1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
4 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
6 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
7 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
10 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
11 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
12 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
13 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
14 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
15 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
17 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
18 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
19 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
20 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
21 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
22 kill loggging for a whole request.
23 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
24 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
25 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
26 coverage and maintainability.
27 - Added fork support to built in test server.
28 - Fixed all memory leaks.
29 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
30 core to be thread-safe.
31 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
33 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
34 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
35 - Improved documentation
38 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
39 - added $c->req->full_uri method (Jesse Sheidlower)
40 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
41 action. (Andy Grundman)
42 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
44 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
45 - Now with updated manifest.
47 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
48 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
50 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
52 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
53 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
54 - added arguments for detach
55 - new credits section in pod
56 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
57 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
59 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
61 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
63 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
64 - Fix for inheritance bug.
65 - Allow forward with arguments.
67 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
68 - make module build cons README automatically.
69 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
70 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
71 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
72 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
73 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
74 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
75 - added $c->request->cookie
76 - added Catalyst::Setup
77 - refactored Catalyst::import()
78 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
79 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
80 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
82 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
83 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
84 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
86 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
87 - improved base locating in MP engines
88 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
89 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
90 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
92 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
93 - fixed a bug in https detection
94 - fixed auto chain finally
95 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
97 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
98 - improved uploads and parameters
99 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
100 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
101 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
102 - fixed win32 installer
103 - added deep recursion detection
105 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
106 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
107 in Path and Regex attributes
108 - new helper templates
109 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
110 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
111 instance (not the same app!)
113 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
114 - added support for MP registry scripts
115 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
116 - added SpeedyCGI engine
118 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
119 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
120 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
121 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
122 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
123 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
124 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
125 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
126 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
127 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
129 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
130 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
131 - added Plugins chapter to manual
132 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
133 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
134 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
135 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
136 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
137 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
138 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
140 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
143 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
144 - some documentation bugs fixed
145 - added Catalyst::Utils
146 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
147 - fixed upload bug with MP19
148 - added $c->req->body
149 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
150 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
152 - extended attribute handling
153 - added global config for components
155 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
156 - new core to support inheritance trees
157 - new syntax for action declaration
158 - new helper system using TT2
159 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
160 - added Test::Pod support
161 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
162 - added option to run tests against a remote server
163 - renamed errors() to error()
165 - countless minor improvements
166 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
167 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
169 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
170 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
171 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
172 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
173 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
175 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
176 - updated helper scripts
177 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
178 the script directory. We promise!
180 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
181 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
182 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
183 - removed cgi-server.pl
184 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
185 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
186 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
187 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
189 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
190 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
192 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
193 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
194 - previous release was borked!
195 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
197 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
198 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
199 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
200 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
201 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
202 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
203 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
204 - updated helper scripts
205 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
206 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
208 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
209 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
210 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
212 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
214 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
215 - debug message for parameters
216 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
218 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
219 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
221 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
222 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
224 - more debug messages
227 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
228 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
229 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
231 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
232 - updated cookbook example
233 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
235 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
236 - no more regex actions in forward
237 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
239 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
240 - catch errors in application class
241 - handle die properly.
243 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
246 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
247 - moved bin to script
249 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
250 - improved documentation
251 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
254 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
255 - server_base sucks, removed
256 - added $c->log->dump()
258 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
259 - removed some warnings
261 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
263 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
265 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
266 - improved documentation
268 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
269 - fixed more little bugs
271 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
272 - improved documentation
273 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
275 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
276 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
277 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
278 !?default, !?begin and !?end
279 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
280 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
283 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
284 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
285 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
287 - improved documentation for actions
289 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
290 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
291 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
293 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
294 - error reporting for app class
295 - no more engine debug messages
296 - class->method forwards get resolved now
298 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
299 - friendlier statistics
301 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
302 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
304 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
307 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
308 - real version number for CPAN.pm
309 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
310 - more statistics in debug logs
311 - ? prefix for forward()
313 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
314 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
315 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
317 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
318 - added ? for prefixed actions
321 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
322 - arguments for _default
323 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
324 - added $c->req->method
326 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
327 - POD fixes and improvements
329 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
330 - first development release