1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Whole new dispatcher!
7 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
9 - Added a new welcome screen.
10 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
11 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
12 - Added self restarting test server
13 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
14 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
15 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
16 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
17 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
18 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
20 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
21 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
22 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
23 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
25 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
26 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
28 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
29 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
32 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
33 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
34 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
35 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
36 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
37 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
39 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
40 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
41 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
42 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
43 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
44 kill loggging for a whole request.
45 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
46 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
47 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
48 coverage and maintainability.
49 - Added fork support to built in test server.
50 - Fixed all memory leaks.
51 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
52 core to be thread-safe.
53 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
55 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
56 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
57 - Improved documentation
60 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
61 - added $c->req->full_uri method (Jesse Sheidlower)
62 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
63 action. (Andy Grundman)
64 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
66 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
67 - Now with updated manifest.
69 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
70 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
72 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
74 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
75 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
76 - added arguments for detach
77 - new credits section in pod
78 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
79 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
81 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
83 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
85 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
86 - Fix for inheritance bug.
87 - Allow forward with arguments.
89 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
90 - make module build cons README automatically.
91 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
92 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
93 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
94 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
95 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
96 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
97 - added $c->request->cookie
98 - added Catalyst::Setup
99 - refactored Catalyst::import()
100 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
101 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
102 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
104 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
105 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
106 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
108 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
109 - improved base locating in MP engines
110 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
111 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
112 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
114 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
115 - fixed a bug in https detection
116 - fixed auto chain finally
117 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
119 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
120 - improved uploads and parameters
121 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
122 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
123 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
124 - fixed win32 installer
125 - added deep recursion detection
127 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
128 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
129 in Path and Regex attributes
130 - new helper templates
131 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
132 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
133 instance (not the same app!)
135 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
136 - added support for MP registry scripts
137 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
138 - added SpeedyCGI engine
140 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
141 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
142 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
143 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
144 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
145 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
146 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
147 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
148 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
149 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
151 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
152 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
153 - added Plugins chapter to manual
154 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
155 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
156 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
157 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
158 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
159 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
160 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
162 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
165 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
166 - some documentation bugs fixed
167 - added Catalyst::Utils
168 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
169 - fixed upload bug with MP19
170 - added $c->req->body
171 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
172 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
174 - extended attribute handling
175 - added global config for components
177 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
178 - new core to support inheritance trees
179 - new syntax for action declaration
180 - new helper system using TT2
181 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
182 - added Test::Pod support
183 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
184 - added option to run tests against a remote server
185 - renamed errors() to error()
187 - countless minor improvements
188 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
189 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
191 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
192 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
193 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
194 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
195 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
197 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
198 - updated helper scripts
199 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
200 the script directory. We promise!
202 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
203 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
204 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
205 - removed cgi-server.pl
206 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
207 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
208 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
209 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
211 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
212 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
214 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
215 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
216 - previous release was borked!
217 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
219 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
220 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
221 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
222 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
223 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
224 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
225 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
226 - updated helper scripts
227 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
228 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
230 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
231 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
232 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
234 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
236 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
237 - debug message for parameters
238 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
240 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
241 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
243 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
244 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
246 - more debug messages
249 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
250 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
251 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
253 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
254 - updated cookbook example
255 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
257 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
258 - no more regex actions in forward
259 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
261 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
262 - catch errors in application class
263 - handle die properly.
265 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
268 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
269 - moved bin to script
271 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
272 - improved documentation
273 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
276 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
277 - server_base sucks, removed
278 - added $c->log->dump()
280 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
281 - removed some warnings
283 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
285 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
287 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
288 - improved documentation
290 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
291 - fixed more little bugs
293 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
294 - improved documentation
295 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
297 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
298 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
299 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
300 !?default, !?begin and !?end
301 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
302 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
305 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
306 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
307 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
309 - improved documentation for actions
311 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
312 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
313 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
315 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
316 - error reporting for app class
317 - no more engine debug messages
318 - class->method forwards get resolved now
320 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
321 - friendlier statistics
323 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
324 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
326 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
329 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
330 - real version number for CPAN.pm
331 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
332 - more statistics in debug logs
333 - ? prefix for forward()
335 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
336 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
337 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
339 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
340 - added ? for prefixed actions
343 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
344 - arguments for _default
345 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
346 - added $c->req->method
348 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
349 - POD fixes and improvements
351 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
352 - first development release