1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
5 if the browser is closed.
6 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts
7 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable
9 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
10 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
11 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
12 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
13 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
14 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
16 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
17 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
18 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
19 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
20 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
21 parent app is shut down.
22 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
24 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
25 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
26 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
28 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
30 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
31 - Whole new dispatcher!
33 - Added path_to method
34 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
36 - Added a new welcome screen.
37 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
38 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
39 - Added self restarting test server
40 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
41 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
42 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
43 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
44 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
45 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
47 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
48 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
49 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
50 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
52 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
53 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
55 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
56 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
59 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
60 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
61 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
62 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
63 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
64 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
66 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
67 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
68 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
69 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
70 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
71 kill loggging for a whole request.
72 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
73 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
74 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
75 coverage and maintainability.
76 - Added fork support to built in test server.
77 - Fixed all memory leaks.
78 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
79 core to be thread-safe.
80 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
82 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
83 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
84 - Improved documentation
85 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
86 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
87 action. (Andy Grundman)
88 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
90 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
91 - Now with updated manifest.
93 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
94 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
96 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
98 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
99 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
100 - added arguments for detach
101 - new credits section in pod
102 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
103 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
105 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
107 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
109 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
110 - Fix for inheritance bug.
111 - Allow forward with arguments.
113 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
114 - make module build cons README automatically.
115 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
116 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
117 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
118 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
119 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
120 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
121 - added $c->request->cookie
122 - added Catalyst::Setup
123 - refactored Catalyst::import()
124 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
125 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
126 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
128 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
129 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
130 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
132 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
133 - improved base locating in MP engines
134 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
135 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
136 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
138 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
139 - fixed a bug in https detection
140 - fixed auto chain finally
141 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
143 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
144 - improved uploads and parameters
145 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
146 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
147 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
148 - fixed win32 installer
149 - added deep recursion detection
151 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
152 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
153 in Path and Regex attributes
154 - new helper templates
155 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
156 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
157 instance (not the same app!)
159 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
160 - added support for MP registry scripts
161 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
162 - added SpeedyCGI engine
164 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
165 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
166 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
167 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
168 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
169 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
170 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
171 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
172 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
173 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
175 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
176 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
177 - added Plugins chapter to manual
178 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
179 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
180 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
181 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
182 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
183 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
184 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
186 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
189 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
190 - some documentation bugs fixed
191 - added Catalyst::Utils
192 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
193 - fixed upload bug with MP19
194 - added $c->req->body
195 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
196 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
198 - extended attribute handling
199 - added global config for components
201 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
202 - new core to support inheritance trees
203 - new syntax for action declaration
204 - new helper system using TT2
205 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
206 - added Test::Pod support
207 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
208 - added option to run tests against a remote server
209 - renamed errors() to error()
211 - countless minor improvements
212 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
213 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
215 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
216 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
217 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
218 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
219 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
221 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
222 - updated helper scripts
223 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
224 the script directory. We promise!
226 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
227 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
228 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
229 - removed cgi-server.pl
230 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
231 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
232 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
233 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
235 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
236 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
238 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
239 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
240 - previous release was borked!
241 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
243 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
244 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
245 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
246 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
247 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
248 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
249 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
250 - updated helper scripts
251 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
252 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
254 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
255 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
256 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
258 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
260 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
261 - debug message for parameters
262 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
264 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
265 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
267 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
268 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
270 - more debug messages
273 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
274 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
275 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
277 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
278 - updated cookbook example
279 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
281 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
282 - no more regex actions in forward
283 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
285 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
286 - catch errors in application class
287 - handle die properly.
289 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
292 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
293 - moved bin to script
295 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
296 - improved documentation
297 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
300 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
301 - server_base sucks, removed
302 - added $c->log->dump()
304 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
305 - removed some warnings
307 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
309 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
311 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
312 - improved documentation
314 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
315 - fixed more little bugs
317 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
318 - improved documentation
319 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
321 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
322 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
323 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
324 !?default, !?begin and !?end
325 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
326 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
329 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
330 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
331 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
333 - improved documentation for actions
335 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
336 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
337 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
339 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
340 - error reporting for app class
341 - no more engine debug messages
342 - class->method forwards get resolved now
344 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
345 - friendlier statistics
347 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
348 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
350 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
353 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
354 - real version number for CPAN.pm
355 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
356 - more statistics in debug logs
357 - ? prefix for forward()
359 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
360 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
361 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
363 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
364 - added ? for prefixed actions
367 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
368 - arguments for _default
369 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
370 - added $c->req->method
372 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
373 - POD fixes and improvements
375 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
376 - first development release