1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
5 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
6 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
7 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
8 - Added lots of API documentation.
9 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
10 to more sane settings.
11 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
12 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
13 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
15 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
16 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
17 - Cleaned generated tests
18 - Added Root controller concept
19 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
21 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
22 - Added plugin introspection.
23 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
24 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
25 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
27 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
28 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
29 was not run. (Eric Wong)
30 - Cleaned up generated tests
31 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
32 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
33 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
34 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
36 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
37 - Updated prereq versions
39 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
40 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
41 - Added YAML config support
42 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
43 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
44 correct execution order.
45 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
46 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
47 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
48 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
49 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
50 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
51 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
53 - Exceptions now return status 500.
54 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
55 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
56 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
57 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
58 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
59 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
60 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
62 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
63 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
65 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
66 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
67 including those that attach to /
68 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
69 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
70 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
71 using $c->req->params('foo').
72 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
74 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
75 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
76 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
77 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
78 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
79 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
81 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
82 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
83 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
84 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
85 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
86 - Improved PAR support
87 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
88 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
89 - Static::Simple changes:
90 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
92 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
93 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
95 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
96 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
97 - Switched to Module::Install
98 - Renamed tests for easier editing
99 - Reformatted documentation
100 - Renamed -nonew to -force
102 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
104 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
106 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
107 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
108 request. (Sam Vilain)
109 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
110 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
111 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
112 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
114 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
115 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
117 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
118 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
120 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
121 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
124 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
125 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
127 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
128 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
130 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
134 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
135 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
136 - Fixed args handling in forward()
137 - Fixed forwarding to classes
138 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
139 - Fixed relative forwarding
140 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
142 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
143 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
146 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
147 - Improved format of startup debug log.
148 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
149 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
150 if the browser is closed.
151 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
152 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
154 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
155 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
156 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
157 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
158 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
159 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
161 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
162 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
163 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
164 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
165 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
166 parent app is shut down.
167 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
169 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
170 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
171 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
173 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
175 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
176 - Whole new dispatcher!
178 - Added path_to method
179 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
181 - Added a new welcome screen.
182 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
183 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
184 - Added self restarting test server
185 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
186 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
187 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
188 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
189 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
190 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
192 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
193 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
194 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
195 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
197 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
198 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
200 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
201 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
204 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
205 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
206 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
207 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
208 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
209 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
211 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
212 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
213 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
214 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
215 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
216 kill loggging for a whole request.
217 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
218 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
219 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
220 coverage and maintainability.
221 - Added fork support to built in test server.
222 - Fixed all memory leaks.
223 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
224 core to be thread-safe.
225 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
227 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
228 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
229 - Improved documentation
230 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
231 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
232 action. (Andy Grundman)
233 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
235 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
236 - Now with updated manifest.
238 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
239 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
241 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
243 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
244 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
245 - added arguments for detach
246 - new credits section in pod
247 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
248 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
250 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
252 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
254 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
255 - Fix for inheritance bug.
256 - Allow forward with arguments.
258 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
259 - make module build cons README automatically.
260 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
261 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
262 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
263 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
264 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
265 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
266 - added $c->request->cookie
267 - added Catalyst::Setup
268 - refactored Catalyst::import()
269 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
270 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
271 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
273 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
274 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
275 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
277 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
278 - improved base locating in MP engines
279 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
280 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
281 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
283 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
284 - fixed a bug in https detection
285 - fixed auto chain finally
286 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
288 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
289 - improved uploads and parameters
290 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
291 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
292 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
293 - fixed win32 installer
294 - added deep recursion detection
296 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
297 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
298 in Path and Regex attributes
299 - new helper templates
300 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
301 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
302 instance (not the same app!)
304 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
305 - added support for MP registry scripts
306 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
307 - added SpeedyCGI engine
309 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
310 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
311 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
312 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
313 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
314 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
315 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
316 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
317 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
318 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
320 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
321 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
322 - added Plugins chapter to manual
323 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
324 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
325 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
326 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
327 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
328 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
329 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
331 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
334 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
335 - some documentation bugs fixed
336 - added Catalyst::Utils
337 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
338 - fixed upload bug with MP19
339 - added $c->req->body
340 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
341 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
343 - extended attribute handling
344 - added global config for components
346 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
347 - new core to support inheritance trees
348 - new syntax for action declaration
349 - new helper system using TT2
350 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
351 - added Test::Pod support
352 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
353 - added option to run tests against a remote server
354 - renamed errors() to error()
356 - countless minor improvements
357 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
358 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
360 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
361 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
362 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
363 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
364 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
366 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
367 - updated helper scripts
368 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
369 the script directory. We promise!
371 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
372 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
373 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
374 - removed cgi-server.pl
375 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
376 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
377 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
378 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
380 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
381 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
383 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
384 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
385 - previous release was borked!
386 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
388 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
389 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
390 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
391 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
392 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
393 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
394 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
395 - updated helper scripts
396 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
397 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
399 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
400 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
401 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
403 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
405 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
406 - debug message for parameters
407 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
409 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
410 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
412 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
413 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
415 - more debug messages
418 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
419 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
420 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
422 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
423 - updated cookbook example
424 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
426 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
427 - no more regex actions in forward
428 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
430 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
431 - catch errors in application class
432 - handle die properly.
434 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
437 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
438 - moved bin to script
440 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
441 - improved documentation
442 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
445 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
446 - server_base sucks, removed
447 - added $c->log->dump()
449 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
450 - removed some warnings
452 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
454 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
456 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
457 - improved documentation
459 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
460 - fixed more little bugs
462 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
463 - improved documentation
464 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
466 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
467 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
468 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
469 !?default, !?begin and !?end
470 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
471 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
474 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
475 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
476 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
478 - improved documentation for actions
480 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
481 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
482 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
484 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
485 - error reporting for app class
486 - no more engine debug messages
487 - class->method forwards get resolved now
489 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
490 - friendlier statistics
492 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
493 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
495 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
498 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
499 - real version number for CPAN.pm
500 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
501 - more statistics in debug logs
502 - ? prefix for forward()
504 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
505 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
506 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
508 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
509 - added ? for prefixed actions
512 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
513 - arguments for _default
514 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
515 - added $c->req->method
517 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
518 - POD fixes and improvements
520 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
521 - first development release