1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
4 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
5 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
6 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
7 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
8 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
9 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
10 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
11 Module::Pluggable::Object
12 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
13 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
14 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
15 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
16 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
17 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
18 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
19 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
20 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
21 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
22 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
23 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
24 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
25 - Added ActionClass attribute
26 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
27 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
28 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
29 - cleaned up logging and debug output
31 - Added warning for setup being called twice
32 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
33 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
37 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
38 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
40 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
41 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
43 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
44 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
45 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
48 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
49 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
51 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
53 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
55 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
56 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
57 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
58 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
60 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
61 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
63 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
64 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
65 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
66 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
67 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
68 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
69 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
70 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
71 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
72 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
73 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
74 to more sane settings.
75 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
76 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
77 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
78 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
79 (stress tests run 12% faster)
80 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
82 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
83 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
84 - Cleaned generated tests
85 - Added Root controller concept
86 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
88 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
89 - Added plugin introspection.
90 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
91 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
92 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
94 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
95 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
96 was not run. (Eric Wong)
97 - Cleaned up generated tests
98 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
99 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
100 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
101 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
103 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
104 - Updated prereq versions
106 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
107 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
108 - Added YAML config support
109 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
110 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
111 correct execution order.
112 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
113 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
114 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
115 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
116 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
117 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
118 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
120 - Exceptions now return status 500.
121 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
122 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
123 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
124 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
125 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
126 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
127 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
129 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
130 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
132 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
133 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
134 including those that attach to /
135 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
136 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
137 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
138 using $c->req->params('foo').
139 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
141 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
142 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
143 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
144 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
145 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
146 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
148 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
149 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
150 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
151 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
152 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
153 - Improved PAR support
154 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
155 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
156 - Static::Simple changes:
157 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
159 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
160 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
162 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
163 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
164 - Switched to Module::Install
165 - Renamed tests for easier editing
166 - Reformatted documentation
167 - Renamed -nonew to -force
169 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
171 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
173 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
174 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
175 request. (Sam Vilain)
176 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
177 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
178 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
179 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
181 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
182 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
184 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
185 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
187 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
188 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
191 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
192 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
194 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
195 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
197 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
201 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
202 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
203 - Fixed args handling in forward()
204 - Fixed forwarding to classes
205 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
206 - Fixed relative forwarding
207 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
209 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
210 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
213 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
214 - Improved format of startup debug log.
215 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
216 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
217 if the browser is closed.
218 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
219 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
221 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
222 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
223 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
224 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
225 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
226 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
228 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
229 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
230 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
231 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
232 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
233 parent app is shut down.
234 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
236 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
237 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
238 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
240 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
242 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
243 - Whole new dispatcher!
245 - Added path_to method
246 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
248 - Added a new welcome screen.
249 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
250 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
251 - Added self restarting test server
252 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
253 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
254 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
255 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
256 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
257 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
259 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
260 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
261 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
262 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
264 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
265 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
267 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
268 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
271 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
272 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
273 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
274 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
275 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
276 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
278 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
279 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
280 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
281 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
282 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
283 kill loggging for a whole request.
284 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
285 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
286 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
287 coverage and maintainability.
288 - Added fork support to built in test server.
289 - Fixed all memory leaks.
290 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
291 core to be thread-safe.
292 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
294 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
295 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
296 - Improved documentation
297 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
298 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
299 action. (Andy Grundman)
300 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
302 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
303 - Now with updated manifest.
305 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
306 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
308 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
310 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
311 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
312 - added arguments for detach
313 - new credits section in pod
314 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
315 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
317 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
319 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
321 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
322 - Fix for inheritance bug.
323 - Allow forward with arguments.
325 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
326 - make module build cons README automatically.
327 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
328 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
329 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
330 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
331 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
332 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
333 - added $c->request->cookie
334 - added Catalyst::Setup
335 - refactored Catalyst::import()
336 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
337 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
338 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
340 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
341 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
342 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
344 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
345 - improved base locating in MP engines
346 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
347 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
348 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
350 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
351 - fixed a bug in https detection
352 - fixed auto chain finally
353 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
355 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
356 - improved uploads and parameters
357 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
358 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
359 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
360 - fixed win32 installer
361 - added deep recursion detection
363 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
364 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
365 in Path and Regex attributes
366 - new helper templates
367 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
368 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
369 instance (not the same app!)
371 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
372 - added support for MP registry scripts
373 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
374 - added SpeedyCGI engine
376 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
377 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
378 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
379 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
380 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
381 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
382 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
383 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
384 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
385 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
387 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
388 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
389 - added Plugins chapter to manual
390 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
391 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
392 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
393 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
394 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
395 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
396 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
398 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
401 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
402 - some documentation bugs fixed
403 - added Catalyst::Utils
404 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
405 - fixed upload bug with MP19
406 - added $c->req->body
407 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
408 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
410 - extended attribute handling
411 - added global config for components
413 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
414 - new core to support inheritance trees
415 - new syntax for action declaration
416 - new helper system using TT2
417 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
418 - added Test::Pod support
419 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
420 - added option to run tests against a remote server
421 - renamed errors() to error()
423 - countless minor improvements
424 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
425 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
427 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
428 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
429 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
430 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
431 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
433 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
434 - updated helper scripts
435 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
436 the script directory. We promise!
438 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
439 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
440 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
441 - removed cgi-server.pl
442 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
443 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
444 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
445 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
447 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
448 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
450 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
451 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
452 - previous release was borked!
453 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
455 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
456 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
457 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
458 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
459 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
460 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
461 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
462 - updated helper scripts
463 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
464 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
466 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
467 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
468 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
470 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
472 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
473 - debug message for parameters
474 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
476 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
477 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
479 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
480 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
482 - more debug messages
485 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
486 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
487 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
489 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
490 - updated cookbook example
491 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
493 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
494 - no more regex actions in forward
495 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
497 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
498 - catch errors in application class
499 - handle die properly.
501 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
504 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
505 - moved bin to script
507 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
508 - improved documentation
509 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
512 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
513 - server_base sucks, removed
514 - added $c->log->dump()
516 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
517 - removed some warnings
519 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
521 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
523 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
524 - improved documentation
526 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
527 - fixed more little bugs
529 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
530 - improved documentation
531 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
533 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
534 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
535 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
536 !?default, !?begin and !?end
537 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
538 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
541 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
542 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
543 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
545 - improved documentation for actions
547 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
548 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
549 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
551 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
552 - error reporting for app class
553 - no more engine debug messages
554 - class->method forwards get resolved now
556 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
557 - friendlier statistics
559 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
560 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
562 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
565 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
566 - real version number for CPAN.pm
567 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
568 - more statistics in debug logs
569 - ? prefix for forward()
571 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
572 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
573 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
575 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
576 - added ? for prefixed actions
579 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
580 - arguments for _default
581 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
582 - added $c->req->method
584 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
585 - POD fixes and improvements
587 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
588 - first development release