1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
6 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
7 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
9 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
10 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
12 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
13 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
15 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
16 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
19 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
20 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
22 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
23 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
25 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
29 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
30 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
31 - Fixed args handling in forward()
32 - Fixed forwarding to classes
33 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
34 - Fixed relative forwarding
35 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
37 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
38 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
41 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
42 - Improved format of startup debug log.
43 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
44 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
45 if the browser is closed.
46 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
47 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
49 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
50 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
51 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
52 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
53 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
54 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
56 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
57 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
58 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
59 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
60 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
61 parent app is shut down.
62 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
64 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
65 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
66 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
68 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
70 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
71 - Whole new dispatcher!
73 - Added path_to method
74 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
76 - Added a new welcome screen.
77 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
78 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
79 - Added self restarting test server
80 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
81 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
82 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
83 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
84 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
85 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
87 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
88 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
89 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
90 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
92 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
93 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
95 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
96 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
99 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
100 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
101 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
102 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
103 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
104 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
106 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
107 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
108 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
109 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
110 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
111 kill loggging for a whole request.
112 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
113 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
114 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
115 coverage and maintainability.
116 - Added fork support to built in test server.
117 - Fixed all memory leaks.
118 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
119 core to be thread-safe.
120 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
122 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
123 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
124 - Improved documentation
125 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
126 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
127 action. (Andy Grundman)
128 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
130 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
131 - Now with updated manifest.
133 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
134 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
136 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
138 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
139 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
140 - added arguments for detach
141 - new credits section in pod
142 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
143 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
145 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
147 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
149 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
150 - Fix for inheritance bug.
151 - Allow forward with arguments.
153 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
154 - make module build cons README automatically.
155 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
156 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
157 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
158 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
159 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
160 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
161 - added $c->request->cookie
162 - added Catalyst::Setup
163 - refactored Catalyst::import()
164 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
165 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
166 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
168 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
169 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
170 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
172 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
173 - improved base locating in MP engines
174 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
175 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
176 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
178 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
179 - fixed a bug in https detection
180 - fixed auto chain finally
181 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
183 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
184 - improved uploads and parameters
185 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
186 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
187 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
188 - fixed win32 installer
189 - added deep recursion detection
191 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
192 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
193 in Path and Regex attributes
194 - new helper templates
195 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
196 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
197 instance (not the same app!)
199 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
200 - added support for MP registry scripts
201 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
202 - added SpeedyCGI engine
204 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
205 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
206 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
207 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
208 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
209 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
210 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
211 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
212 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
213 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
215 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
216 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
217 - added Plugins chapter to manual
218 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
219 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
220 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
221 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
222 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
223 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
224 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
226 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
229 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
230 - some documentation bugs fixed
231 - added Catalyst::Utils
232 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
233 - fixed upload bug with MP19
234 - added $c->req->body
235 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
236 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
238 - extended attribute handling
239 - added global config for components
241 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
242 - new core to support inheritance trees
243 - new syntax for action declaration
244 - new helper system using TT2
245 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
246 - added Test::Pod support
247 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
248 - added option to run tests against a remote server
249 - renamed errors() to error()
251 - countless minor improvements
252 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
253 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
255 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
256 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
257 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
258 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
259 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
261 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
262 - updated helper scripts
263 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
264 the script directory. We promise!
266 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
267 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
268 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
269 - removed cgi-server.pl
270 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
271 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
272 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
273 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
275 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
276 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
278 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
279 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
280 - previous release was borked!
281 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
283 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
284 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
285 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
286 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
287 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
288 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
289 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
290 - updated helper scripts
291 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
292 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
294 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
295 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
296 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
298 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
300 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
301 - debug message for parameters
302 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
304 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
305 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
307 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
308 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
310 - more debug messages
313 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
314 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
315 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
317 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
318 - updated cookbook example
319 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
321 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
322 - no more regex actions in forward
323 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
325 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
326 - catch errors in application class
327 - handle die properly.
329 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
332 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
333 - moved bin to script
335 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
336 - improved documentation
337 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
340 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
341 - server_base sucks, removed
342 - added $c->log->dump()
344 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
345 - removed some warnings
347 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
349 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
351 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
352 - improved documentation
354 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
355 - fixed more little bugs
357 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
358 - improved documentation
359 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
361 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
362 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
363 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
364 !?default, !?begin and !?end
365 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
366 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
369 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
370 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
371 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
373 - improved documentation for actions
375 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
376 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
377 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
379 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
380 - error reporting for app class
381 - no more engine debug messages
382 - class->method forwards get resolved now
384 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
385 - friendlier statistics
387 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
388 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
390 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
393 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
394 - real version number for CPAN.pm
395 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
396 - more statistics in debug logs
397 - ? prefix for forward()
399 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
400 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
401 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
403 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
404 - added ? for prefixed actions
407 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
408 - arguments for _default
409 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
410 - added $c->req->method
412 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
413 - POD fixes and improvements
415 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
416 - first development release