1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Allow use Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
6 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
7 - Additions and updates to tutorial
9 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
10 - unescape captures to match args
11 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
12 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
13 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
15 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
16 - fix for component loading
17 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
20 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
21 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
22 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
23 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
26 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
28 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
29 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
30 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
32 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
35 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
37 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
38 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
39 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
40 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
41 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
42 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
43 Module::Pluggable::Object
44 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
45 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
46 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
47 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
48 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
49 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
50 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
51 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
52 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
53 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
54 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
55 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
56 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
57 - Added ActionClass attribute
58 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
59 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
60 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
61 - cleaned up logging and debug output
62 - significant documentation revisions
63 - Added warning for setup being called twice
64 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
65 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
69 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
70 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
72 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
73 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
75 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
76 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
77 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
80 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
81 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
83 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
85 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
87 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
88 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
89 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
90 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
92 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
93 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
95 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
96 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
97 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
98 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
99 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
100 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
101 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
102 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
103 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
104 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
105 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
106 to more sane settings.
107 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
108 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
109 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
110 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
111 (stress tests run 12% faster)
112 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
114 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
115 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
116 - Cleaned generated tests
117 - Added Root controller concept
118 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
120 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
121 - Added plugin introspection.
122 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
123 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
124 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
126 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
127 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
128 was not run. (Eric Wong)
129 - Cleaned up generated tests
130 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
131 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
132 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
133 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
135 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
136 - Updated prereq versions
138 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
139 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
140 - Added YAML config support
141 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
142 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
143 correct execution order.
144 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
145 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
146 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
147 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
148 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
149 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
150 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
152 - Exceptions now return status 500.
153 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
154 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
155 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
156 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
157 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
158 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
159 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
161 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
162 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
164 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
165 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
166 including those that attach to /
167 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
168 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
169 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
170 using $c->req->params('foo').
171 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
173 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
174 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
175 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
176 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
177 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
178 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
180 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
181 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
182 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
183 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
184 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
185 - Improved PAR support
186 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
187 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
188 - Static::Simple changes:
189 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
191 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
192 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
194 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
195 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
196 - Switched to Module::Install
197 - Renamed tests for easier editing
198 - Reformatted documentation
199 - Renamed -nonew to -force
201 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
203 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
205 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
206 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
207 request. (Sam Vilain)
208 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
209 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
210 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
211 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
213 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
214 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
216 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
217 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
219 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
220 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
223 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
224 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
226 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
227 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
229 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
233 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
234 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
235 - Fixed args handling in forward()
236 - Fixed forwarding to classes
237 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
238 - Fixed relative forwarding
239 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
241 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
242 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
245 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
246 - Improved format of startup debug log.
247 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
248 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
249 if the browser is closed.
250 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
251 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
253 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
254 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
255 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
256 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
257 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
258 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
260 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
261 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
262 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
263 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
264 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
265 parent app is shut down.
266 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
268 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
269 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
270 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
272 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
274 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
275 - Whole new dispatcher!
277 - Added path_to method
278 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
280 - Added a new welcome screen.
281 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
282 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
283 - Added self restarting test server
284 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
285 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
286 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
287 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
288 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
289 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
291 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
292 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
293 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
294 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
296 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
297 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
299 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
300 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
303 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
304 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
305 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
306 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
307 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
308 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
310 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
311 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
312 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
313 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
314 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
315 kill loggging for a whole request.
316 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
317 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
318 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
319 coverage and maintainability.
320 - Added fork support to built in test server.
321 - Fixed all memory leaks.
322 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
323 core to be thread-safe.
324 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
326 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
327 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
328 - Improved documentation
329 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
330 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
331 action. (Andy Grundman)
332 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
334 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
335 - Now with updated manifest.
337 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
338 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
340 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
342 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
343 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
344 - added arguments for detach
345 - new credits section in pod
346 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
347 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
349 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
351 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
353 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
354 - Fix for inheritance bug.
355 - Allow forward with arguments.
357 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
358 - make module build cons README automatically.
359 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
360 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
361 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
362 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
363 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
364 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
365 - added $c->request->cookie
366 - added Catalyst::Setup
367 - refactored Catalyst::import()
368 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
369 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
370 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
372 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
373 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
374 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
376 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
377 - improved base locating in MP engines
378 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
379 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
380 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
382 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
383 - fixed a bug in https detection
384 - fixed auto chain finally
385 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
387 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
388 - improved uploads and parameters
389 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
390 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
391 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
392 - fixed win32 installer
393 - added deep recursion detection
395 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
396 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
397 in Path and Regex attributes
398 - new helper templates
399 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
400 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
401 instance (not the same app!)
403 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
404 - added support for MP registry scripts
405 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
406 - added SpeedyCGI engine
408 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
409 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
410 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
411 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
412 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
413 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
414 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
415 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
416 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
417 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
419 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
420 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
421 - added Plugins chapter to manual
422 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
423 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
424 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
425 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
426 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
427 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
428 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
430 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
433 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
434 - some documentation bugs fixed
435 - added Catalyst::Utils
436 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
437 - fixed upload bug with MP19
438 - added $c->req->body
439 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
440 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
442 - extended attribute handling
443 - added global config for components
445 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
446 - new core to support inheritance trees
447 - new syntax for action declaration
448 - new helper system using TT2
449 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
450 - added Test::Pod support
451 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
452 - added option to run tests against a remote server
453 - renamed errors() to error()
455 - countless minor improvements
456 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
457 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
459 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
460 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
461 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
462 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
463 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
465 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
466 - updated helper scripts
467 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
468 the script directory. We promise!
470 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
471 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
472 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
473 - removed cgi-server.pl
474 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
475 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
476 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
477 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
479 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
480 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
482 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
483 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
484 - previous release was borked!
485 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
487 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
488 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
489 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
490 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
491 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
492 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
493 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
494 - updated helper scripts
495 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
496 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
498 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
499 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
500 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
502 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
504 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
505 - debug message for parameters
506 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
508 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
509 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
511 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
512 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
514 - more debug messages
517 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
518 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
519 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
521 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
522 - updated cookbook example
523 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
525 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
526 - no more regex actions in forward
527 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
529 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
530 - catch errors in application class
531 - handle die properly.
533 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
536 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
537 - moved bin to script
539 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
540 - improved documentation
541 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
544 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
545 - server_base sucks, removed
546 - added $c->log->dump()
548 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
549 - removed some warnings
551 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
553 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
555 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
556 - improved documentation
558 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
559 - fixed more little bugs
561 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
562 - improved documentation
563 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
565 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
566 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
567 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
568 !?default, !?begin and !?end
569 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
570 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
573 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
574 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
575 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
577 - improved documentation for actions
579 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
580 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
581 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
583 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
584 - error reporting for app class
585 - no more engine debug messages
586 - class->method forwards get resolved now
588 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
589 - friendlier statistics
591 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
592 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
594 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
597 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
598 - real version number for CPAN.pm
599 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
600 - more statistics in debug logs
601 - ? prefix for forward()
603 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
604 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
605 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
607 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
608 - added ? for prefixed actions
611 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
612 - arguments for _default
613 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
614 - added $c->req->method
616 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
617 - POD fixes and improvements
619 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
620 - first development release