1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
6 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
7 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
8 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
9 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
10 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
11 parent app is shut down.
12 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
14 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
15 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
16 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
18 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
20 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
21 - Whole new dispatcher!
23 - Added path_to method
24 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
26 - Added a new welcome screen.
27 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
28 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
29 - Added self restarting test server
30 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
31 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
32 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
33 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
34 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
35 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
37 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
38 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
39 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
40 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
42 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
43 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
45 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
46 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
49 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
50 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
51 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
52 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
53 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
54 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
56 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
57 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
58 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
59 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
60 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
61 kill loggging for a whole request.
62 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
63 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
64 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
65 coverage and maintainability.
66 - Added fork support to built in test server.
67 - Fixed all memory leaks.
68 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
69 core to be thread-safe.
70 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
72 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
73 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
74 - Improved documentation
75 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
76 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
77 action. (Andy Grundman)
78 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
80 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
81 - Now with updated manifest.
83 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
84 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
86 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
88 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
89 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
90 - added arguments for detach
91 - new credits section in pod
92 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
93 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
95 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
97 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
99 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
100 - Fix for inheritance bug.
101 - Allow forward with arguments.
103 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
104 - make module build cons README automatically.
105 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
106 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
107 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
108 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
109 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
110 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
111 - added $c->request->cookie
112 - added Catalyst::Setup
113 - refactored Catalyst::import()
114 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
115 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
116 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
118 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
119 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
120 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
122 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
123 - improved base locating in MP engines
124 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
125 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
126 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
128 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
129 - fixed a bug in https detection
130 - fixed auto chain finally
131 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
133 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
134 - improved uploads and parameters
135 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
136 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
137 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
138 - fixed win32 installer
139 - added deep recursion detection
141 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
142 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
143 in Path and Regex attributes
144 - new helper templates
145 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
146 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
147 instance (not the same app!)
149 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
150 - added support for MP registry scripts
151 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
152 - added SpeedyCGI engine
154 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
155 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
156 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
157 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
158 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
159 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
160 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
161 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
162 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
163 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
165 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
166 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
167 - added Plugins chapter to manual
168 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
169 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
170 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
171 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
172 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
173 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
174 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
176 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
179 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
180 - some documentation bugs fixed
181 - added Catalyst::Utils
182 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
183 - fixed upload bug with MP19
184 - added $c->req->body
185 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
186 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
188 - extended attribute handling
189 - added global config for components
191 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
192 - new core to support inheritance trees
193 - new syntax for action declaration
194 - new helper system using TT2
195 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
196 - added Test::Pod support
197 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
198 - added option to run tests against a remote server
199 - renamed errors() to error()
201 - countless minor improvements
202 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
203 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
205 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
206 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
207 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
208 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
209 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
211 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
212 - updated helper scripts
213 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
214 the script directory. We promise!
216 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
217 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
218 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
219 - removed cgi-server.pl
220 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
221 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
222 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
223 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
225 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
226 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
228 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
229 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
230 - previous release was borked!
231 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
233 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
234 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
235 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
236 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
237 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
238 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
239 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
240 - updated helper scripts
241 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
242 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
244 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
245 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
246 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
248 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
250 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
251 - debug message for parameters
252 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
254 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
255 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
257 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
258 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
260 - more debug messages
263 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
264 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
265 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
267 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
268 - updated cookbook example
269 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
271 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
272 - no more regex actions in forward
273 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
275 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
276 - catch errors in application class
277 - handle die properly.
279 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
282 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
283 - moved bin to script
285 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
286 - improved documentation
287 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
290 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
291 - server_base sucks, removed
292 - added $c->log->dump()
294 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
295 - removed some warnings
297 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
299 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
301 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
302 - improved documentation
304 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
305 - fixed more little bugs
307 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
308 - improved documentation
309 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
311 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
312 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
313 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
314 !?default, !?begin and !?end
315 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
316 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
319 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
320 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
321 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
323 - improved documentation for actions
325 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
326 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
327 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
329 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
330 - error reporting for app class
331 - no more engine debug messages
332 - class->method forwards get resolved now
334 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
335 - friendlier statistics
337 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
338 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
340 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
343 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
344 - real version number for CPAN.pm
345 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
346 - more statistics in debug logs
347 - ? prefix for forward()
349 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
350 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
351 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
353 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
354 - added ? for prefixed actions
357 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
358 - arguments for _default
359 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
360 - added $c->req->method
362 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
363 - POD fixes and improvements
365 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
366 - first development release