1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.7007 2006-03-13 14:18:00
4 - Performance and stability improvements to the built-in HTTP server.
5 - Don't ignore file uploads if form contains a text field with the
6 same name. (Carl Franks)
7 - Support restart_delay of 0 (for use in the POE engine).
8 - Skip body processing if we don't have a Content-Length header.
9 Results in about a 9% performance increase when handling GET/HEAD
11 - Add a default body to redirect responses.
12 - MyApp->model/view now looks at MyApp->config->{default_view/model}
15 5.7006 2006-11-03 14.18
17 - Fix Slurp dependency
18 - Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST
20 - Skip utf8 fix for undef values in uri_with() and uri_for()
22 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
23 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
24 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
25 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
27 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
28 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
29 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
30 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
32 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
33 - Support current_view
34 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
35 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
36 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
37 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
38 - various documentation fixes and improvements
40 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
41 - Additions and updates to tutorial
43 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
44 - unescape captures to match args
45 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
46 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
47 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
49 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
50 - fix for component loading
51 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
54 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
55 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
56 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
57 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
60 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
62 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
63 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
64 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
66 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
69 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
71 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
72 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
73 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
74 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
75 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
76 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
77 Module::Pluggable::Object
78 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
79 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
80 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
81 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
82 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
83 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
84 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
85 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
86 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
87 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
88 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
89 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
90 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
91 - Added ActionClass attribute
92 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
93 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
94 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
95 - cleaned up logging and debug output
96 - significant documentation revisions
97 - Added warning for setup being called twice
98 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
99 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
103 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
104 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
106 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
107 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
109 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
110 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
111 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
114 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
115 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
117 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
119 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
121 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
122 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
123 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
124 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
126 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
127 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
129 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
130 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
131 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
132 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
133 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
134 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
135 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
136 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
137 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
138 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
139 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
140 to more sane settings.
141 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
142 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
143 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
144 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
145 (stress tests run 12% faster)
146 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
148 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
149 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
150 - Cleaned generated tests
151 - Added Root controller concept
152 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
154 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
155 - Added plugin introspection.
156 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
157 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
158 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
160 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
161 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
162 was not run. (Eric Wong)
163 - Cleaned up generated tests
164 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
165 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
166 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
167 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
169 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
170 - Updated prereq versions
172 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
173 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
174 - Added YAML config support
175 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
176 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
177 correct execution order.
178 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
179 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
180 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
181 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
182 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
183 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
184 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
186 - Exceptions now return status 500.
187 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
188 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
189 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
190 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
191 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
192 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
193 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
195 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
196 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
198 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
199 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
200 including those that attach to /
201 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
202 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
203 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
204 using $c->req->params('foo').
205 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
207 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
208 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
209 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
210 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
211 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
212 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
214 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
215 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
216 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
217 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
218 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
219 - Improved PAR support
220 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
221 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
222 - Static::Simple changes:
223 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
225 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
226 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
228 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
229 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
230 - Switched to Module::Install
231 - Renamed tests for easier editing
232 - Reformatted documentation
233 - Renamed -nonew to -force
235 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
237 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
239 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
240 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
241 request. (Sam Vilain)
242 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
243 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
244 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
245 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
247 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
248 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
250 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
251 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
253 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
254 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
257 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
258 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
260 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
261 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
263 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
267 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
268 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
269 - Fixed args handling in forward()
270 - Fixed forwarding to classes
271 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
272 - Fixed relative forwarding
273 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
275 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
276 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
279 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
280 - Improved format of startup debug log.
281 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
282 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
283 if the browser is closed.
284 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
285 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
287 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
288 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
289 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
290 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
291 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
292 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
294 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
295 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
296 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
297 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
298 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
299 parent app is shut down.
300 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
302 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
303 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
304 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
306 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
308 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
309 - Whole new dispatcher!
311 - Added path_to method
312 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
314 - Added a new welcome screen.
315 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
316 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
317 - Added self restarting test server
318 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
319 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
320 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
321 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
322 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
323 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
325 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
326 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
327 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
328 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
330 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
331 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
333 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
334 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
337 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
338 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
339 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
340 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
341 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
342 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
344 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
345 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
346 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
347 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
348 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
349 kill loggging for a whole request.
350 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
351 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
352 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
353 coverage and maintainability.
354 - Added fork support to built in test server.
355 - Fixed all memory leaks.
356 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
357 core to be thread-safe.
358 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
360 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
361 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
362 - Improved documentation
363 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
364 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
365 action. (Andy Grundman)
366 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
368 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
369 - Now with updated manifest.
371 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
372 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
374 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
376 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
377 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
378 - added arguments for detach
379 - new credits section in pod
380 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
381 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
383 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
385 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
387 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
388 - Fix for inheritance bug.
389 - Allow forward with arguments.
391 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
392 - make module build cons README automatically.
393 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
394 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
395 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
396 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
397 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
398 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
399 - added $c->request->cookie
400 - added Catalyst::Setup
401 - refactored Catalyst::import()
402 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
403 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
404 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
406 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
407 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
408 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
410 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
411 - improved base locating in MP engines
412 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
413 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
414 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
416 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
417 - fixed a bug in https detection
418 - fixed auto chain finally
419 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
421 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
422 - improved uploads and parameters
423 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
424 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
425 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
426 - fixed win32 installer
427 - added deep recursion detection
429 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
430 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
431 in Path and Regex attributes
432 - new helper templates
433 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
434 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
435 instance (not the same app!)
437 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
438 - added support for MP registry scripts
439 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
440 - added SpeedyCGI engine
442 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
443 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
444 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
445 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
446 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
447 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
448 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
449 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
450 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
451 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
453 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
454 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
455 - added Plugins chapter to manual
456 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
457 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
458 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
459 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
460 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
461 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
462 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
464 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
467 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
468 - some documentation bugs fixed
469 - added Catalyst::Utils
470 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
471 - fixed upload bug with MP19
472 - added $c->req->body
473 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
474 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
476 - extended attribute handling
477 - added global config for components
479 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
480 - new core to support inheritance trees
481 - new syntax for action declaration
482 - new helper system using TT2
483 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
484 - added Test::Pod support
485 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
486 - added option to run tests against a remote server
487 - renamed errors() to error()
489 - countless minor improvements
490 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
491 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
493 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
494 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
495 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
496 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
497 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
499 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
500 - updated helper scripts
501 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
502 the script directory. We promise!
504 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
505 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
506 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
507 - removed cgi-server.pl
508 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
509 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
510 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
511 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
513 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
514 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
516 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
517 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
518 - previous release was borked!
519 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
521 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
522 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
523 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
524 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
525 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
526 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
527 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
528 - updated helper scripts
529 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
530 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
532 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
533 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
534 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
536 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
538 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
539 - debug message for parameters
540 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
542 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
543 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
545 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
546 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
548 - more debug messages
551 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
552 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
553 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
555 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
556 - updated cookbook example
557 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
559 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
560 - no more regex actions in forward
561 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
563 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
564 - catch errors in application class
565 - handle die properly.
567 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
570 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
571 - moved bin to script
573 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
574 - improved documentation
575 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
578 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
579 - server_base sucks, removed
580 - added $c->log->dump()
582 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
583 - removed some warnings
585 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
587 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
589 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
590 - improved documentation
592 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
593 - fixed more little bugs
595 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
596 - improved documentation
597 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
599 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
600 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
601 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
602 !?default, !?begin and !?end
603 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
604 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
607 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
608 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
609 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
611 - improved documentation for actions
613 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
614 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
615 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
617 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
618 - error reporting for app class
619 - no more engine debug messages
620 - class->method forwards get resolved now
622 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
623 - friendlier statistics
625 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
626 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
628 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
631 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
632 - real version number for CPAN.pm
633 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
634 - more statistics in debug logs
635 - ? prefix for forward()
637 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
638 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
639 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
641 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
642 - added ? for prefixed actions
645 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
646 - arguments for _default
647 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
648 - added $c->req->method
650 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
651 - POD fixes and improvements
653 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
654 - first development release