1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
5 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
6 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
8 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
9 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
10 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
11 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
12 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
13 parent app is shut down.
14 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
16 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
17 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
18 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
20 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
22 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
23 - Whole new dispatcher!
25 - Added path_to method
26 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
28 - Added a new welcome screen.
29 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
30 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
31 - Added self restarting test server
32 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
33 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
34 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
35 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
36 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
37 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
39 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
40 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
41 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
42 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
44 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
45 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
47 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
48 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
51 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
52 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
53 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
54 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
55 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
56 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
58 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
59 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
60 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
61 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
62 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
63 kill loggging for a whole request.
64 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
65 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
66 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
67 coverage and maintainability.
68 - Added fork support to built in test server.
69 - Fixed all memory leaks.
70 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
71 core to be thread-safe.
72 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
74 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
75 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
76 - Improved documentation
77 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
78 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
79 action. (Andy Grundman)
80 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
82 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
83 - Now with updated manifest.
85 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
86 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
88 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
90 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
91 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
92 - added arguments for detach
93 - new credits section in pod
94 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
95 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
97 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
99 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
101 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
102 - Fix for inheritance bug.
103 - Allow forward with arguments.
105 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
106 - make module build cons README automatically.
107 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
108 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
109 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
110 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
111 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
112 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
113 - added $c->request->cookie
114 - added Catalyst::Setup
115 - refactored Catalyst::import()
116 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
117 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
118 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
120 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
121 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
122 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
124 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
125 - improved base locating in MP engines
126 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
127 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
128 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
130 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
131 - fixed a bug in https detection
132 - fixed auto chain finally
133 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
135 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
136 - improved uploads and parameters
137 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
138 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
139 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
140 - fixed win32 installer
141 - added deep recursion detection
143 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
144 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
145 in Path and Regex attributes
146 - new helper templates
147 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
148 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
149 instance (not the same app!)
151 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
152 - added support for MP registry scripts
153 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
154 - added SpeedyCGI engine
156 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
157 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
158 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
159 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
160 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
161 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
162 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
163 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
164 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
165 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
167 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
168 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
169 - added Plugins chapter to manual
170 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
171 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
172 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
173 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
174 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
175 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
176 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
178 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
181 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
182 - some documentation bugs fixed
183 - added Catalyst::Utils
184 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
185 - fixed upload bug with MP19
186 - added $c->req->body
187 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
188 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
190 - extended attribute handling
191 - added global config for components
193 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
194 - new core to support inheritance trees
195 - new syntax for action declaration
196 - new helper system using TT2
197 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
198 - added Test::Pod support
199 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
200 - added option to run tests against a remote server
201 - renamed errors() to error()
203 - countless minor improvements
204 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
205 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
207 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
208 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
209 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
210 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
211 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
213 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
214 - updated helper scripts
215 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
216 the script directory. We promise!
218 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
219 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
220 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
221 - removed cgi-server.pl
222 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
223 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
224 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
225 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
227 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
228 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
230 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
231 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
232 - previous release was borked!
233 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
235 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
236 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
237 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
238 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
239 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
240 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
241 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
242 - updated helper scripts
243 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
244 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
246 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
247 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
248 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
250 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
252 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
253 - debug message for parameters
254 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
256 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
257 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
259 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
260 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
262 - more debug messages
265 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
266 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
267 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
269 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
270 - updated cookbook example
271 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
273 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
274 - no more regex actions in forward
275 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
277 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
278 - catch errors in application class
279 - handle die properly.
281 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
284 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
285 - moved bin to script
287 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
288 - improved documentation
289 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
292 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
293 - server_base sucks, removed
294 - added $c->log->dump()
296 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
297 - removed some warnings
299 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
301 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
303 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
304 - improved documentation
306 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
307 - fixed more little bugs
309 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
310 - improved documentation
311 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
313 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
314 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
315 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
316 !?default, !?begin and !?end
317 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
318 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
321 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
322 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
323 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
325 - improved documentation for actions
327 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
328 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
329 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
331 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
332 - error reporting for app class
333 - no more engine debug messages
334 - class->method forwards get resolved now
336 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
337 - friendlier statistics
339 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
340 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
342 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
345 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
346 - real version number for CPAN.pm
347 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
348 - more statistics in debug logs
349 - ? prefix for forward()
351 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
352 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
353 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
355 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
356 - added ? for prefixed actions
359 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
360 - arguments for _default
361 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
362 - added $c->req->method
364 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
365 - POD fixes and improvements
367 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
368 - first development release