1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
5 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
6 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
7 - Static::Simple changes:
8 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
10 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
11 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
13 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
14 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
15 - Switched to Module::Install
16 - Renamed tests for easier editing
17 - Reformatted documentation
18 - Renamed -nonew to -force
20 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
22 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
24 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
25 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
27 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
28 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
29 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
30 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
32 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
33 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
35 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
36 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
38 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
39 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
42 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
43 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
45 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
46 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
48 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
52 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
53 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
54 - Fixed args handling in forward()
55 - Fixed forwarding to classes
56 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
57 - Fixed relative forwarding
58 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
60 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
61 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
64 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
65 - Improved format of startup debug log.
66 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
67 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
68 if the browser is closed.
69 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
70 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
72 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
73 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
74 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
75 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
76 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
77 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
79 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
80 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
81 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
82 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
83 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
84 parent app is shut down.
85 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
87 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
88 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
89 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
91 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
93 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
94 - Whole new dispatcher!
96 - Added path_to method
97 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
99 - Added a new welcome screen.
100 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
101 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
102 - Added self restarting test server
103 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
104 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
105 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
106 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
107 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
108 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
110 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
111 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
112 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
113 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
115 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
116 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
118 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
119 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
122 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
123 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
124 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
125 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
126 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
127 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
129 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
130 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
131 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
132 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
133 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
134 kill loggging for a whole request.
135 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
136 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
137 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
138 coverage and maintainability.
139 - Added fork support to built in test server.
140 - Fixed all memory leaks.
141 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
142 core to be thread-safe.
143 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
145 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
146 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
147 - Improved documentation
148 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
149 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
150 action. (Andy Grundman)
151 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
153 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
154 - Now with updated manifest.
156 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
157 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
159 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
161 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
162 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
163 - added arguments for detach
164 - new credits section in pod
165 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
166 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
168 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
170 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
172 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
173 - Fix for inheritance bug.
174 - Allow forward with arguments.
176 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
177 - make module build cons README automatically.
178 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
179 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
180 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
181 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
182 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
183 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
184 - added $c->request->cookie
185 - added Catalyst::Setup
186 - refactored Catalyst::import()
187 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
188 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
189 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
191 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
192 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
193 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
195 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
196 - improved base locating in MP engines
197 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
198 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
199 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
201 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
202 - fixed a bug in https detection
203 - fixed auto chain finally
204 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
206 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
207 - improved uploads and parameters
208 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
209 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
210 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
211 - fixed win32 installer
212 - added deep recursion detection
214 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
215 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
216 in Path and Regex attributes
217 - new helper templates
218 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
219 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
220 instance (not the same app!)
222 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
223 - added support for MP registry scripts
224 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
225 - added SpeedyCGI engine
227 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
228 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
229 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
230 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
231 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
232 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
233 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
234 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
235 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
236 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
238 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
239 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
240 - added Plugins chapter to manual
241 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
242 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
243 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
244 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
245 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
246 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
247 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
249 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
252 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
253 - some documentation bugs fixed
254 - added Catalyst::Utils
255 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
256 - fixed upload bug with MP19
257 - added $c->req->body
258 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
259 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
261 - extended attribute handling
262 - added global config for components
264 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
265 - new core to support inheritance trees
266 - new syntax for action declaration
267 - new helper system using TT2
268 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
269 - added Test::Pod support
270 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
271 - added option to run tests against a remote server
272 - renamed errors() to error()
274 - countless minor improvements
275 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
276 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
278 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
279 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
280 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
281 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
282 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
284 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
285 - updated helper scripts
286 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
287 the script directory. We promise!
289 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
290 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
291 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
292 - removed cgi-server.pl
293 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
294 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
295 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
296 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
298 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
299 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
301 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
302 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
303 - previous release was borked!
304 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
306 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
307 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
308 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
309 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
310 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
311 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
312 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
313 - updated helper scripts
314 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
315 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
317 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
318 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
319 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
321 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
323 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
324 - debug message for parameters
325 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
327 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
328 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
330 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
331 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
333 - more debug messages
336 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
337 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
338 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
340 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
341 - updated cookbook example
342 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
344 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
345 - no more regex actions in forward
346 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
348 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
349 - catch errors in application class
350 - handle die properly.
352 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
355 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
356 - moved bin to script
358 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
359 - improved documentation
360 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
363 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
364 - server_base sucks, removed
365 - added $c->log->dump()
367 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
368 - removed some warnings
370 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
372 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
374 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
375 - improved documentation
377 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
378 - fixed more little bugs
380 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
381 - improved documentation
382 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
384 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
385 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
386 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
387 !?default, !?begin and !?end
388 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
389 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
392 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
393 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
394 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
396 - improved documentation for actions
398 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
399 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
400 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
402 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
403 - error reporting for app class
404 - no more engine debug messages
405 - class->method forwards get resolved now
407 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
408 - friendlier statistics
410 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
411 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
413 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
416 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
417 - real version number for CPAN.pm
418 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
419 - more statistics in debug logs
420 - ? prefix for forward()
422 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
423 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
424 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
426 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
427 - added ? for prefixed actions
430 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
431 - arguments for _default
432 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
433 - added $c->req->method
435 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
436 - POD fixes and improvements
438 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
439 - first development release