1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
5 - Allow use Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
7 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
8 - Additions and updates to tutorial
10 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
11 - unescape captures to match args
12 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
13 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
14 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
16 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
17 - fix for component loading
18 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
21 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
22 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
23 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
24 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
27 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
29 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
30 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
31 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
33 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
36 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
38 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
39 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
40 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
41 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
42 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
43 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
44 Module::Pluggable::Object
45 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
46 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
47 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
48 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
49 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
50 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
51 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
52 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
53 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
54 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
55 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
56 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
57 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
58 - Added ActionClass attribute
59 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
60 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
61 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
62 - cleaned up logging and debug output
63 - significant documentation revisions
64 - Added warning for setup being called twice
65 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
66 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
70 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
71 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
73 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
74 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
76 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
77 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
78 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
81 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
82 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
84 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
86 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
88 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
89 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
90 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
91 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
93 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
94 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
96 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
97 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
98 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
99 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
100 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
101 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
102 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
103 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
104 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
105 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
106 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
107 to more sane settings.
108 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
109 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
110 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
111 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
112 (stress tests run 12% faster)
113 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
115 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
116 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
117 - Cleaned generated tests
118 - Added Root controller concept
119 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
121 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
122 - Added plugin introspection.
123 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
124 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
125 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
127 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
128 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
129 was not run. (Eric Wong)
130 - Cleaned up generated tests
131 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
132 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
133 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
134 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
136 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
137 - Updated prereq versions
139 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
140 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
141 - Added YAML config support
142 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
143 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
144 correct execution order.
145 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
146 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
147 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
148 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
149 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
150 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
151 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
153 - Exceptions now return status 500.
154 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
155 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
156 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
157 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
158 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
159 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
160 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
162 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
163 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
165 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
166 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
167 including those that attach to /
168 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
169 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
170 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
171 using $c->req->params('foo').
172 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
174 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
175 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
176 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
177 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
178 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
179 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
181 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
182 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
183 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
184 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
185 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
186 - Improved PAR support
187 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
188 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
189 - Static::Simple changes:
190 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
192 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
193 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
195 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
196 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
197 - Switched to Module::Install
198 - Renamed tests for easier editing
199 - Reformatted documentation
200 - Renamed -nonew to -force
202 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
204 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
206 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
207 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
208 request. (Sam Vilain)
209 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
210 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
211 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
212 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
214 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
215 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
217 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
218 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
220 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
221 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
224 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
225 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
227 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
228 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
230 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
234 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
235 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
236 - Fixed args handling in forward()
237 - Fixed forwarding to classes
238 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
239 - Fixed relative forwarding
240 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
242 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
243 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
246 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
247 - Improved format of startup debug log.
248 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
249 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
250 if the browser is closed.
251 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
252 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
254 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
255 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
256 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
257 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
258 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
259 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
261 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
262 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
263 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
264 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
265 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
266 parent app is shut down.
267 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
269 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
270 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
271 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
273 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
275 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
276 - Whole new dispatcher!
278 - Added path_to method
279 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
281 - Added a new welcome screen.
282 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
283 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
284 - Added self restarting test server
285 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
286 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
287 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
288 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
289 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
290 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
292 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
293 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
294 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
295 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
297 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
298 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
300 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
301 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
304 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
305 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
306 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
307 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
308 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
309 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
311 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
312 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
313 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
314 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
315 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
316 kill loggging for a whole request.
317 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
318 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
319 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
320 coverage and maintainability.
321 - Added fork support to built in test server.
322 - Fixed all memory leaks.
323 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
324 core to be thread-safe.
325 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
327 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
328 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
329 - Improved documentation
330 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
331 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
332 action. (Andy Grundman)
333 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
335 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
336 - Now with updated manifest.
338 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
339 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
341 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
343 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
344 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
345 - added arguments for detach
346 - new credits section in pod
347 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
348 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
350 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
352 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
354 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
355 - Fix for inheritance bug.
356 - Allow forward with arguments.
358 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
359 - make module build cons README automatically.
360 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
361 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
362 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
363 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
364 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
365 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
366 - added $c->request->cookie
367 - added Catalyst::Setup
368 - refactored Catalyst::import()
369 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
370 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
371 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
373 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
374 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
375 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
377 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
378 - improved base locating in MP engines
379 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
380 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
381 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
383 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
384 - fixed a bug in https detection
385 - fixed auto chain finally
386 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
388 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
389 - improved uploads and parameters
390 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
391 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
392 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
393 - fixed win32 installer
394 - added deep recursion detection
396 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
397 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
398 in Path and Regex attributes
399 - new helper templates
400 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
401 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
402 instance (not the same app!)
404 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
405 - added support for MP registry scripts
406 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
407 - added SpeedyCGI engine
409 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
410 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
411 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
412 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
413 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
414 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
415 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
416 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
417 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
418 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
420 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
421 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
422 - added Plugins chapter to manual
423 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
424 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
425 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
426 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
427 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
428 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
429 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
431 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
434 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
435 - some documentation bugs fixed
436 - added Catalyst::Utils
437 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
438 - fixed upload bug with MP19
439 - added $c->req->body
440 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
441 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
443 - extended attribute handling
444 - added global config for components
446 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
447 - new core to support inheritance trees
448 - new syntax for action declaration
449 - new helper system using TT2
450 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
451 - added Test::Pod support
452 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
453 - added option to run tests against a remote server
454 - renamed errors() to error()
456 - countless minor improvements
457 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
458 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
460 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
461 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
462 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
463 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
464 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
466 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
467 - updated helper scripts
468 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
469 the script directory. We promise!
471 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
472 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
473 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
474 - removed cgi-server.pl
475 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
476 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
477 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
478 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
480 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
481 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
483 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
484 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
485 - previous release was borked!
486 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
488 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
489 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
490 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
491 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
492 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
493 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
494 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
495 - updated helper scripts
496 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
497 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
499 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
500 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
501 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
503 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
505 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
506 - debug message for parameters
507 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
509 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
510 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
512 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
513 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
515 - more debug messages
518 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
519 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
520 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
522 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
523 - updated cookbook example
524 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
526 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
527 - no more regex actions in forward
528 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
530 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
531 - catch errors in application class
532 - handle die properly.
534 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
537 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
538 - moved bin to script
540 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
541 - improved documentation
542 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
545 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
546 - server_base sucks, removed
547 - added $c->log->dump()
549 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
550 - removed some warnings
552 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
554 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
556 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
557 - improved documentation
559 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
560 - fixed more little bugs
562 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
563 - improved documentation
564 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
566 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
567 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
568 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
569 !?default, !?begin and !?end
570 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
571 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
574 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
575 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
576 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
578 - improved documentation for actions
580 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
581 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
582 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
584 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
585 - error reporting for app class
586 - no more engine debug messages
587 - class->method forwards get resolved now
589 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
590 - friendlier statistics
592 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
593 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
595 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
598 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
599 - real version number for CPAN.pm
600 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
601 - more statistics in debug logs
602 - ? prefix for forward()
604 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
605 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
606 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
608 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
609 - added ? for prefixed actions
612 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
613 - arguments for _default
614 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
615 - added $c->req->method
617 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
618 - POD fixes and improvements
620 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
621 - first development release