1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
4 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
5 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
8 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
9 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
11 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
13 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
15 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
16 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
17 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
19 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
20 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
22 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
23 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
24 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
25 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
26 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
27 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
28 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
29 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
30 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
31 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
32 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
33 to more sane settings.
34 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
35 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
36 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
37 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
38 (stress tests run 12% faster)
39 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
41 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
42 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
43 - Cleaned generated tests
44 - Added Root controller concept
45 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
47 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
48 - Added plugin introspection.
49 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
50 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
51 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
53 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
54 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
55 was not run. (Eric Wong)
56 - Cleaned up generated tests
57 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
58 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
59 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
60 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
62 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
63 - Updated prereq versions
65 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
66 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
67 - Added YAML config support
68 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
69 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
70 correct execution order.
71 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
72 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
73 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
74 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
75 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
76 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
77 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
79 - Exceptions now return status 500.
80 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
81 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
82 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
83 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
84 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
85 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
86 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
88 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
89 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
91 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
92 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
93 including those that attach to /
94 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
95 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
96 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
97 using $c->req->params('foo').
98 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
100 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
101 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
102 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
103 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
104 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
105 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
107 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
108 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
109 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
110 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
111 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
112 - Improved PAR support
113 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
114 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
115 - Static::Simple changes:
116 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
118 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
119 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
121 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
122 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
123 - Switched to Module::Install
124 - Renamed tests for easier editing
125 - Reformatted documentation
126 - Renamed -nonew to -force
128 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
130 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
132 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
133 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
134 request. (Sam Vilain)
135 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
136 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
137 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
138 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
140 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
141 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
143 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
144 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
146 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
147 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
150 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
151 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
153 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
154 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
156 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
160 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
161 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
162 - Fixed args handling in forward()
163 - Fixed forwarding to classes
164 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
165 - Fixed relative forwarding
166 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
168 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
169 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
172 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
173 - Improved format of startup debug log.
174 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
175 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
176 if the browser is closed.
177 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
178 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
180 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
181 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
182 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
183 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
184 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
185 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
187 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
188 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
189 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
190 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
191 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
192 parent app is shut down.
193 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
195 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
196 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
197 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
199 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
201 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
202 - Whole new dispatcher!
204 - Added path_to method
205 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
207 - Added a new welcome screen.
208 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
209 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
210 - Added self restarting test server
211 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
212 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
213 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
214 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
215 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
216 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
218 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
219 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
220 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
221 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
223 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
224 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
226 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
227 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
230 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
231 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
232 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
233 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
234 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
235 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
237 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
238 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
239 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
240 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
241 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
242 kill loggging for a whole request.
243 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
244 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
245 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
246 coverage and maintainability.
247 - Added fork support to built in test server.
248 - Fixed all memory leaks.
249 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
250 core to be thread-safe.
251 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
253 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
254 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
255 - Improved documentation
256 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
257 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
258 action. (Andy Grundman)
259 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
261 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
262 - Now with updated manifest.
264 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
265 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
267 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
269 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
270 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
271 - added arguments for detach
272 - new credits section in pod
273 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
274 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
276 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
278 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
280 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
281 - Fix for inheritance bug.
282 - Allow forward with arguments.
284 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
285 - make module build cons README automatically.
286 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
287 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
288 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
289 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
290 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
291 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
292 - added $c->request->cookie
293 - added Catalyst::Setup
294 - refactored Catalyst::import()
295 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
296 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
297 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
299 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
300 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
301 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
303 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
304 - improved base locating in MP engines
305 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
306 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
307 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
309 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
310 - fixed a bug in https detection
311 - fixed auto chain finally
312 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
314 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
315 - improved uploads and parameters
316 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
317 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
318 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
319 - fixed win32 installer
320 - added deep recursion detection
322 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
323 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
324 in Path and Regex attributes
325 - new helper templates
326 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
327 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
328 instance (not the same app!)
330 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
331 - added support for MP registry scripts
332 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
333 - added SpeedyCGI engine
335 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
336 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
337 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
338 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
339 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
340 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
341 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
342 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
343 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
344 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
346 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
347 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
348 - added Plugins chapter to manual
349 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
350 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
351 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
352 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
353 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
354 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
355 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
357 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
360 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
361 - some documentation bugs fixed
362 - added Catalyst::Utils
363 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
364 - fixed upload bug with MP19
365 - added $c->req->body
366 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
367 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
369 - extended attribute handling
370 - added global config for components
372 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
373 - new core to support inheritance trees
374 - new syntax for action declaration
375 - new helper system using TT2
376 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
377 - added Test::Pod support
378 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
379 - added option to run tests against a remote server
380 - renamed errors() to error()
382 - countless minor improvements
383 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
384 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
386 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
387 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
388 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
389 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
390 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
392 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
393 - updated helper scripts
394 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
395 the script directory. We promise!
397 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
398 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
399 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
400 - removed cgi-server.pl
401 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
402 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
403 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
404 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
406 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
407 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
409 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
410 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
411 - previous release was borked!
412 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
414 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
415 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
416 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
417 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
418 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
419 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
420 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
421 - updated helper scripts
422 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
423 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
425 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
426 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
427 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
429 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
431 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
432 - debug message for parameters
433 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
435 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
436 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
438 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
439 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
441 - more debug messages
444 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
445 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
446 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
448 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
449 - updated cookbook example
450 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
452 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
453 - no more regex actions in forward
454 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
456 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
457 - catch errors in application class
458 - handle die properly.
460 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
463 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
464 - moved bin to script
466 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
467 - improved documentation
468 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
471 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
472 - server_base sucks, removed
473 - added $c->log->dump()
475 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
476 - removed some warnings
478 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
480 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
482 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
483 - improved documentation
485 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
486 - fixed more little bugs
488 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
489 - improved documentation
490 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
492 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
493 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
494 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
495 !?default, !?begin and !?end
496 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
497 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
500 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
501 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
502 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
504 - improved documentation for actions
506 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
507 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
508 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
510 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
511 - error reporting for app class
512 - no more engine debug messages
513 - class->method forwards get resolved now
515 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
516 - friendlier statistics
518 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
519 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
521 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
524 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
525 - real version number for CPAN.pm
526 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
527 - more statistics in debug logs
528 - ? prefix for forward()
530 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
531 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
532 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
534 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
535 - added ? for prefixed actions
538 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
539 - arguments for _default
540 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
541 - added $c->req->method
543 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
544 - POD fixes and improvements
546 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
547 - first development release