1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable
6 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
7 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
8 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
9 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
10 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
11 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
13 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
14 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
15 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
16 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
17 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
18 parent app is shut down.
19 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
21 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
22 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
23 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
25 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
27 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
28 - Whole new dispatcher!
30 - Added path_to method
31 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
33 - Added a new welcome screen.
34 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
35 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
36 - Added self restarting test server
37 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
38 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
39 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
40 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
41 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
42 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
44 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
45 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
46 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
47 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
49 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
50 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
52 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
53 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
56 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
57 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
58 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
59 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
60 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
61 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
63 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
64 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
65 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
66 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
67 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
68 kill loggging for a whole request.
69 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
70 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
71 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
72 coverage and maintainability.
73 - Added fork support to built in test server.
74 - Fixed all memory leaks.
75 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
76 core to be thread-safe.
77 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
79 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
80 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
81 - Improved documentation
82 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
83 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
84 action. (Andy Grundman)
85 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
87 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
88 - Now with updated manifest.
90 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
91 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
93 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
95 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
96 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
97 - added arguments for detach
98 - new credits section in pod
99 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
100 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
102 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
104 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
106 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
107 - Fix for inheritance bug.
108 - Allow forward with arguments.
110 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
111 - make module build cons README automatically.
112 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
113 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
114 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
115 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
116 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
117 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
118 - added $c->request->cookie
119 - added Catalyst::Setup
120 - refactored Catalyst::import()
121 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
122 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
123 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
125 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
126 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
127 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
129 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
130 - improved base locating in MP engines
131 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
132 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
133 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
135 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
136 - fixed a bug in https detection
137 - fixed auto chain finally
138 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
140 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
141 - improved uploads and parameters
142 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
143 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
144 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
145 - fixed win32 installer
146 - added deep recursion detection
148 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
149 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
150 in Path and Regex attributes
151 - new helper templates
152 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
153 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
154 instance (not the same app!)
156 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
157 - added support for MP registry scripts
158 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
159 - added SpeedyCGI engine
161 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
162 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
163 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
164 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
165 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
166 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
167 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
168 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
169 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
170 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
172 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
173 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
174 - added Plugins chapter to manual
175 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
176 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
177 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
178 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
179 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
180 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
181 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
183 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
186 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
187 - some documentation bugs fixed
188 - added Catalyst::Utils
189 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
190 - fixed upload bug with MP19
191 - added $c->req->body
192 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
193 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
195 - extended attribute handling
196 - added global config for components
198 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
199 - new core to support inheritance trees
200 - new syntax for action declaration
201 - new helper system using TT2
202 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
203 - added Test::Pod support
204 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
205 - added option to run tests against a remote server
206 - renamed errors() to error()
208 - countless minor improvements
209 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
210 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
212 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
213 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
214 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
215 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
216 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
218 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
219 - updated helper scripts
220 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
221 the script directory. We promise!
223 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
224 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
225 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
226 - removed cgi-server.pl
227 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
228 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
229 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
230 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
232 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
233 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
235 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
236 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
237 - previous release was borked!
238 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
240 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
241 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
242 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
243 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
244 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
245 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
246 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
247 - updated helper scripts
248 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
249 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
251 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
252 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
253 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
255 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
257 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
258 - debug message for parameters
259 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
261 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
262 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
264 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
265 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
267 - more debug messages
270 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
271 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
272 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
274 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
275 - updated cookbook example
276 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
278 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
279 - no more regex actions in forward
280 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
282 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
283 - catch errors in application class
284 - handle die properly.
286 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
289 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
290 - moved bin to script
292 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
293 - improved documentation
294 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
297 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
298 - server_base sucks, removed
299 - added $c->log->dump()
301 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
302 - removed some warnings
304 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
306 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
308 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
309 - improved documentation
311 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
312 - fixed more little bugs
314 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
315 - improved documentation
316 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
318 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
319 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
320 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
321 !?default, !?begin and !?end
322 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
323 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
326 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
327 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
328 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
330 - improved documentation for actions
332 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
333 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
334 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
336 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
337 - error reporting for app class
338 - no more engine debug messages
339 - class->method forwards get resolved now
341 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
342 - friendlier statistics
344 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
345 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
347 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
350 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
351 - real version number for CPAN.pm
352 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
353 - more statistics in debug logs
354 - ? prefix for forward()
356 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
357 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
358 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
360 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
361 - added ? for prefixed actions
364 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
365 - arguments for _default
366 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
367 - added $c->req->method
369 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
370 - POD fixes and improvements
372 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
373 - first development release