1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7000 2006-07-06 19:42:00
6 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
8 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
9 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
10 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
12 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
15 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
17 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
18 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
19 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
20 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
21 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
22 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
23 Module::Pluggable::Object
24 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
25 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
26 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
27 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
28 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
29 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
30 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
31 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
32 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
33 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
34 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
35 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
36 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
37 - Added ActionClass attribute
38 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
39 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
40 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
41 - cleaned up logging and debug output
42 - significant documentation revisions
43 - Added warning for setup being called twice
44 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
45 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
49 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
50 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
52 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
53 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
55 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
56 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
57 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
60 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
61 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
63 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
65 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
67 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
68 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
69 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
70 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
72 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
73 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
75 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
76 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
77 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
78 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
79 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
80 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
81 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
82 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
83 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
84 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
85 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
86 to more sane settings.
87 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
88 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
89 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
90 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
91 (stress tests run 12% faster)
92 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
94 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
95 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
96 - Cleaned generated tests
97 - Added Root controller concept
98 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
100 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
101 - Added plugin introspection.
102 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
103 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
104 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
106 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
107 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
108 was not run. (Eric Wong)
109 - Cleaned up generated tests
110 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
111 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
112 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
113 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
115 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
116 - Updated prereq versions
118 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
119 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
120 - Added YAML config support
121 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
122 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
123 correct execution order.
124 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
125 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
126 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
127 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
128 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
129 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
130 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
132 - Exceptions now return status 500.
133 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
134 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
135 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
136 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
137 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
138 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
139 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
141 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
142 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
144 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
145 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
146 including those that attach to /
147 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
148 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
149 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
150 using $c->req->params('foo').
151 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
153 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
154 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
155 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
156 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
157 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
158 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
160 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
161 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
162 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
163 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
164 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
165 - Improved PAR support
166 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
167 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
168 - Static::Simple changes:
169 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
171 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
172 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
174 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
175 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
176 - Switched to Module::Install
177 - Renamed tests for easier editing
178 - Reformatted documentation
179 - Renamed -nonew to -force
181 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
183 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
185 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
186 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
187 request. (Sam Vilain)
188 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
189 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
190 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
191 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
193 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
194 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
196 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
197 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
199 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
200 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
203 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
204 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
206 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
207 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
209 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
213 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
214 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
215 - Fixed args handling in forward()
216 - Fixed forwarding to classes
217 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
218 - Fixed relative forwarding
219 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
221 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
222 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
225 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
226 - Improved format of startup debug log.
227 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
228 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
229 if the browser is closed.
230 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
231 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
233 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
234 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
235 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
236 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
237 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
238 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
240 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
241 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
242 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
243 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
244 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
245 parent app is shut down.
246 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
248 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
249 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
250 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
252 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
254 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
255 - Whole new dispatcher!
257 - Added path_to method
258 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
260 - Added a new welcome screen.
261 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
262 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
263 - Added self restarting test server
264 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
265 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
266 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
267 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
268 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
269 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
271 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
272 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
273 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
274 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
276 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
277 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
279 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
280 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
283 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
284 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
285 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
286 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
287 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
288 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
290 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
291 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
292 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
293 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
294 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
295 kill loggging for a whole request.
296 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
297 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
298 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
299 coverage and maintainability.
300 - Added fork support to built in test server.
301 - Fixed all memory leaks.
302 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
303 core to be thread-safe.
304 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
306 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
307 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
308 - Improved documentation
309 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
310 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
311 action. (Andy Grundman)
312 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
314 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
315 - Now with updated manifest.
317 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
318 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
320 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
322 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
323 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
324 - added arguments for detach
325 - new credits section in pod
326 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
327 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
329 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
331 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
333 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
334 - Fix for inheritance bug.
335 - Allow forward with arguments.
337 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
338 - make module build cons README automatically.
339 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
340 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
341 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
342 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
343 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
344 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
345 - added $c->request->cookie
346 - added Catalyst::Setup
347 - refactored Catalyst::import()
348 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
349 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
350 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
352 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
353 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
354 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
356 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
357 - improved base locating in MP engines
358 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
359 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
360 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
362 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
363 - fixed a bug in https detection
364 - fixed auto chain finally
365 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
367 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
368 - improved uploads and parameters
369 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
370 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
371 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
372 - fixed win32 installer
373 - added deep recursion detection
375 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
376 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
377 in Path and Regex attributes
378 - new helper templates
379 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
380 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
381 instance (not the same app!)
383 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
384 - added support for MP registry scripts
385 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
386 - added SpeedyCGI engine
388 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
389 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
390 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
391 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
392 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
393 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
394 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
395 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
396 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
397 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
399 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
400 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
401 - added Plugins chapter to manual
402 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
403 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
404 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
405 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
406 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
407 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
408 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
410 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
413 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
414 - some documentation bugs fixed
415 - added Catalyst::Utils
416 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
417 - fixed upload bug with MP19
418 - added $c->req->body
419 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
420 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
422 - extended attribute handling
423 - added global config for components
425 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
426 - new core to support inheritance trees
427 - new syntax for action declaration
428 - new helper system using TT2
429 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
430 - added Test::Pod support
431 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
432 - added option to run tests against a remote server
433 - renamed errors() to error()
435 - countless minor improvements
436 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
437 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
439 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
440 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
441 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
442 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
443 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
445 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
446 - updated helper scripts
447 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
448 the script directory. We promise!
450 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
451 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
452 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
453 - removed cgi-server.pl
454 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
455 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
456 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
457 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
459 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
460 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
462 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
463 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
464 - previous release was borked!
465 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
467 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
468 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
469 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
470 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
471 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
472 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
473 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
474 - updated helper scripts
475 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
476 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
478 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
479 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
480 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
482 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
484 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
485 - debug message for parameters
486 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
488 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
489 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
491 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
492 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
494 - more debug messages
497 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
498 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
499 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
501 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
502 - updated cookbook example
503 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
505 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
506 - no more regex actions in forward
507 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
509 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
510 - catch errors in application class
511 - handle die properly.
513 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
516 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
517 - moved bin to script
519 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
520 - improved documentation
521 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
524 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
525 - server_base sucks, removed
526 - added $c->log->dump()
528 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
529 - removed some warnings
531 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
533 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
535 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
536 - improved documentation
538 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
539 - fixed more little bugs
541 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
542 - improved documentation
543 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
545 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
546 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
547 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
548 !?default, !?begin and !?end
549 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
550 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
553 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
554 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
555 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
557 - improved documentation for actions
559 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
560 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
561 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
563 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
564 - error reporting for app class
565 - no more engine debug messages
566 - class->method forwards get resolved now
568 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
569 - friendlier statistics
571 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
572 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
574 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
577 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
578 - real version number for CPAN.pm
579 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
580 - more statistics in debug logs
581 - ? prefix for forward()
583 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
584 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
585 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
587 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
588 - added ? for prefixed actions
591 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
592 - arguments for _default
593 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
594 - added $c->req->method
596 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
597 - POD fixes and improvements
599 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
600 - first development release