1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
5 - Fixed relative forwarding
6 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
8 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
9 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
12 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
13 - Improved format of startup debug log.
14 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
15 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
16 if the browser is closed.
17 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
18 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
20 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
21 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
22 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
23 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
24 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
25 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
27 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
28 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
29 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
30 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
31 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
32 parent app is shut down.
33 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
35 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
36 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
37 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
39 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
41 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
42 - Whole new dispatcher!
44 - Added path_to method
45 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
47 - Added a new welcome screen.
48 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
49 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
50 - Added self restarting test server
51 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
52 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
53 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
54 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
55 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
56 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
58 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
59 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
60 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
61 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
63 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
64 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
66 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
67 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
70 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
71 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
72 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
73 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
74 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
75 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
77 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
78 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
79 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
80 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
81 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
82 kill loggging for a whole request.
83 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
84 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
85 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
86 coverage and maintainability.
87 - Added fork support to built in test server.
88 - Fixed all memory leaks.
89 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
90 core to be thread-safe.
91 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
93 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
94 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
95 - Improved documentation
96 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
97 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
98 action. (Andy Grundman)
99 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
101 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
102 - Now with updated manifest.
104 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
105 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
107 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
109 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
110 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
111 - added arguments for detach
112 - new credits section in pod
113 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
114 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
116 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
118 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
120 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
121 - Fix for inheritance bug.
122 - Allow forward with arguments.
124 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
125 - make module build cons README automatically.
126 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
127 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
128 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
129 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
130 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
131 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
132 - added $c->request->cookie
133 - added Catalyst::Setup
134 - refactored Catalyst::import()
135 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
136 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
137 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
139 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
140 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
141 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
143 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
144 - improved base locating in MP engines
145 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
146 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
147 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
149 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
150 - fixed a bug in https detection
151 - fixed auto chain finally
152 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
154 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
155 - improved uploads and parameters
156 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
157 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
158 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
159 - fixed win32 installer
160 - added deep recursion detection
162 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
163 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
164 in Path and Regex attributes
165 - new helper templates
166 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
167 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
168 instance (not the same app!)
170 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
171 - added support for MP registry scripts
172 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
173 - added SpeedyCGI engine
175 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
176 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
177 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
178 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
179 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
180 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
181 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
182 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
183 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
184 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
186 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
187 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
188 - added Plugins chapter to manual
189 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
190 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
191 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
192 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
193 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
194 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
195 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
197 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
200 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
201 - some documentation bugs fixed
202 - added Catalyst::Utils
203 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
204 - fixed upload bug with MP19
205 - added $c->req->body
206 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
207 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
209 - extended attribute handling
210 - added global config for components
212 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
213 - new core to support inheritance trees
214 - new syntax for action declaration
215 - new helper system using TT2
216 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
217 - added Test::Pod support
218 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
219 - added option to run tests against a remote server
220 - renamed errors() to error()
222 - countless minor improvements
223 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
224 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
226 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
227 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
228 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
229 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
230 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
232 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
233 - updated helper scripts
234 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
235 the script directory. We promise!
237 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
238 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
239 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
240 - removed cgi-server.pl
241 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
242 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
243 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
244 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
246 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
247 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
249 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
250 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
251 - previous release was borked!
252 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
254 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
255 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
256 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
257 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
258 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
259 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
260 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
261 - updated helper scripts
262 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
263 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
265 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
266 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
267 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
269 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
271 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
272 - debug message for parameters
273 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
275 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
276 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
278 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
279 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
281 - more debug messages
284 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
285 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
286 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
288 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
289 - updated cookbook example
290 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
292 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
293 - no more regex actions in forward
294 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
296 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
297 - catch errors in application class
298 - handle die properly.
300 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
303 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
304 - moved bin to script
306 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
307 - improved documentation
308 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
311 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
312 - server_base sucks, removed
313 - added $c->log->dump()
315 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
316 - removed some warnings
318 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
320 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
322 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
323 - improved documentation
325 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
326 - fixed more little bugs
328 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
329 - improved documentation
330 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
332 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
333 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
334 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
335 !?default, !?begin and !?end
336 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
337 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
340 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
341 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
342 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
344 - improved documentation for actions
346 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
347 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
348 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
350 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
351 - error reporting for app class
352 - no more engine debug messages
353 - class->method forwards get resolved now
355 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
356 - friendlier statistics
358 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
359 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
361 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
364 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
365 - real version number for CPAN.pm
366 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
367 - more statistics in debug logs
368 - ? prefix for forward()
370 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
371 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
372 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
374 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
375 - added ? for prefixed actions
378 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
379 - arguments for _default
380 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
381 - added $c->req->method
383 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
384 - POD fixes and improvements
386 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
387 - first development release