1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
4 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
5 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
6 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
8 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
9 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
10 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
11 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
13 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
14 - Support current_view
15 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
16 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
17 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
18 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
19 - various documentation fixes and improvements
21 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
22 - Additions and updates to tutorial
24 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
25 - unescape captures to match args
26 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
27 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
28 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
30 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
31 - fix for component loading
32 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
35 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
36 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
37 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
38 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
41 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
43 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
44 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
45 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
47 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
50 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
52 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
53 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
54 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
55 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
56 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
57 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
58 Module::Pluggable::Object
59 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
60 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
61 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
62 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
63 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
64 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
65 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
66 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
67 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
68 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
69 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
70 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
71 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
72 - Added ActionClass attribute
73 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
74 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
75 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
76 - cleaned up logging and debug output
77 - significant documentation revisions
78 - Added warning for setup being called twice
79 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
80 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
84 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
85 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
87 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
88 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
90 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
91 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
92 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
95 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
96 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
98 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
100 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
102 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
103 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
104 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
105 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
107 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
108 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
110 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
111 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
112 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
113 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
114 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
115 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
116 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
117 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
118 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
119 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
120 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
121 to more sane settings.
122 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
123 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
124 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
125 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
126 (stress tests run 12% faster)
127 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
129 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
130 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
131 - Cleaned generated tests
132 - Added Root controller concept
133 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
135 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
136 - Added plugin introspection.
137 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
138 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
139 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
141 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
142 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
143 was not run. (Eric Wong)
144 - Cleaned up generated tests
145 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
146 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
147 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
148 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
150 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
151 - Updated prereq versions
153 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
154 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
155 - Added YAML config support
156 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
157 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
158 correct execution order.
159 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
160 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
161 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
162 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
163 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
164 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
165 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
167 - Exceptions now return status 500.
168 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
169 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
170 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
171 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
172 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
173 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
174 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
176 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
177 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
179 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
180 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
181 including those that attach to /
182 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
183 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
184 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
185 using $c->req->params('foo').
186 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
188 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
189 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
190 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
191 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
192 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
193 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
195 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
196 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
197 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
198 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
199 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
200 - Improved PAR support
201 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
202 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
203 - Static::Simple changes:
204 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
206 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
207 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
209 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
210 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
211 - Switched to Module::Install
212 - Renamed tests for easier editing
213 - Reformatted documentation
214 - Renamed -nonew to -force
216 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
218 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
220 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
221 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
222 request. (Sam Vilain)
223 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
224 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
225 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
226 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
228 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
229 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
231 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
232 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
234 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
235 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
238 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
239 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
241 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
242 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
244 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
248 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
249 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
250 - Fixed args handling in forward()
251 - Fixed forwarding to classes
252 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
253 - Fixed relative forwarding
254 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
256 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
257 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
260 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
261 - Improved format of startup debug log.
262 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
263 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
264 if the browser is closed.
265 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
266 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
268 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
269 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
270 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
271 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
272 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
273 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
275 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
276 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
277 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
278 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
279 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
280 parent app is shut down.
281 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
283 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
284 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
285 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
287 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
289 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
290 - Whole new dispatcher!
292 - Added path_to method
293 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
295 - Added a new welcome screen.
296 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
297 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
298 - Added self restarting test server
299 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
300 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
301 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
302 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
303 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
304 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
306 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
307 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
308 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
309 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
311 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
312 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
314 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
315 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
318 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
319 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
320 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
321 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
322 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
323 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
325 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
326 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
327 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
328 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
329 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
330 kill loggging for a whole request.
331 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
332 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
333 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
334 coverage and maintainability.
335 - Added fork support to built in test server.
336 - Fixed all memory leaks.
337 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
338 core to be thread-safe.
339 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
341 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
342 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
343 - Improved documentation
344 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
345 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
346 action. (Andy Grundman)
347 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
349 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
350 - Now with updated manifest.
352 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
353 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
355 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
357 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
358 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
359 - added arguments for detach
360 - new credits section in pod
361 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
362 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
364 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
366 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
368 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
369 - Fix for inheritance bug.
370 - Allow forward with arguments.
372 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
373 - make module build cons README automatically.
374 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
375 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
376 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
377 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
378 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
379 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
380 - added $c->request->cookie
381 - added Catalyst::Setup
382 - refactored Catalyst::import()
383 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
384 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
385 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
387 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
388 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
389 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
391 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
392 - improved base locating in MP engines
393 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
394 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
395 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
397 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
398 - fixed a bug in https detection
399 - fixed auto chain finally
400 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
402 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
403 - improved uploads and parameters
404 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
405 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
406 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
407 - fixed win32 installer
408 - added deep recursion detection
410 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
411 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
412 in Path and Regex attributes
413 - new helper templates
414 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
415 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
416 instance (not the same app!)
418 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
419 - added support for MP registry scripts
420 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
421 - added SpeedyCGI engine
423 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
424 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
425 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
426 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
427 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
428 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
429 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
430 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
431 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
432 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
434 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
435 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
436 - added Plugins chapter to manual
437 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
438 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
439 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
440 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
441 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
442 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
443 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
445 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
448 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
449 - some documentation bugs fixed
450 - added Catalyst::Utils
451 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
452 - fixed upload bug with MP19
453 - added $c->req->body
454 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
455 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
457 - extended attribute handling
458 - added global config for components
460 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
461 - new core to support inheritance trees
462 - new syntax for action declaration
463 - new helper system using TT2
464 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
465 - added Test::Pod support
466 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
467 - added option to run tests against a remote server
468 - renamed errors() to error()
470 - countless minor improvements
471 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
472 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
474 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
475 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
476 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
477 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
478 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
480 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
481 - updated helper scripts
482 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
483 the script directory. We promise!
485 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
486 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
487 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
488 - removed cgi-server.pl
489 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
490 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
491 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
492 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
494 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
495 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
497 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
498 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
499 - previous release was borked!
500 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
502 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
503 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
504 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
505 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
506 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
507 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
508 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
509 - updated helper scripts
510 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
511 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
513 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
514 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
515 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
517 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
519 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
520 - debug message for parameters
521 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
523 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
524 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
526 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
527 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
529 - more debug messages
532 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
533 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
534 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
536 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
537 - updated cookbook example
538 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
540 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
541 - no more regex actions in forward
542 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
544 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
545 - catch errors in application class
546 - handle die properly.
548 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
551 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
552 - moved bin to script
554 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
555 - improved documentation
556 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
559 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
560 - server_base sucks, removed
561 - added $c->log->dump()
563 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
564 - removed some warnings
566 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
568 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
570 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
571 - improved documentation
573 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
574 - fixed more little bugs
576 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
577 - improved documentation
578 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
580 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
581 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
582 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
583 !?default, !?begin and !?end
584 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
585 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
588 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
589 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
590 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
592 - improved documentation for actions
594 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
595 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
596 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
598 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
599 - error reporting for app class
600 - no more engine debug messages
601 - class->method forwards get resolved now
603 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
604 - friendlier statistics
606 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
607 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
609 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
612 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
613 - real version number for CPAN.pm
614 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
615 - more statistics in debug logs
616 - ? prefix for forward()
618 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
619 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
620 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
622 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
623 - added ? for prefixed actions
626 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
627 - arguments for _default
628 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
629 - added $c->req->method
631 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
632 - POD fixes and improvements
634 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
635 - first development release