1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Renamed -nonew to -force
6 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
8 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
10 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
11 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
13 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
14 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
15 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
16 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
18 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
19 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
21 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
22 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
24 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
25 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
28 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
29 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
31 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
32 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
34 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
38 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
39 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
40 - Fixed args handling in forward()
41 - Fixed forwarding to classes
42 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
43 - Fixed relative forwarding
44 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
46 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
47 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
50 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
51 - Improved format of startup debug log.
52 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
53 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
54 if the browser is closed.
55 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
56 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
58 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
59 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
60 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
61 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
62 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
63 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
65 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
66 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
67 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
68 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
69 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
70 parent app is shut down.
71 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
73 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
74 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
75 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
77 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
79 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
80 - Whole new dispatcher!
82 - Added path_to method
83 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
85 - Added a new welcome screen.
86 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
87 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
88 - Added self restarting test server
89 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
90 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
91 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
92 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
93 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
94 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
96 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
97 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
98 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
99 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
101 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
102 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
104 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
105 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
108 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
109 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
110 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
111 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
112 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
113 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
115 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
116 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
117 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
118 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
119 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
120 kill loggging for a whole request.
121 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
122 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
123 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
124 coverage and maintainability.
125 - Added fork support to built in test server.
126 - Fixed all memory leaks.
127 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
128 core to be thread-safe.
129 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
131 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
132 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
133 - Improved documentation
134 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
135 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
136 action. (Andy Grundman)
137 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
139 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
140 - Now with updated manifest.
142 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
143 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
145 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
147 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
148 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
149 - added arguments for detach
150 - new credits section in pod
151 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
152 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
154 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
156 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
158 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
159 - Fix for inheritance bug.
160 - Allow forward with arguments.
162 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
163 - make module build cons README automatically.
164 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
165 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
166 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
167 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
168 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
169 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
170 - added $c->request->cookie
171 - added Catalyst::Setup
172 - refactored Catalyst::import()
173 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
174 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
175 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
177 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
178 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
179 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
181 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
182 - improved base locating in MP engines
183 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
184 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
185 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
187 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
188 - fixed a bug in https detection
189 - fixed auto chain finally
190 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
192 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
193 - improved uploads and parameters
194 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
195 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
196 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
197 - fixed win32 installer
198 - added deep recursion detection
200 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
201 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
202 in Path and Regex attributes
203 - new helper templates
204 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
205 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
206 instance (not the same app!)
208 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
209 - added support for MP registry scripts
210 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
211 - added SpeedyCGI engine
213 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
214 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
215 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
216 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
217 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
218 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
219 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
220 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
221 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
222 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
224 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
225 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
226 - added Plugins chapter to manual
227 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
228 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
229 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
230 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
231 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
232 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
233 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
235 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
238 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
239 - some documentation bugs fixed
240 - added Catalyst::Utils
241 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
242 - fixed upload bug with MP19
243 - added $c->req->body
244 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
245 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
247 - extended attribute handling
248 - added global config for components
250 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
251 - new core to support inheritance trees
252 - new syntax for action declaration
253 - new helper system using TT2
254 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
255 - added Test::Pod support
256 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
257 - added option to run tests against a remote server
258 - renamed errors() to error()
260 - countless minor improvements
261 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
262 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
264 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
265 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
266 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
267 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
268 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
270 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
271 - updated helper scripts
272 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
273 the script directory. We promise!
275 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
276 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
277 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
278 - removed cgi-server.pl
279 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
280 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
281 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
282 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
284 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
285 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
287 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
288 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
289 - previous release was borked!
290 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
292 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
293 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
294 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
295 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
296 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
297 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
298 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
299 - updated helper scripts
300 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
301 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
303 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
304 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
305 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
307 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
309 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
310 - debug message for parameters
311 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
313 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
314 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
316 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
317 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
319 - more debug messages
322 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
323 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
324 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
326 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
327 - updated cookbook example
328 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
330 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
331 - no more regex actions in forward
332 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
334 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
335 - catch errors in application class
336 - handle die properly.
338 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
341 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
342 - moved bin to script
344 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
345 - improved documentation
346 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
349 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
350 - server_base sucks, removed
351 - added $c->log->dump()
353 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
354 - removed some warnings
356 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
358 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
360 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
361 - improved documentation
363 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
364 - fixed more little bugs
366 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
367 - improved documentation
368 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
370 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
371 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
372 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
373 !?default, !?begin and !?end
374 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
375 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
378 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
379 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
380 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
382 - improved documentation for actions
384 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
385 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
386 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
388 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
389 - error reporting for app class
390 - no more engine debug messages
391 - class->method forwards get resolved now
393 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
394 - friendlier statistics
396 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
397 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
399 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
402 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
403 - real version number for CPAN.pm
404 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
405 - more statistics in debug logs
406 - ? prefix for forward()
408 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
409 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
410 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
412 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
413 - added ? for prefixed actions
416 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
417 - arguments for _default
418 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
419 - added $c->req->method
421 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
422 - POD fixes and improvements
424 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
425 - first development release