1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - add _application accessor
6 - Allow use Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
8 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
9 - Additions and updates to tutorial
11 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
12 - unescape captures to match args
13 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
14 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
15 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
17 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
18 - fix for component loading
19 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
22 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
23 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
24 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
25 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
28 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
30 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
31 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
32 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
34 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
37 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
39 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
40 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
41 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
42 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
43 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
44 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
45 Module::Pluggable::Object
46 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
47 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
48 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
49 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
50 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
51 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
52 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
53 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
54 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
55 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
56 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
57 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
58 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
59 - Added ActionClass attribute
60 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
61 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
62 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
63 - cleaned up logging and debug output
64 - significant documentation revisions
65 - Added warning for setup being called twice
66 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
67 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
71 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
72 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
74 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
75 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
77 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
78 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
79 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
82 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
83 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
85 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
87 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
89 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
90 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
91 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
92 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
94 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
95 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
97 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
98 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
99 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
100 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
101 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
102 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
103 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
104 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
105 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
106 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
107 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
108 to more sane settings.
109 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
110 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
111 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
112 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
113 (stress tests run 12% faster)
114 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
116 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
117 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
118 - Cleaned generated tests
119 - Added Root controller concept
120 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
122 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
123 - Added plugin introspection.
124 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
125 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
126 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
128 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
129 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
130 was not run. (Eric Wong)
131 - Cleaned up generated tests
132 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
133 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
134 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
135 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
137 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
138 - Updated prereq versions
140 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
141 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
142 - Added YAML config support
143 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
144 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
145 correct execution order.
146 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
147 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
148 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
149 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
150 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
151 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
152 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
154 - Exceptions now return status 500.
155 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
156 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
157 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
158 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
159 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
160 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
161 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
163 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
164 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
166 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
167 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
168 including those that attach to /
169 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
170 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
171 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
172 using $c->req->params('foo').
173 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
175 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
176 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
177 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
178 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
179 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
180 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
182 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
183 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
184 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
185 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
186 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
187 - Improved PAR support
188 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
189 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
190 - Static::Simple changes:
191 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
193 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
194 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
196 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
197 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
198 - Switched to Module::Install
199 - Renamed tests for easier editing
200 - Reformatted documentation
201 - Renamed -nonew to -force
203 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
205 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
207 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
208 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
209 request. (Sam Vilain)
210 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
211 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
212 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
213 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
215 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
216 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
218 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
219 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
221 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
222 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
225 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
226 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
228 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
229 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
231 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
235 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
236 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
237 - Fixed args handling in forward()
238 - Fixed forwarding to classes
239 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
240 - Fixed relative forwarding
241 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
243 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
244 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
247 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
248 - Improved format of startup debug log.
249 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
250 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
251 if the browser is closed.
252 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
253 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
255 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
256 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
257 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
258 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
259 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
260 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
262 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
263 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
264 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
265 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
266 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
267 parent app is shut down.
268 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
270 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
271 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
272 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
274 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
276 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
277 - Whole new dispatcher!
279 - Added path_to method
280 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
282 - Added a new welcome screen.
283 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
284 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
285 - Added self restarting test server
286 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
287 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
288 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
289 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
290 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
291 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
293 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
294 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
295 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
296 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
298 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
299 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
301 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
302 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
305 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
306 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
307 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
308 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
309 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
310 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
312 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
313 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
314 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
315 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
316 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
317 kill loggging for a whole request.
318 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
319 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
320 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
321 coverage and maintainability.
322 - Added fork support to built in test server.
323 - Fixed all memory leaks.
324 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
325 core to be thread-safe.
326 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
328 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
329 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
330 - Improved documentation
331 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
332 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
333 action. (Andy Grundman)
334 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
336 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
337 - Now with updated manifest.
339 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
340 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
342 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
344 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
345 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
346 - added arguments for detach
347 - new credits section in pod
348 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
349 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
351 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
353 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
355 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
356 - Fix for inheritance bug.
357 - Allow forward with arguments.
359 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
360 - make module build cons README automatically.
361 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
362 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
363 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
364 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
365 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
366 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
367 - added $c->request->cookie
368 - added Catalyst::Setup
369 - refactored Catalyst::import()
370 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
371 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
372 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
374 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
375 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
376 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
378 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
379 - improved base locating in MP engines
380 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
381 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
382 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
384 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
385 - fixed a bug in https detection
386 - fixed auto chain finally
387 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
389 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
390 - improved uploads and parameters
391 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
392 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
393 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
394 - fixed win32 installer
395 - added deep recursion detection
397 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
398 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
399 in Path and Regex attributes
400 - new helper templates
401 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
402 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
403 instance (not the same app!)
405 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
406 - added support for MP registry scripts
407 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
408 - added SpeedyCGI engine
410 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
411 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
412 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
413 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
414 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
415 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
416 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
417 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
418 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
419 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
421 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
422 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
423 - added Plugins chapter to manual
424 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
425 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
426 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
427 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
428 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
429 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
430 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
432 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
435 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
436 - some documentation bugs fixed
437 - added Catalyst::Utils
438 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
439 - fixed upload bug with MP19
440 - added $c->req->body
441 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
442 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
444 - extended attribute handling
445 - added global config for components
447 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
448 - new core to support inheritance trees
449 - new syntax for action declaration
450 - new helper system using TT2
451 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
452 - added Test::Pod support
453 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
454 - added option to run tests against a remote server
455 - renamed errors() to error()
457 - countless minor improvements
458 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
459 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
461 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
462 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
463 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
464 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
465 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
467 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
468 - updated helper scripts
469 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
470 the script directory. We promise!
472 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
473 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
474 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
475 - removed cgi-server.pl
476 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
477 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
478 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
479 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
481 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
482 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
484 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
485 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
486 - previous release was borked!
487 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
489 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
490 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
491 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
492 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
493 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
494 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
495 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
496 - updated helper scripts
497 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
498 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
500 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
501 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
502 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
504 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
506 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
507 - debug message for parameters
508 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
510 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
511 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
513 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
514 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
516 - more debug messages
519 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
520 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
521 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
523 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
524 - updated cookbook example
525 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
527 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
528 - no more regex actions in forward
529 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
531 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
532 - catch errors in application class
533 - handle die properly.
535 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
538 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
539 - moved bin to script
541 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
542 - improved documentation
543 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
546 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
547 - server_base sucks, removed
548 - added $c->log->dump()
550 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
551 - removed some warnings
553 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
555 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
557 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
558 - improved documentation
560 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
561 - fixed more little bugs
563 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
564 - improved documentation
565 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
567 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
568 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
569 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
570 !?default, !?begin and !?end
571 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
572 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
575 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
576 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
577 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
579 - improved documentation for actions
581 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
582 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
583 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
585 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
586 - error reporting for app class
587 - no more engine debug messages
588 - class->method forwards get resolved now
590 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
591 - friendlier statistics
593 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
594 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
596 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
599 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
600 - real version number for CPAN.pm
601 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
602 - more statistics in debug logs
603 - ? prefix for forward()
605 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
606 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
607 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
609 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
610 - added ? for prefixed actions
613 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
614 - arguments for _default
615 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
616 - added $c->req->method
618 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
619 - POD fixes and improvements
621 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
622 - first development release