1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
4 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
5 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
6 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
7 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
8 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
9 - Added ActionClass attribute
10 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
11 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
12 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
13 - cleaned up logging and debug output
15 - Added warning for setup being called twice
16 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
17 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
21 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
22 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
24 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
25 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
27 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
28 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
29 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
32 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
33 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
35 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
37 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
39 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
40 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
41 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
42 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
44 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
45 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
47 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
48 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
49 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
50 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
51 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
52 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
53 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
54 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
55 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
56 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
57 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
58 to more sane settings.
59 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
60 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
61 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
62 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
63 (stress tests run 12% faster)
64 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
66 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
67 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
68 - Cleaned generated tests
69 - Added Root controller concept
70 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
72 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
73 - Added plugin introspection.
74 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
75 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
76 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
78 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
79 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
80 was not run. (Eric Wong)
81 - Cleaned up generated tests
82 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
83 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
84 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
85 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
87 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
88 - Updated prereq versions
90 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
91 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
92 - Added YAML config support
93 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
94 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
95 correct execution order.
96 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
97 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
98 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
99 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
100 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
101 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
102 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
104 - Exceptions now return status 500.
105 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
106 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
107 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
108 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
109 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
110 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
111 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
113 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
114 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
116 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
117 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
118 including those that attach to /
119 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
120 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
121 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
122 using $c->req->params('foo').
123 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
125 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
126 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
127 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
128 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
129 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
130 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
132 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
133 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
134 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
135 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
136 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
137 - Improved PAR support
138 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
139 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
140 - Static::Simple changes:
141 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
143 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
144 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
146 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
147 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
148 - Switched to Module::Install
149 - Renamed tests for easier editing
150 - Reformatted documentation
151 - Renamed -nonew to -force
153 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
155 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
157 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
158 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
159 request. (Sam Vilain)
160 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
161 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
162 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
163 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
165 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
166 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
168 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
169 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
171 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
172 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
175 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
176 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
178 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
179 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
181 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
185 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
186 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
187 - Fixed args handling in forward()
188 - Fixed forwarding to classes
189 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
190 - Fixed relative forwarding
191 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
193 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
194 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
197 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
198 - Improved format of startup debug log.
199 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
200 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
201 if the browser is closed.
202 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
203 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
205 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
206 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
207 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
208 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
209 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
210 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
212 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
213 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
214 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
215 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
216 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
217 parent app is shut down.
218 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
220 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
221 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
222 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
224 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
226 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
227 - Whole new dispatcher!
229 - Added path_to method
230 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
232 - Added a new welcome screen.
233 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
234 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
235 - Added self restarting test server
236 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
237 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
238 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
239 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
240 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
241 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
243 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
244 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
245 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
246 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
248 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
249 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
251 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
252 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
255 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
256 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
257 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
258 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
259 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
260 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
262 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
263 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
264 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
265 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
266 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
267 kill loggging for a whole request.
268 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
269 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
270 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
271 coverage and maintainability.
272 - Added fork support to built in test server.
273 - Fixed all memory leaks.
274 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
275 core to be thread-safe.
276 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
278 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
279 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
280 - Improved documentation
281 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
282 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
283 action. (Andy Grundman)
284 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
286 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
287 - Now with updated manifest.
289 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
290 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
292 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
294 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
295 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
296 - added arguments for detach
297 - new credits section in pod
298 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
299 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
301 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
303 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
305 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
306 - Fix for inheritance bug.
307 - Allow forward with arguments.
309 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
310 - make module build cons README automatically.
311 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
312 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
313 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
314 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
315 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
316 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
317 - added $c->request->cookie
318 - added Catalyst::Setup
319 - refactored Catalyst::import()
320 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
321 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
322 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
324 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
325 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
326 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
328 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
329 - improved base locating in MP engines
330 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
331 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
332 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
334 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
335 - fixed a bug in https detection
336 - fixed auto chain finally
337 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
339 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
340 - improved uploads and parameters
341 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
342 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
343 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
344 - fixed win32 installer
345 - added deep recursion detection
347 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
348 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
349 in Path and Regex attributes
350 - new helper templates
351 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
352 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
353 instance (not the same app!)
355 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
356 - added support for MP registry scripts
357 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
358 - added SpeedyCGI engine
360 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
361 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
362 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
363 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
364 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
365 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
366 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
367 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
368 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
369 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
371 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
372 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
373 - added Plugins chapter to manual
374 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
375 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
376 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
377 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
378 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
379 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
380 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
382 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
385 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
386 - some documentation bugs fixed
387 - added Catalyst::Utils
388 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
389 - fixed upload bug with MP19
390 - added $c->req->body
391 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
392 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
394 - extended attribute handling
395 - added global config for components
397 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
398 - new core to support inheritance trees
399 - new syntax for action declaration
400 - new helper system using TT2
401 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
402 - added Test::Pod support
403 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
404 - added option to run tests against a remote server
405 - renamed errors() to error()
407 - countless minor improvements
408 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
409 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
411 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
412 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
413 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
414 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
415 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
417 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
418 - updated helper scripts
419 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
420 the script directory. We promise!
422 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
423 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
424 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
425 - removed cgi-server.pl
426 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
427 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
428 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
429 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
431 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
432 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
434 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
435 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
436 - previous release was borked!
437 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
439 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
440 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
441 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
442 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
443 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
444 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
445 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
446 - updated helper scripts
447 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
448 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
450 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
451 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
452 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
454 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
456 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
457 - debug message for parameters
458 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
460 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
461 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
463 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
464 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
466 - more debug messages
469 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
470 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
471 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
473 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
474 - updated cookbook example
475 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
477 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
478 - no more regex actions in forward
479 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
481 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
482 - catch errors in application class
483 - handle die properly.
485 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
488 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
489 - moved bin to script
491 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
492 - improved documentation
493 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
496 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
497 - server_base sucks, removed
498 - added $c->log->dump()
500 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
501 - removed some warnings
503 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
505 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
507 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
508 - improved documentation
510 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
511 - fixed more little bugs
513 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
514 - improved documentation
515 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
517 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
518 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
519 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
520 !?default, !?begin and !?end
521 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
522 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
525 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
526 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
527 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
529 - improved documentation for actions
531 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
532 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
533 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
535 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
536 - error reporting for app class
537 - no more engine debug messages
538 - class->method forwards get resolved now
540 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
541 - friendlier statistics
543 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
544 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
546 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
549 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
550 - real version number for CPAN.pm
551 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
552 - more statistics in debug logs
553 - ? prefix for forward()
555 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
556 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
557 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
559 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
560 - added ? for prefixed actions
563 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
564 - arguments for _default
565 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
566 - added $c->req->method
568 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
569 - POD fixes and improvements
571 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
572 - first development release