1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
5 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
6 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
7 was not run. (Eric Wong)
8 - Cleaned up generated tests
9 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
10 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
11 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
12 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
14 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
15 - Updated prereq versions
17 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
18 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
19 - Added YAML config support
20 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
21 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
22 correct execution order.
23 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
24 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
25 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
26 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
27 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
28 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
29 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
31 - Exceptions now return status 500.
32 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
33 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
34 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
35 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
36 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
37 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
38 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
40 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
41 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
43 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
44 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
45 including those that attach to /
46 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
47 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
48 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
49 using $c->req->params('foo').
50 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
52 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
53 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
54 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
55 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
56 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
57 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
59 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
60 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
61 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
62 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
63 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
64 - Improved PAR support
65 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
66 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
67 - Static::Simple changes:
68 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
70 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
71 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
73 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
74 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
75 - Switched to Module::Install
76 - Renamed tests for easier editing
77 - Reformatted documentation
78 - Renamed -nonew to -force
80 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
82 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
84 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
85 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
87 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
88 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
89 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
90 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
92 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
93 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
95 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
96 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
98 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
99 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
102 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
103 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
105 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
106 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
108 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
112 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
113 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
114 - Fixed args handling in forward()
115 - Fixed forwarding to classes
116 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
117 - Fixed relative forwarding
118 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
120 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
121 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
124 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
125 - Improved format of startup debug log.
126 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
127 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
128 if the browser is closed.
129 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
130 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
132 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
133 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
134 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
135 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
136 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
137 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
139 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
140 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
141 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
142 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
143 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
144 parent app is shut down.
145 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
147 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
148 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
149 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
151 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
153 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
154 - Whole new dispatcher!
156 - Added path_to method
157 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
159 - Added a new welcome screen.
160 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
161 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
162 - Added self restarting test server
163 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
164 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
165 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
166 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
167 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
168 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
170 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
171 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
172 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
173 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
175 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
176 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
178 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
179 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
182 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
183 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
184 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
185 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
186 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
187 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
189 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
190 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
191 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
192 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
193 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
194 kill loggging for a whole request.
195 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
196 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
197 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
198 coverage and maintainability.
199 - Added fork support to built in test server.
200 - Fixed all memory leaks.
201 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
202 core to be thread-safe.
203 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
205 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
206 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
207 - Improved documentation
208 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
209 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
210 action. (Andy Grundman)
211 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
213 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
214 - Now with updated manifest.
216 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
217 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
219 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
221 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
222 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
223 - added arguments for detach
224 - new credits section in pod
225 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
226 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
228 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
230 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
232 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
233 - Fix for inheritance bug.
234 - Allow forward with arguments.
236 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
237 - make module build cons README automatically.
238 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
239 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
240 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
241 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
242 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
243 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
244 - added $c->request->cookie
245 - added Catalyst::Setup
246 - refactored Catalyst::import()
247 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
248 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
249 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
251 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
252 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
253 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
255 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
256 - improved base locating in MP engines
257 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
258 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
259 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
261 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
262 - fixed a bug in https detection
263 - fixed auto chain finally
264 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
266 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
267 - improved uploads and parameters
268 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
269 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
270 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
271 - fixed win32 installer
272 - added deep recursion detection
274 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
275 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
276 in Path and Regex attributes
277 - new helper templates
278 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
279 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
280 instance (not the same app!)
282 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
283 - added support for MP registry scripts
284 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
285 - added SpeedyCGI engine
287 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
288 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
289 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
290 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
291 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
292 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
293 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
294 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
295 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
296 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
298 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
299 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
300 - added Plugins chapter to manual
301 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
302 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
303 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
304 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
305 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
306 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
307 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
309 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
312 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
313 - some documentation bugs fixed
314 - added Catalyst::Utils
315 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
316 - fixed upload bug with MP19
317 - added $c->req->body
318 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
319 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
321 - extended attribute handling
322 - added global config for components
324 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
325 - new core to support inheritance trees
326 - new syntax for action declaration
327 - new helper system using TT2
328 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
329 - added Test::Pod support
330 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
331 - added option to run tests against a remote server
332 - renamed errors() to error()
334 - countless minor improvements
335 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
336 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
338 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
339 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
340 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
341 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
342 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
344 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
345 - updated helper scripts
346 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
347 the script directory. We promise!
349 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
350 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
351 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
352 - removed cgi-server.pl
353 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
354 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
355 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
356 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
358 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
359 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
361 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
362 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
363 - previous release was borked!
364 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
366 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
367 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
368 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
369 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
370 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
371 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
372 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
373 - updated helper scripts
374 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
375 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
377 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
378 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
379 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
381 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
383 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
384 - debug message for parameters
385 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
387 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
388 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
390 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
391 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
393 - more debug messages
396 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
397 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
398 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
400 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
401 - updated cookbook example
402 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
404 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
405 - no more regex actions in forward
406 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
408 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
409 - catch errors in application class
410 - handle die properly.
412 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
415 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
416 - moved bin to script
418 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
419 - improved documentation
420 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
423 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
424 - server_base sucks, removed
425 - added $c->log->dump()
427 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
428 - removed some warnings
430 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
432 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
434 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
435 - improved documentation
437 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
438 - fixed more little bugs
440 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
441 - improved documentation
442 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
444 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
445 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
446 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
447 !?default, !?begin and !?end
448 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
449 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
452 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
453 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
454 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
456 - improved documentation for actions
458 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
459 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
460 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
462 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
463 - error reporting for app class
464 - no more engine debug messages
465 - class->method forwards get resolved now
467 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
468 - friendlier statistics
470 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
471 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
473 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
476 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
477 - real version number for CPAN.pm
478 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
479 - more statistics in debug logs
480 - ? prefix for forward()
482 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
483 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
484 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
486 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
487 - added ? for prefixed actions
490 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
491 - arguments for _default
492 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
493 - added $c->req->method
495 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
496 - POD fixes and improvements
498 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
499 - first development release