1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Added ActionClass attribute
4 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
5 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
6 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
7 - cleaned up logging and debug output
9 - Added warning for setup being called twice
10 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
11 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
12 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
16 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
17 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
19 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
20 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
22 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
23 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
24 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
27 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
28 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
30 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
32 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
34 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
35 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
36 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
37 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
39 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
40 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
42 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
43 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
44 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
45 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
46 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
47 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
48 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
49 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
50 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
51 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
52 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
53 to more sane settings.
54 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
55 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
56 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
57 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
58 (stress tests run 12% faster)
59 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
61 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
62 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
63 - Cleaned generated tests
64 - Added Root controller concept
65 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
67 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
68 - Added plugin introspection.
69 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
70 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
71 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
73 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
74 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
75 was not run. (Eric Wong)
76 - Cleaned up generated tests
77 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
78 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
79 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
80 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
82 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
83 - Updated prereq versions
85 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
86 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
87 - Added YAML config support
88 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
89 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
90 correct execution order.
91 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
92 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
93 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
94 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
95 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
96 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
97 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
99 - Exceptions now return status 500.
100 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
101 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
102 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
103 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
104 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
105 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
106 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
108 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
109 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
111 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
112 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
113 including those that attach to /
114 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
115 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
116 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
117 using $c->req->params('foo').
118 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
120 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
121 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
122 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
123 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
124 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
125 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
127 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
128 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
129 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
130 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
131 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
132 - Improved PAR support
133 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
134 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
135 - Static::Simple changes:
136 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
138 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
139 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
141 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
142 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
143 - Switched to Module::Install
144 - Renamed tests for easier editing
145 - Reformatted documentation
146 - Renamed -nonew to -force
148 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
150 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
152 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
153 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
154 request. (Sam Vilain)
155 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
156 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
157 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
158 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
160 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
161 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
163 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
164 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
166 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
167 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
170 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
171 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
173 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
174 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
176 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
180 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
181 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
182 - Fixed args handling in forward()
183 - Fixed forwarding to classes
184 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
185 - Fixed relative forwarding
186 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
188 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
189 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
192 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
193 - Improved format of startup debug log.
194 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
195 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
196 if the browser is closed.
197 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
198 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
200 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
201 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
202 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
203 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
204 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
205 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
207 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
208 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
209 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
210 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
211 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
212 parent app is shut down.
213 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
215 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
216 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
217 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
219 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
221 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
222 - Whole new dispatcher!
224 - Added path_to method
225 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
227 - Added a new welcome screen.
228 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
229 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
230 - Added self restarting test server
231 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
232 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
233 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
234 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
235 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
236 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
238 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
239 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
240 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
241 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
243 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
244 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
246 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
247 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
250 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
251 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
252 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
253 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
254 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
255 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
257 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
258 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
259 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
260 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
261 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
262 kill loggging for a whole request.
263 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
264 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
265 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
266 coverage and maintainability.
267 - Added fork support to built in test server.
268 - Fixed all memory leaks.
269 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
270 core to be thread-safe.
271 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
273 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
274 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
275 - Improved documentation
276 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
277 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
278 action. (Andy Grundman)
279 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
281 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
282 - Now with updated manifest.
284 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
285 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
287 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
289 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
290 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
291 - added arguments for detach
292 - new credits section in pod
293 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
294 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
296 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
298 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
300 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
301 - Fix for inheritance bug.
302 - Allow forward with arguments.
304 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
305 - make module build cons README automatically.
306 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
307 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
308 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
309 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
310 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
311 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
312 - added $c->request->cookie
313 - added Catalyst::Setup
314 - refactored Catalyst::import()
315 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
316 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
317 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
319 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
320 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
321 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
323 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
324 - improved base locating in MP engines
325 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
326 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
327 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
329 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
330 - fixed a bug in https detection
331 - fixed auto chain finally
332 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
334 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
335 - improved uploads and parameters
336 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
337 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
338 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
339 - fixed win32 installer
340 - added deep recursion detection
342 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
343 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
344 in Path and Regex attributes
345 - new helper templates
346 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
347 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
348 instance (not the same app!)
350 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
351 - added support for MP registry scripts
352 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
353 - added SpeedyCGI engine
355 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
356 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
357 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
358 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
359 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
360 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
361 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
362 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
363 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
364 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
366 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
367 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
368 - added Plugins chapter to manual
369 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
370 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
371 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
372 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
373 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
374 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
375 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
377 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
380 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
381 - some documentation bugs fixed
382 - added Catalyst::Utils
383 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
384 - fixed upload bug with MP19
385 - added $c->req->body
386 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
387 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
389 - extended attribute handling
390 - added global config for components
392 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
393 - new core to support inheritance trees
394 - new syntax for action declaration
395 - new helper system using TT2
396 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
397 - added Test::Pod support
398 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
399 - added option to run tests against a remote server
400 - renamed errors() to error()
402 - countless minor improvements
403 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
404 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
406 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
407 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
408 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
409 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
410 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
412 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
413 - updated helper scripts
414 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
415 the script directory. We promise!
417 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
418 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
419 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
420 - removed cgi-server.pl
421 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
422 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
423 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
424 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
426 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
427 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
429 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
430 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
431 - previous release was borked!
432 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
434 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
435 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
436 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
437 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
438 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
439 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
440 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
441 - updated helper scripts
442 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
443 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
445 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
446 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
447 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
449 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
451 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
452 - debug message for parameters
453 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
455 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
456 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
458 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
459 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
461 - more debug messages
464 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
465 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
466 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
468 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
469 - updated cookbook example
470 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
472 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
473 - no more regex actions in forward
474 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
476 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
477 - catch errors in application class
478 - handle die properly.
480 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
483 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
484 - moved bin to script
486 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
487 - improved documentation
488 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
491 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
492 - server_base sucks, removed
493 - added $c->log->dump()
495 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
496 - removed some warnings
498 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
500 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
502 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
503 - improved documentation
505 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
506 - fixed more little bugs
508 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
509 - improved documentation
510 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
512 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
513 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
514 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
515 !?default, !?begin and !?end
516 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
517 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
520 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
521 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
522 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
524 - improved documentation for actions
526 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
527 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
528 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
530 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
531 - error reporting for app class
532 - no more engine debug messages
533 - class->method forwards get resolved now
535 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
536 - friendlier statistics
538 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
539 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
541 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
544 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
545 - real version number for CPAN.pm
546 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
547 - more statistics in debug logs
548 - ? prefix for forward()
550 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
551 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
552 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
554 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
555 - added ? for prefixed actions
558 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
559 - arguments for _default
560 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
561 - added $c->req->method
563 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
564 - POD fixes and improvements
566 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
567 - first development release