1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
4 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
5 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
6 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
7 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
8 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
9 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
10 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
11 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
12 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
13 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
14 - Added ActionClass attribute
15 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
16 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
17 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
18 - cleaned up logging and debug output
20 - Added warning for setup being called twice
21 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
22 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
26 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
27 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
29 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
30 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
32 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
33 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
34 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
37 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
38 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
40 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
42 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
44 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
45 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
46 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
47 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
49 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
50 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
52 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
53 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
54 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
55 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
56 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
57 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
58 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
59 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
60 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
61 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
62 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
63 to more sane settings.
64 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
65 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
66 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
67 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
68 (stress tests run 12% faster)
69 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
71 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
72 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
73 - Cleaned generated tests
74 - Added Root controller concept
75 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
77 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
78 - Added plugin introspection.
79 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
80 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
81 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
83 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
84 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
85 was not run. (Eric Wong)
86 - Cleaned up generated tests
87 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
88 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
89 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
90 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
92 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
93 - Updated prereq versions
95 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
96 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
97 - Added YAML config support
98 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
99 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
100 correct execution order.
101 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
102 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
103 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
104 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
105 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
106 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
107 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
109 - Exceptions now return status 500.
110 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
111 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
112 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
113 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
114 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
115 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
116 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
118 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
119 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
121 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
122 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
123 including those that attach to /
124 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
125 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
126 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
127 using $c->req->params('foo').
128 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
130 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
131 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
132 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
133 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
134 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
135 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
137 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
138 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
139 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
140 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
141 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
142 - Improved PAR support
143 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
144 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
145 - Static::Simple changes:
146 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
148 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
149 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
151 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
152 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
153 - Switched to Module::Install
154 - Renamed tests for easier editing
155 - Reformatted documentation
156 - Renamed -nonew to -force
158 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
160 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
162 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
163 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
164 request. (Sam Vilain)
165 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
166 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
167 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
168 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
170 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
171 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
173 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
174 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
176 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
177 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
180 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
181 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
183 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
184 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
186 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
190 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
191 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
192 - Fixed args handling in forward()
193 - Fixed forwarding to classes
194 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
195 - Fixed relative forwarding
196 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
198 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
199 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
202 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
203 - Improved format of startup debug log.
204 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
205 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
206 if the browser is closed.
207 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
208 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
210 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
211 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
212 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
213 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
214 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
215 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
217 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
218 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
219 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
220 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
221 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
222 parent app is shut down.
223 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
225 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
226 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
227 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
229 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
231 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
232 - Whole new dispatcher!
234 - Added path_to method
235 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
237 - Added a new welcome screen.
238 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
239 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
240 - Added self restarting test server
241 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
242 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
243 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
244 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
245 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
246 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
248 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
249 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
250 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
251 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
253 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
254 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
256 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
257 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
260 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
261 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
262 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
263 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
264 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
265 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
267 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
268 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
269 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
270 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
271 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
272 kill loggging for a whole request.
273 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
274 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
275 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
276 coverage and maintainability.
277 - Added fork support to built in test server.
278 - Fixed all memory leaks.
279 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
280 core to be thread-safe.
281 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
283 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
284 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
285 - Improved documentation
286 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
287 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
288 action. (Andy Grundman)
289 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
291 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
292 - Now with updated manifest.
294 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
295 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
297 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
299 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
300 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
301 - added arguments for detach
302 - new credits section in pod
303 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
304 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
306 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
308 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
310 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
311 - Fix for inheritance bug.
312 - Allow forward with arguments.
314 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
315 - make module build cons README automatically.
316 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
317 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
318 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
319 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
320 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
321 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
322 - added $c->request->cookie
323 - added Catalyst::Setup
324 - refactored Catalyst::import()
325 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
326 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
327 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
329 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
330 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
331 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
333 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
334 - improved base locating in MP engines
335 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
336 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
337 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
339 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
340 - fixed a bug in https detection
341 - fixed auto chain finally
342 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
344 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
345 - improved uploads and parameters
346 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
347 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
348 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
349 - fixed win32 installer
350 - added deep recursion detection
352 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
353 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
354 in Path and Regex attributes
355 - new helper templates
356 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
357 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
358 instance (not the same app!)
360 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
361 - added support for MP registry scripts
362 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
363 - added SpeedyCGI engine
365 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
366 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
367 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
368 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
369 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
370 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
371 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
372 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
373 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
374 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
376 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
377 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
378 - added Plugins chapter to manual
379 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
380 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
381 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
382 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
383 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
384 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
385 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
387 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
390 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
391 - some documentation bugs fixed
392 - added Catalyst::Utils
393 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
394 - fixed upload bug with MP19
395 - added $c->req->body
396 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
397 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
399 - extended attribute handling
400 - added global config for components
402 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
403 - new core to support inheritance trees
404 - new syntax for action declaration
405 - new helper system using TT2
406 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
407 - added Test::Pod support
408 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
409 - added option to run tests against a remote server
410 - renamed errors() to error()
412 - countless minor improvements
413 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
414 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
416 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
417 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
418 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
419 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
420 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
422 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
423 - updated helper scripts
424 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
425 the script directory. We promise!
427 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
428 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
429 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
430 - removed cgi-server.pl
431 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
432 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
433 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
434 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
436 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
437 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
439 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
440 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
441 - previous release was borked!
442 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
444 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
445 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
446 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
447 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
448 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
449 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
450 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
451 - updated helper scripts
452 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
453 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
455 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
456 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
457 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
459 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
461 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
462 - debug message for parameters
463 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
465 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
466 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
468 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
469 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
471 - more debug messages
474 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
475 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
476 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
478 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
479 - updated cookbook example
480 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
482 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
483 - no more regex actions in forward
484 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
486 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
487 - catch errors in application class
488 - handle die properly.
490 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
493 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
494 - moved bin to script
496 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
497 - improved documentation
498 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
501 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
502 - server_base sucks, removed
503 - added $c->log->dump()
505 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
506 - removed some warnings
508 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
510 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
512 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
513 - improved documentation
515 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
516 - fixed more little bugs
518 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
519 - improved documentation
520 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
522 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
523 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
524 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
525 !?default, !?begin and !?end
526 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
527 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
530 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
531 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
532 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
534 - improved documentation for actions
536 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
537 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
538 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
540 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
541 - error reporting for app class
542 - no more engine debug messages
543 - class->method forwards get resolved now
545 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
546 - friendlier statistics
548 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
549 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
551 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
554 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
555 - real version number for CPAN.pm
556 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
557 - more statistics in debug logs
558 - ? prefix for forward()
560 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
561 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
562 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
564 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
565 - added ? for prefixed actions
568 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
569 - arguments for _default
570 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
571 - added $c->req->method
573 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
574 - POD fixes and improvements
576 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
577 - first development release