1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST requests.
6 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
7 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
8 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
9 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
11 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
12 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
13 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
14 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
16 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
17 - Support current_view
18 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
19 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
20 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
21 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
22 - various documentation fixes and improvements
24 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
25 - Additions and updates to tutorial
27 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
28 - unescape captures to match args
29 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
30 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
31 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
33 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
34 - fix for component loading
35 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
38 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
39 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
40 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
41 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
44 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
46 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
47 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
48 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
50 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
53 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
55 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
56 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
57 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
58 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
59 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
60 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
61 Module::Pluggable::Object
62 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
63 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
64 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
65 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
66 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
67 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
68 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
69 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
70 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
71 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
72 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
73 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
74 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
75 - Added ActionClass attribute
76 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
77 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
78 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
79 - cleaned up logging and debug output
80 - significant documentation revisions
81 - Added warning for setup being called twice
82 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
83 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
87 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
88 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
90 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
91 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
93 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
94 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
95 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
98 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
99 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
101 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
103 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
105 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
106 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
107 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
108 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
110 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
111 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
113 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
114 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
115 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
116 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
117 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
118 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
119 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
120 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
121 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
122 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
123 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
124 to more sane settings.
125 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
126 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
127 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
128 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
129 (stress tests run 12% faster)
130 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
132 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
133 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
134 - Cleaned generated tests
135 - Added Root controller concept
136 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
138 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
139 - Added plugin introspection.
140 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
141 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
142 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
144 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
145 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
146 was not run. (Eric Wong)
147 - Cleaned up generated tests
148 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
149 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
150 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
151 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
153 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
154 - Updated prereq versions
156 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
157 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
158 - Added YAML config support
159 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
160 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
161 correct execution order.
162 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
163 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
164 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
165 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
166 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
167 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
168 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
170 - Exceptions now return status 500.
171 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
172 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
173 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
174 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
175 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
176 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
177 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
179 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
180 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
182 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
183 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
184 including those that attach to /
185 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
186 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
187 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
188 using $c->req->params('foo').
189 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
191 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
192 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
193 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
194 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
195 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
196 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
198 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
199 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
200 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
201 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
202 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
203 - Improved PAR support
204 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
205 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
206 - Static::Simple changes:
207 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
209 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
210 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
212 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
213 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
214 - Switched to Module::Install
215 - Renamed tests for easier editing
216 - Reformatted documentation
217 - Renamed -nonew to -force
219 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
221 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
223 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
224 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
225 request. (Sam Vilain)
226 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
227 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
228 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
229 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
231 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
232 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
234 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
235 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
237 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
238 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
241 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
242 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
244 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
245 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
247 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
251 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
252 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
253 - Fixed args handling in forward()
254 - Fixed forwarding to classes
255 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
256 - Fixed relative forwarding
257 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
259 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
260 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
263 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
264 - Improved format of startup debug log.
265 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
266 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
267 if the browser is closed.
268 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
269 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
271 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
272 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
273 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
274 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
275 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
276 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
278 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
279 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
280 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
281 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
282 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
283 parent app is shut down.
284 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
286 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
287 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
288 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
290 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
292 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
293 - Whole new dispatcher!
295 - Added path_to method
296 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
298 - Added a new welcome screen.
299 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
300 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
301 - Added self restarting test server
302 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
303 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
304 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
305 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
306 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
307 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
309 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
310 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
311 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
312 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
314 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
315 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
317 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
318 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
321 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
322 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
323 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
324 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
325 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
326 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
328 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
329 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
330 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
331 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
332 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
333 kill loggging for a whole request.
334 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
335 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
336 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
337 coverage and maintainability.
338 - Added fork support to built in test server.
339 - Fixed all memory leaks.
340 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
341 core to be thread-safe.
342 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
344 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
345 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
346 - Improved documentation
347 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
348 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
349 action. (Andy Grundman)
350 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
352 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
353 - Now with updated manifest.
355 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
356 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
358 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
360 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
361 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
362 - added arguments for detach
363 - new credits section in pod
364 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
365 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
367 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
369 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
371 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
372 - Fix for inheritance bug.
373 - Allow forward with arguments.
375 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
376 - make module build cons README automatically.
377 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
378 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
379 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
380 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
381 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
382 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
383 - added $c->request->cookie
384 - added Catalyst::Setup
385 - refactored Catalyst::import()
386 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
387 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
388 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
390 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
391 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
392 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
394 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
395 - improved base locating in MP engines
396 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
397 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
398 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
400 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
401 - fixed a bug in https detection
402 - fixed auto chain finally
403 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
405 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
406 - improved uploads and parameters
407 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
408 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
409 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
410 - fixed win32 installer
411 - added deep recursion detection
413 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
414 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
415 in Path and Regex attributes
416 - new helper templates
417 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
418 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
419 instance (not the same app!)
421 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
422 - added support for MP registry scripts
423 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
424 - added SpeedyCGI engine
426 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
427 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
428 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
429 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
430 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
431 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
432 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
433 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
434 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
435 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
437 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
438 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
439 - added Plugins chapter to manual
440 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
441 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
442 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
443 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
444 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
445 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
446 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
448 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
451 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
452 - some documentation bugs fixed
453 - added Catalyst::Utils
454 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
455 - fixed upload bug with MP19
456 - added $c->req->body
457 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
458 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
460 - extended attribute handling
461 - added global config for components
463 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
464 - new core to support inheritance trees
465 - new syntax for action declaration
466 - new helper system using TT2
467 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
468 - added Test::Pod support
469 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
470 - added option to run tests against a remote server
471 - renamed errors() to error()
473 - countless minor improvements
474 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
475 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
477 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
478 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
479 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
480 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
481 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
483 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
484 - updated helper scripts
485 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
486 the script directory. We promise!
488 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
489 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
490 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
491 - removed cgi-server.pl
492 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
493 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
494 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
495 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
497 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
498 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
500 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
501 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
502 - previous release was borked!
503 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
505 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
506 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
507 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
508 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
509 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
510 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
511 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
512 - updated helper scripts
513 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
514 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
516 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
517 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
518 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
520 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
522 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
523 - debug message for parameters
524 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
526 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
527 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
529 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
530 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
532 - more debug messages
535 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
536 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
537 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
539 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
540 - updated cookbook example
541 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
543 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
544 - no more regex actions in forward
545 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
547 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
548 - catch errors in application class
549 - handle die properly.
551 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
554 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
555 - moved bin to script
557 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
558 - improved documentation
559 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
562 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
563 - server_base sucks, removed
564 - added $c->log->dump()
566 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
567 - removed some warnings
569 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
571 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
573 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
574 - improved documentation
576 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
577 - fixed more little bugs
579 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
580 - improved documentation
581 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
583 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
584 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
585 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
586 !?default, !?begin and !?end
587 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
588 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
591 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
592 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
593 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
595 - improved documentation for actions
597 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
598 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
599 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
601 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
602 - error reporting for app class
603 - no more engine debug messages
604 - class->method forwards get resolved now
606 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
607 - friendlier statistics
609 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
610 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
612 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
615 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
616 - real version number for CPAN.pm
617 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
618 - more statistics in debug logs
619 - ? prefix for forward()
621 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
622 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
623 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
625 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
626 - added ? for prefixed actions
629 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
630 - arguments for _default
631 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
632 - added $c->req->method
634 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
635 - POD fixes and improvements
637 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
638 - first development release