1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
4 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
6 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
7 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
9 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
10 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
11 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
14 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
15 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
17 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
19 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
21 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
22 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
23 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
25 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
26 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
28 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
29 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
30 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
31 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
32 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
33 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
34 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
35 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
36 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
37 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
38 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
39 to more sane settings.
40 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
41 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
42 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
43 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
44 (stress tests run 12% faster)
45 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
47 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
48 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
49 - Cleaned generated tests
50 - Added Root controller concept
51 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
53 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
54 - Added plugin introspection.
55 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
56 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
57 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
59 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
60 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
61 was not run. (Eric Wong)
62 - Cleaned up generated tests
63 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
64 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
65 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
66 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
68 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
69 - Updated prereq versions
71 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
72 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
73 - Added YAML config support
74 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
75 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
76 correct execution order.
77 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
78 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
79 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
80 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
81 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
82 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
83 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
85 - Exceptions now return status 500.
86 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
87 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
88 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
89 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
90 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
91 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
92 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
94 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
95 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
97 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
98 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
99 including those that attach to /
100 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
101 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
102 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
103 using $c->req->params('foo').
104 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
106 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
107 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
108 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
109 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
110 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
111 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
113 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
114 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
115 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
116 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
117 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
118 - Improved PAR support
119 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
120 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
121 - Static::Simple changes:
122 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
124 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
125 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
127 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
128 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
129 - Switched to Module::Install
130 - Renamed tests for easier editing
131 - Reformatted documentation
132 - Renamed -nonew to -force
134 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
136 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
138 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
139 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
140 request. (Sam Vilain)
141 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
142 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
143 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
144 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
146 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
147 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
149 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
150 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
152 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
153 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
156 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
157 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
159 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
160 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
162 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
166 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
167 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
168 - Fixed args handling in forward()
169 - Fixed forwarding to classes
170 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
171 - Fixed relative forwarding
172 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
174 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
175 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
178 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
179 - Improved format of startup debug log.
180 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
181 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
182 if the browser is closed.
183 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
184 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
186 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
187 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
188 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
189 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
190 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
191 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
193 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
194 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
195 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
196 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
197 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
198 parent app is shut down.
199 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
201 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
202 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
203 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
205 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
207 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
208 - Whole new dispatcher!
210 - Added path_to method
211 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
213 - Added a new welcome screen.
214 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
215 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
216 - Added self restarting test server
217 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
218 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
219 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
220 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
221 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
222 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
224 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
225 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
226 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
227 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
229 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
230 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
232 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
233 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
236 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
237 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
238 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
239 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
240 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
241 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
243 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
244 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
245 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
246 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
247 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
248 kill loggging for a whole request.
249 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
250 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
251 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
252 coverage and maintainability.
253 - Added fork support to built in test server.
254 - Fixed all memory leaks.
255 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
256 core to be thread-safe.
257 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
259 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
260 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
261 - Improved documentation
262 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
263 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
264 action. (Andy Grundman)
265 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
267 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
268 - Now with updated manifest.
270 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
271 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
273 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
275 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
276 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
277 - added arguments for detach
278 - new credits section in pod
279 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
280 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
282 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
284 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
286 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
287 - Fix for inheritance bug.
288 - Allow forward with arguments.
290 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
291 - make module build cons README automatically.
292 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
293 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
294 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
295 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
296 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
297 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
298 - added $c->request->cookie
299 - added Catalyst::Setup
300 - refactored Catalyst::import()
301 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
302 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
303 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
305 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
306 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
307 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
309 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
310 - improved base locating in MP engines
311 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
312 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
313 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
315 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
316 - fixed a bug in https detection
317 - fixed auto chain finally
318 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
320 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
321 - improved uploads and parameters
322 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
323 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
324 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
325 - fixed win32 installer
326 - added deep recursion detection
328 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
329 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
330 in Path and Regex attributes
331 - new helper templates
332 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
333 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
334 instance (not the same app!)
336 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
337 - added support for MP registry scripts
338 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
339 - added SpeedyCGI engine
341 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
342 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
343 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
344 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
345 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
346 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
347 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
348 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
349 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
350 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
352 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
353 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
354 - added Plugins chapter to manual
355 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
356 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
357 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
358 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
359 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
360 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
361 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
363 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
366 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
367 - some documentation bugs fixed
368 - added Catalyst::Utils
369 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
370 - fixed upload bug with MP19
371 - added $c->req->body
372 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
373 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
375 - extended attribute handling
376 - added global config for components
378 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
379 - new core to support inheritance trees
380 - new syntax for action declaration
381 - new helper system using TT2
382 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
383 - added Test::Pod support
384 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
385 - added option to run tests against a remote server
386 - renamed errors() to error()
388 - countless minor improvements
389 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
390 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
392 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
393 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
394 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
395 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
396 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
398 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
399 - updated helper scripts
400 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
401 the script directory. We promise!
403 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
404 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
405 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
406 - removed cgi-server.pl
407 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
408 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
409 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
410 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
412 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
413 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
415 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
416 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
417 - previous release was borked!
418 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
420 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
421 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
422 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
423 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
424 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
425 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
426 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
427 - updated helper scripts
428 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
429 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
431 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
432 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
433 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
435 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
437 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
438 - debug message for parameters
439 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
441 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
442 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
444 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
445 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
447 - more debug messages
450 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
451 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
452 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
454 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
455 - updated cookbook example
456 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
458 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
459 - no more regex actions in forward
460 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
462 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
463 - catch errors in application class
464 - handle die properly.
466 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
469 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
470 - moved bin to script
472 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
473 - improved documentation
474 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
477 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
478 - server_base sucks, removed
479 - added $c->log->dump()
481 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
482 - removed some warnings
484 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
486 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
488 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
489 - improved documentation
491 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
492 - fixed more little bugs
494 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
495 - improved documentation
496 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
498 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
499 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
500 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
501 !?default, !?begin and !?end
502 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
503 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
506 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
507 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
508 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
510 - improved documentation for actions
512 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
513 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
514 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
516 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
517 - error reporting for app class
518 - no more engine debug messages
519 - class->method forwards get resolved now
521 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
522 - friendlier statistics
524 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
525 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
527 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
530 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
531 - real version number for CPAN.pm
532 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
533 - more statistics in debug logs
534 - ? prefix for forward()
536 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
537 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
538 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
540 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
541 - added ? for prefixed actions
544 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
545 - arguments for _default
546 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
547 - added $c->req->method
549 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
550 - POD fixes and improvements
552 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
553 - first development release