1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
4 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
5 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
6 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
9 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
11 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
12 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
13 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
15 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
18 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
20 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
21 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
22 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
23 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
24 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
25 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
26 Module::Pluggable::Object
27 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
28 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
29 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
30 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
31 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
32 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
33 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
34 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
35 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
36 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
37 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
38 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
39 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
40 - Added ActionClass attribute
41 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
42 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
43 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
44 - cleaned up logging and debug output
45 - significant documentation revisions
46 - Added warning for setup being called twice
47 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
48 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
52 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
53 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
55 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
56 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
58 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
59 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
60 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
63 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
64 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
66 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
68 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
70 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
71 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
72 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
73 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
75 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
76 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
78 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
79 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
80 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
81 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
82 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
83 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
84 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
85 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
86 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
87 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
88 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
89 to more sane settings.
90 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
91 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
92 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
93 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
94 (stress tests run 12% faster)
95 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
97 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
98 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
99 - Cleaned generated tests
100 - Added Root controller concept
101 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
103 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
104 - Added plugin introspection.
105 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
106 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
107 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
109 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
110 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
111 was not run. (Eric Wong)
112 - Cleaned up generated tests
113 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
114 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
115 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
116 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
118 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
119 - Updated prereq versions
121 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
122 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
123 - Added YAML config support
124 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
125 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
126 correct execution order.
127 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
128 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
129 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
130 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
131 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
132 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
133 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
135 - Exceptions now return status 500.
136 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
137 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
138 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
139 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
140 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
141 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
142 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
144 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
145 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
147 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
148 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
149 including those that attach to /
150 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
151 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
152 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
153 using $c->req->params('foo').
154 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
156 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
157 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
158 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
159 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
160 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
161 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
163 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
164 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
165 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
166 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
167 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
168 - Improved PAR support
169 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
170 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
171 - Static::Simple changes:
172 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
174 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
175 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
177 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
178 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
179 - Switched to Module::Install
180 - Renamed tests for easier editing
181 - Reformatted documentation
182 - Renamed -nonew to -force
184 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
186 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
188 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
189 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
190 request. (Sam Vilain)
191 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
192 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
193 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
194 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
196 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
197 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
199 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
200 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
202 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
203 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
206 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
207 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
209 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
210 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
212 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
216 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
217 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
218 - Fixed args handling in forward()
219 - Fixed forwarding to classes
220 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
221 - Fixed relative forwarding
222 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
224 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
225 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
228 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
229 - Improved format of startup debug log.
230 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
231 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
232 if the browser is closed.
233 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
234 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
236 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
237 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
238 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
239 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
240 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
241 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
243 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
244 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
245 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
246 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
247 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
248 parent app is shut down.
249 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
251 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
252 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
253 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
255 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
257 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
258 - Whole new dispatcher!
260 - Added path_to method
261 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
263 - Added a new welcome screen.
264 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
265 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
266 - Added self restarting test server
267 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
268 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
269 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
270 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
271 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
272 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
274 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
275 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
276 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
277 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
279 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
280 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
282 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
283 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
286 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
287 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
288 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
289 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
290 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
291 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
293 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
294 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
295 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
296 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
297 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
298 kill loggging for a whole request.
299 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
300 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
301 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
302 coverage and maintainability.
303 - Added fork support to built in test server.
304 - Fixed all memory leaks.
305 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
306 core to be thread-safe.
307 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
309 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
310 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
311 - Improved documentation
312 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
313 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
314 action. (Andy Grundman)
315 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
317 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
318 - Now with updated manifest.
320 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
321 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
323 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
325 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
326 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
327 - added arguments for detach
328 - new credits section in pod
329 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
330 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
332 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
334 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
336 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
337 - Fix for inheritance bug.
338 - Allow forward with arguments.
340 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
341 - make module build cons README automatically.
342 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
343 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
344 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
345 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
346 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
347 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
348 - added $c->request->cookie
349 - added Catalyst::Setup
350 - refactored Catalyst::import()
351 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
352 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
353 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
355 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
356 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
357 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
359 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
360 - improved base locating in MP engines
361 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
362 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
363 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
365 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
366 - fixed a bug in https detection
367 - fixed auto chain finally
368 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
370 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
371 - improved uploads and parameters
372 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
373 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
374 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
375 - fixed win32 installer
376 - added deep recursion detection
378 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
379 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
380 in Path and Regex attributes
381 - new helper templates
382 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
383 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
384 instance (not the same app!)
386 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
387 - added support for MP registry scripts
388 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
389 - added SpeedyCGI engine
391 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
392 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
393 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
394 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
395 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
396 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
397 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
398 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
399 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
400 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
402 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
403 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
404 - added Plugins chapter to manual
405 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
406 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
407 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
408 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
409 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
410 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
411 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
413 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
416 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
417 - some documentation bugs fixed
418 - added Catalyst::Utils
419 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
420 - fixed upload bug with MP19
421 - added $c->req->body
422 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
423 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
425 - extended attribute handling
426 - added global config for components
428 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
429 - new core to support inheritance trees
430 - new syntax for action declaration
431 - new helper system using TT2
432 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
433 - added Test::Pod support
434 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
435 - added option to run tests against a remote server
436 - renamed errors() to error()
438 - countless minor improvements
439 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
440 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
442 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
443 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
444 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
445 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
446 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
448 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
449 - updated helper scripts
450 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
451 the script directory. We promise!
453 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
454 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
455 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
456 - removed cgi-server.pl
457 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
458 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
459 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
460 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
462 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
463 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
465 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
466 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
467 - previous release was borked!
468 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
470 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
471 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
472 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
473 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
474 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
475 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
476 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
477 - updated helper scripts
478 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
479 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
481 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
482 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
483 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
485 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
487 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
488 - debug message for parameters
489 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
491 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
492 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
494 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
495 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
497 - more debug messages
500 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
501 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
502 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
504 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
505 - updated cookbook example
506 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
508 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
509 - no more regex actions in forward
510 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
512 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
513 - catch errors in application class
514 - handle die properly.
516 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
519 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
520 - moved bin to script
522 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
523 - improved documentation
524 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
527 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
528 - server_base sucks, removed
529 - added $c->log->dump()
531 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
532 - removed some warnings
534 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
536 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
538 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
539 - improved documentation
541 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
542 - fixed more little bugs
544 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
545 - improved documentation
546 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
548 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
549 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
550 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
551 !?default, !?begin and !?end
552 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
553 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
556 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
557 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
558 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
560 - improved documentation for actions
562 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
563 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
564 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
566 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
567 - error reporting for app class
568 - no more engine debug messages
569 - class->method forwards get resolved now
571 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
572 - friendlier statistics
574 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
575 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
577 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
580 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
581 - real version number for CPAN.pm
582 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
583 - more statistics in debug logs
584 - ? prefix for forward()
586 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
587 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
588 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
590 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
591 - added ? for prefixed actions
594 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
595 - arguments for _default
596 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
597 - added $c->req->method
599 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
600 - POD fixes and improvements
602 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
603 - first development release