1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
4 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
5 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
6 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
7 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
9 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
10 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
11 - Static::Simple changes:
12 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
14 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
15 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
17 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
18 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
19 - Switched to Module::Install
20 - Renamed tests for easier editing
21 - Reformatted documentation
22 - Renamed -nonew to -force
24 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
26 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
28 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
29 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
31 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
32 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
33 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
34 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
36 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
37 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
39 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
40 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
42 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
43 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
46 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
47 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
49 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
50 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
52 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
56 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
57 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
58 - Fixed args handling in forward()
59 - Fixed forwarding to classes
60 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
61 - Fixed relative forwarding
62 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
64 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
65 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
68 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
69 - Improved format of startup debug log.
70 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
71 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
72 if the browser is closed.
73 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
74 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
76 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
77 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
78 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
79 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
80 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
81 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
83 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
84 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
85 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
86 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
87 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
88 parent app is shut down.
89 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
91 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
92 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
93 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
95 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
97 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
98 - Whole new dispatcher!
100 - Added path_to method
101 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
103 - Added a new welcome screen.
104 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
105 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
106 - Added self restarting test server
107 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
108 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
109 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
110 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
111 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
112 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
114 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
115 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
116 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
117 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
119 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
120 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
122 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
123 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
126 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
127 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
128 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
129 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
130 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
131 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
133 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
134 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
135 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
136 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
137 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
138 kill loggging for a whole request.
139 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
140 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
141 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
142 coverage and maintainability.
143 - Added fork support to built in test server.
144 - Fixed all memory leaks.
145 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
146 core to be thread-safe.
147 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
149 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
150 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
151 - Improved documentation
152 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
153 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
154 action. (Andy Grundman)
155 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
157 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
158 - Now with updated manifest.
160 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
161 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
163 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
165 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
166 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
167 - added arguments for detach
168 - new credits section in pod
169 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
170 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
172 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
174 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
176 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
177 - Fix for inheritance bug.
178 - Allow forward with arguments.
180 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
181 - make module build cons README automatically.
182 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
183 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
184 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
185 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
186 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
187 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
188 - added $c->request->cookie
189 - added Catalyst::Setup
190 - refactored Catalyst::import()
191 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
192 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
193 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
195 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
196 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
197 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
199 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
200 - improved base locating in MP engines
201 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
202 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
203 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
205 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
206 - fixed a bug in https detection
207 - fixed auto chain finally
208 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
210 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
211 - improved uploads and parameters
212 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
213 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
214 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
215 - fixed win32 installer
216 - added deep recursion detection
218 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
219 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
220 in Path and Regex attributes
221 - new helper templates
222 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
223 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
224 instance (not the same app!)
226 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
227 - added support for MP registry scripts
228 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
229 - added SpeedyCGI engine
231 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
232 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
233 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
234 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
235 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
236 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
237 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
238 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
239 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
240 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
242 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
243 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
244 - added Plugins chapter to manual
245 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
246 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
247 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
248 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
249 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
250 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
251 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
253 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
256 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
257 - some documentation bugs fixed
258 - added Catalyst::Utils
259 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
260 - fixed upload bug with MP19
261 - added $c->req->body
262 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
263 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
265 - extended attribute handling
266 - added global config for components
268 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
269 - new core to support inheritance trees
270 - new syntax for action declaration
271 - new helper system using TT2
272 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
273 - added Test::Pod support
274 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
275 - added option to run tests against a remote server
276 - renamed errors() to error()
278 - countless minor improvements
279 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
280 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
282 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
283 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
284 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
285 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
286 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
288 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
289 - updated helper scripts
290 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
291 the script directory. We promise!
293 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
294 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
295 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
296 - removed cgi-server.pl
297 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
298 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
299 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
300 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
302 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
303 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
305 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
306 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
307 - previous release was borked!
308 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
310 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
311 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
312 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
313 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
314 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
315 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
316 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
317 - updated helper scripts
318 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
319 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
321 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
322 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
323 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
325 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
327 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
328 - debug message for parameters
329 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
331 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
332 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
334 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
335 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
337 - more debug messages
340 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
341 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
342 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
344 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
345 - updated cookbook example
346 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
348 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
349 - no more regex actions in forward
350 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
352 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
353 - catch errors in application class
354 - handle die properly.
356 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
359 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
360 - moved bin to script
362 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
363 - improved documentation
364 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
367 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
368 - server_base sucks, removed
369 - added $c->log->dump()
371 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
372 - removed some warnings
374 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
376 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
378 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
379 - improved documentation
381 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
382 - fixed more little bugs
384 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
385 - improved documentation
386 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
388 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
389 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
390 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
391 !?default, !?begin and !?end
392 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
393 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
396 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
397 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
398 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
400 - improved documentation for actions
402 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
403 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
404 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
406 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
407 - error reporting for app class
408 - no more engine debug messages
409 - class->method forwards get resolved now
411 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
412 - friendlier statistics
414 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
415 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
417 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
420 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
421 - real version number for CPAN.pm
422 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
423 - more statistics in debug logs
424 - ? prefix for forward()
426 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
427 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
428 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
430 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
431 - added ? for prefixed actions
434 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
435 - arguments for _default
436 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
437 - added $c->req->method
439 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
440 - POD fixes and improvements
442 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
443 - first development release