1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
6 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
7 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
8 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
10 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
11 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
13 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
14 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
16 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
17 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
20 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
21 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
23 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
24 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
26 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
30 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
31 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
32 - Fixed args handling in forward()
33 - Fixed forwarding to classes
34 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
35 - Fixed relative forwarding
36 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
38 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
39 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
42 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
43 - Improved format of startup debug log.
44 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
45 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
46 if the browser is closed.
47 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
48 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
50 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
51 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
52 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
53 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
54 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
55 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
57 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
58 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
59 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
60 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
61 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
62 parent app is shut down.
63 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
65 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
66 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
67 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
69 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
71 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
72 - Whole new dispatcher!
74 - Added path_to method
75 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
77 - Added a new welcome screen.
78 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
79 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
80 - Added self restarting test server
81 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
82 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
83 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
84 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
85 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
86 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
88 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
89 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
90 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
91 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
93 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
94 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
96 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
97 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
100 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
101 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
102 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
103 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
104 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
105 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
107 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
108 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
109 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
110 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
111 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
112 kill loggging for a whole request.
113 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
114 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
115 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
116 coverage and maintainability.
117 - Added fork support to built in test server.
118 - Fixed all memory leaks.
119 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
120 core to be thread-safe.
121 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
123 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
124 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
125 - Improved documentation
126 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
127 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
128 action. (Andy Grundman)
129 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
131 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
132 - Now with updated manifest.
134 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
135 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
137 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
139 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
140 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
141 - added arguments for detach
142 - new credits section in pod
143 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
144 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
146 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
148 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
150 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
151 - Fix for inheritance bug.
152 - Allow forward with arguments.
154 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
155 - make module build cons README automatically.
156 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
157 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
158 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
159 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
160 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
161 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
162 - added $c->request->cookie
163 - added Catalyst::Setup
164 - refactored Catalyst::import()
165 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
166 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
167 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
169 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
170 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
171 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
173 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
174 - improved base locating in MP engines
175 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
176 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
177 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
179 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
180 - fixed a bug in https detection
181 - fixed auto chain finally
182 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
184 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
185 - improved uploads and parameters
186 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
187 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
188 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
189 - fixed win32 installer
190 - added deep recursion detection
192 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
193 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
194 in Path and Regex attributes
195 - new helper templates
196 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
197 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
198 instance (not the same app!)
200 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
201 - added support for MP registry scripts
202 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
203 - added SpeedyCGI engine
205 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
206 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
207 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
208 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
209 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
210 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
211 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
212 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
213 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
214 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
216 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
217 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
218 - added Plugins chapter to manual
219 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
220 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
221 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
222 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
223 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
224 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
225 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
227 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
230 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
231 - some documentation bugs fixed
232 - added Catalyst::Utils
233 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
234 - fixed upload bug with MP19
235 - added $c->req->body
236 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
237 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
239 - extended attribute handling
240 - added global config for components
242 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
243 - new core to support inheritance trees
244 - new syntax for action declaration
245 - new helper system using TT2
246 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
247 - added Test::Pod support
248 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
249 - added option to run tests against a remote server
250 - renamed errors() to error()
252 - countless minor improvements
253 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
254 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
256 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
257 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
258 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
259 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
260 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
262 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
263 - updated helper scripts
264 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
265 the script directory. We promise!
267 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
268 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
269 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
270 - removed cgi-server.pl
271 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
272 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
273 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
274 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
276 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
277 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
279 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
280 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
281 - previous release was borked!
282 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
284 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
285 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
286 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
287 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
288 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
289 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
290 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
291 - updated helper scripts
292 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
293 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
295 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
296 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
297 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
299 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
301 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
302 - debug message for parameters
303 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
305 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
306 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
308 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
309 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
311 - more debug messages
314 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
315 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
316 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
318 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
319 - updated cookbook example
320 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
322 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
323 - no more regex actions in forward
324 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
326 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
327 - catch errors in application class
328 - handle die properly.
330 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
333 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
334 - moved bin to script
336 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
337 - improved documentation
338 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
341 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
342 - server_base sucks, removed
343 - added $c->log->dump()
345 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
346 - removed some warnings
348 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
350 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
352 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
353 - improved documentation
355 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
356 - fixed more little bugs
358 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
359 - improved documentation
360 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
362 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
363 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
364 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
365 !?default, !?begin and !?end
366 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
367 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
370 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
371 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
372 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
374 - improved documentation for actions
376 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
377 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
378 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
380 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
381 - error reporting for app class
382 - no more engine debug messages
383 - class->method forwards get resolved now
385 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
386 - friendlier statistics
388 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
389 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
391 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
394 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
395 - real version number for CPAN.pm
396 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
397 - more statistics in debug logs
398 - ? prefix for forward()
400 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
401 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
402 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
404 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
405 - added ? for prefixed actions
408 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
409 - arguments for _default
410 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
411 - added $c->req->method
413 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
414 - POD fixes and improvements
416 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
417 - first development release