added Root controller concept
62 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
64 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
65 - Added plugin introspection.
66 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
67 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
68 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
70 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
71 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
72 was not run. (Eric Wong)
73 - Cleaned up generated tests
74 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
75 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
76 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
77 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
79 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
80 - Updated prereq versions
82 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
83 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
84 - Added YAML config support
85 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
86 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
87 correct execution order.
88 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
89 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
90 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
91 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
92 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
93 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
94 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
96 - Exceptions now return status 500.
97 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
98 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
99 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
100 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
101 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
102 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
103 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
105 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
106 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
108 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
109 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
110 including those that attach to /
111 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
112 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
113 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
114 using $c->req->params('foo').
115 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
117 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
118 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
119 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
120 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
121 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
122 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
124 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
125 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
126 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
127 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
128 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
129 - Improved PAR support
130 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
131 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
132 - Static::Simple changes:
133 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
135 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
136 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
138 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
139 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
140 - Switched to Module::Install
141 - Renamed tests for easier editing
142 - Reformatted documentation
143 - Renamed -nonew to -force
145 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
147 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
149 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
150 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
151 request. (Sam Vilain)
152 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
153 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
154 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
155 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
157 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
158 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
160 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
161 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
163 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
164 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
167 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
168 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
170 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
171 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
173 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
177 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
178 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
179 - Fixed args handling in forward()
180 - Fixed forwarding to classes
181 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
182 - Fixed relative forwarding
183 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
185 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
186 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
189 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
190 - Improved format of startup debug log.
191 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
192 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
193 if the browser is closed.
194 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
195 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
197 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
198 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
199 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
200 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
201 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
202 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
204 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
205 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
206 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
207 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
208 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
209 parent app is shut down.
210 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
212 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
213 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
214 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
216 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
218 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
219 - Whole new dispatcher!
221 - Added path_to method
222 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
224 - Added a new welcome screen.
225 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
226 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
227 - Added self restarting test server
228 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
229 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
230 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
231 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
232 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
233 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
235 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
236 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
237 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
238 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
240 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
241 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
243 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
244 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
247 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
248 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
249 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
250 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
251 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
252 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
254 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
255 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
256 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
257 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
258 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
259 kill loggging for a whole request.
260 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
261 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
262 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
263 coverage and maintainability.
264 - Added fork support to built in test server.
265 - Fixed all memory leaks.
266 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
267 core to be thread-safe.
268 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
270 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
271 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
272 - Improved documentation
273 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
274 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
275 action. (Andy Grundman)
276 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
278 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
279 - Now with updated manifest.
281 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
282 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
284 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
286 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
287 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
288 - added arguments for detach
289 - new credits section in pod
290 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
291 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
293 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
295 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
297 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
298 - Fix for inheritance bug.
299 - Allow forward with arguments.
301 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
302 - make module build cons README automatically.
303 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
304 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
305 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
306 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
307 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
308 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
309 - added $c->request->cookie
310 - added Catalyst::Setup
311 - refactored Catalyst::import()
312 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
313 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
314 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
316 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
317 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
318 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
320 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
321 - improved base locating in MP engines
322 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
323 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
324 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
326 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
327 - fixed a bug in https detection
328 - fixed auto chain finally
329 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
331 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
332 - improved uploads and parameters
333 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
334 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
335 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
336 - fixed win32 installer
337 - added deep recursion detection
339 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
340 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
341 in Path and Regex attributes
342 - new helper templates
343 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
344 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
345 instance (not the same app!)
347 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
348 - added support for MP registry scripts
349 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
350 - added SpeedyCGI engine
352 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
353 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
354 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
355 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
356 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
357 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
358 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
359 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
360 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
361 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
363 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
364 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
365 - added Plugins chapter to manual
366 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
367 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
368 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
369 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
370 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
371 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
372 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
374 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
377 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
378 - some documentation bugs fixed
379 - added Catalyst::Utils
380 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
381 - fixed upload bug with MP19
382 - added $c->req->body
383 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
384 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
386 - extended attribute handling
387 - added global config for components
389 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
390 - new core to support inheritance trees
391 - new syntax for action declaration
392 - new helper system using TT2
393 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
394 - added Test::Pod support
395 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
396 - added option to run tests against a remote server
397 - renamed errors() to error()
399 - countless minor improvements
400 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
401 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
403 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
404 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
405 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
406 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
407 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
409 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
410 - updated helper scripts
411 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
412 the script directory. We promise!
414 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
415 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
416 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
417 - removed cgi-server.pl
418 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
419 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
420 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
421 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
423 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
424 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
426 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
427 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
428 - previous release was borked!
429 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
431 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
432 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
433 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
434 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
435 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
436 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
437 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
438 - updated helper scripts
439 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
440 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
442 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
443 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
444 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
446 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
448 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
449 - debug message for parameters
450 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
452 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
453 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
455 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
456 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
458 - more debug messages
461 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
462 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
463 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
465 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
466 - updated cookbook example
467 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
469 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
470 - no more regex actions in forward
471 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
473 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
474 - catch errors in application class
475 - handle die properly.
477 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
480 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
481 - moved bin to script
483 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
484 - improved documentation
485 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
488 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
489 - server_base sucks, removed
490 - added $c->log->dump()
492 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
493 - removed some warnings
495 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
497 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
499 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
500 - improved documentation
502 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
503 - fixed more little bugs
505 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
506 - improved documentation
507 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
509 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
510 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
511 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
512 !?default, !?begin and !?end
513 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
514 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
517 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
518 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
519 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
521 - improved documentation for actions
523 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
524 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
525 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
527 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
528 - error reporting for app class
529 - no more engine debug messages
530 - class->method forwards get resolved now
532 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
533 - friendlier statistics
535 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
536 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
538 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
541 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
542 - real version number for CPAN.pm
543 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
544 - more statistics in debug logs
545 - ? prefix for forward()
547 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
548 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
549 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
551 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
552 - added ? for prefixed actions
555 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
556 - arguments for _default
557 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
558 - added $c->req->method
560 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
561 - POD fixes and improvements
563 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
564 - first development release