1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
5 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
6 correct execution order.
7 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
8 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
9 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
10 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
11 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
12 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
13 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
15 - Exceptions now return status 500.
16 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
17 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
18 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
19 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
20 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
21 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
22 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
24 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
25 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
27 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
28 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
29 including those that attach to /
30 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
31 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
32 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
33 using $c->req->params('foo').
34 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
36 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
37 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
38 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
39 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
40 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
41 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
43 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
44 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
45 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
46 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
47 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
48 - Improved PAR support
49 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
50 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
51 - Static::Simple changes:
52 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
54 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
55 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
57 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
58 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
59 - Switched to Module::Install
60 - Renamed tests for easier editing
61 - Reformatted documentation
62 - Renamed -nonew to -force
64 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
66 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
68 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
69 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
71 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
72 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
73 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
74 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
76 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
77 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
79 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
80 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
82 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
83 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
86 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
87 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
89 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
90 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
92 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
96 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
97 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
98 - Fixed args handling in forward()
99 - Fixed forwarding to classes
100 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
101 - Fixed relative forwarding
102 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
104 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
105 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
108 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
109 - Improved format of startup debug log.
110 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
111 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
112 if the browser is closed.
113 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
114 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
116 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
117 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
118 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
119 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
120 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
121 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
123 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
124 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
125 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
126 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
127 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
128 parent app is shut down.
129 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
131 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
132 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
133 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
135 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
137 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
138 - Whole new dispatcher!
140 - Added path_to method
141 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
143 - Added a new welcome screen.
144 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
145 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
146 - Added self restarting test server
147 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
148 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
149 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
150 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
151 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
152 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
154 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
155 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
156 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
157 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
159 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
160 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
162 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
163 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
166 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
167 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
168 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
169 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
170 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
171 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
173 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
174 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
175 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
176 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
177 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
178 kill loggging for a whole request.
179 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
180 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
181 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
182 coverage and maintainability.
183 - Added fork support to built in test server.
184 - Fixed all memory leaks.
185 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
186 core to be thread-safe.
187 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
189 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
190 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
191 - Improved documentation
192 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
193 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
194 action. (Andy Grundman)
195 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
197 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
198 - Now with updated manifest.
200 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
201 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
203 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
205 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
206 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
207 - added arguments for detach
208 - new credits section in pod
209 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
210 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
212 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
214 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
216 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
217 - Fix for inheritance bug.
218 - Allow forward with arguments.
220 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
221 - make module build cons README automatically.
222 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
223 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
224 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
225 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
226 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
227 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
228 - added $c->request->cookie
229 - added Catalyst::Setup
230 - refactored Catalyst::import()
231 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
232 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
233 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
235 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
236 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
237 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
239 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
240 - improved base locating in MP engines
241 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
242 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
243 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
245 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
246 - fixed a bug in https detection
247 - fixed auto chain finally
248 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
250 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
251 - improved uploads and parameters
252 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
253 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
254 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
255 - fixed win32 installer
256 - added deep recursion detection
258 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
259 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
260 in Path and Regex attributes
261 - new helper templates
262 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
263 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
264 instance (not the same app!)
266 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
267 - added support for MP registry scripts
268 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
269 - added SpeedyCGI engine
271 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
272 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
273 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
274 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
275 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
276 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
277 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
278 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
279 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
280 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
282 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
283 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
284 - added Plugins chapter to manual
285 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
286 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
287 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
288 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
289 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
290 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
291 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
293 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
296 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
297 - some documentation bugs fixed
298 - added Catalyst::Utils
299 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
300 - fixed upload bug with MP19
301 - added $c->req->body
302 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
303 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
305 - extended attribute handling
306 - added global config for components
308 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
309 - new core to support inheritance trees
310 - new syntax for action declaration
311 - new helper system using TT2
312 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
313 - added Test::Pod support
314 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
315 - added option to run tests against a remote server
316 - renamed errors() to error()
318 - countless minor improvements
319 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
320 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
322 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
323 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
324 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
325 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
326 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
328 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
329 - updated helper scripts
330 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
331 the script directory. We promise!
333 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
334 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
335 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
336 - removed cgi-server.pl
337 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
338 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
339 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
340 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
342 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
343 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
345 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
346 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
347 - previous release was borked!
348 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
350 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
351 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
352 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
353 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
354 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
355 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
356 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
357 - updated helper scripts
358 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
359 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
361 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
362 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
363 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
365 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
367 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
368 - debug message for parameters
369 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
371 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
372 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
374 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
375 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
377 - more debug messages
380 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
381 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
382 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
384 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
385 - updated cookbook example
386 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
388 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
389 - no more regex actions in forward
390 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
392 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
393 - catch errors in application class
394 - handle die properly.
396 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
399 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
400 - moved bin to script
402 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
403 - improved documentation
404 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
407 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
408 - server_base sucks, removed
409 - added $c->log->dump()
411 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
412 - removed some warnings
414 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
416 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
418 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
419 - improved documentation
421 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
422 - fixed more little bugs
424 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
425 - improved documentation
426 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
428 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
429 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
430 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
431 !?default, !?begin and !?end
432 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
433 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
436 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
437 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
438 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
440 - improved documentation for actions
442 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
443 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
444 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
446 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
447 - error reporting for app class
448 - no more engine debug messages
449 - class->method forwards get resolved now
451 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
452 - friendlier statistics
454 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
455 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
457 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
460 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
461 - real version number for CPAN.pm
462 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
463 - more statistics in debug logs
464 - ? prefix for forward()
466 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
467 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
468 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
470 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
471 - added ? for prefixed actions
474 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
475 - arguments for _default
476 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
477 - added $c->req->method
479 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
480 - POD fixes and improvements
482 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
483 - first development release