1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - allow mutation of body() in Catalyst::Request
5 - Don't ignore file uploads if form contains a text field with the same name.
9 5.7006 2006-11-03 14.18
11 - Fix Slurp dependency
12 - Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST requests.
13 - Skip utf8 fix for undef values in uri_with() and uri_for()
15 5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
16 - Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
17 - Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
18 - Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
20 5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
21 - Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
22 - clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
23 - Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
25 - add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
26 - Support current_view
27 - Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
28 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
29 - Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
30 - Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
31 - various documentation fixes and improvements
33 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
34 - Additions and updates to tutorial
36 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
37 - unescape captures to match args
38 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
39 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
40 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
42 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
43 - fix for component loading
44 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
47 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
48 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
49 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
50 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
53 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
55 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
56 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
57 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
59 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
62 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
64 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
65 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
66 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
67 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
68 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
69 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
70 Module::Pluggable::Object
71 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
72 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
73 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
74 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
75 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
76 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
77 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
78 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
79 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
80 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
81 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
82 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
83 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
84 - Added ActionClass attribute
85 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
86 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
87 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
88 - cleaned up logging and debug output
89 - significant documentation revisions
90 - Added warning for setup being called twice
91 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
92 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
96 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
97 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
99 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
100 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
102 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
103 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
104 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
107 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
108 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
110 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
112 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
114 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
115 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
116 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
117 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
119 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
120 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
122 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
123 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
124 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
125 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
126 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
127 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
128 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
129 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
130 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
131 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
132 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
133 to more sane settings.
134 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
135 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
136 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
137 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
138 (stress tests run 12% faster)
139 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
141 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
142 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
143 - Cleaned generated tests
144 - Added Root controller concept
145 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
147 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
148 - Added plugin introspection.
149 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
150 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
151 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
153 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
154 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
155 was not run. (Eric Wong)
156 - Cleaned up generated tests
157 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
158 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
159 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
160 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
162 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
163 - Updated prereq versions
165 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
166 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
167 - Added YAML config support
168 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
169 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
170 correct execution order.
171 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
172 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
173 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
174 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
175 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
176 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
177 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
179 - Exceptions now return status 500.
180 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
181 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
182 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
183 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
184 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
185 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
186 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
188 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
189 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
191 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
192 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
193 including those that attach to /
194 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
195 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
196 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
197 using $c->req->params('foo').
198 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
200 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
201 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
202 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
203 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
204 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
205 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
207 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
208 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
209 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
210 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
211 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
212 - Improved PAR support
213 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
214 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
215 - Static::Simple changes:
216 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
218 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
219 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
221 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
222 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
223 - Switched to Module::Install
224 - Renamed tests for easier editing
225 - Reformatted documentation
226 - Renamed -nonew to -force
228 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
230 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
232 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
233 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
234 request. (Sam Vilain)
235 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
236 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
237 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
238 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
240 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
241 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
243 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
244 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
246 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
247 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
250 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
251 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
253 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
254 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
256 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
260 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
261 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
262 - Fixed args handling in forward()
263 - Fixed forwarding to classes
264 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
265 - Fixed relative forwarding
266 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
268 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
269 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
272 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
273 - Improved format of startup debug log.
274 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
275 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
276 if the browser is closed.
277 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
278 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
280 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
281 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
282 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
283 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
284 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
285 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
287 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
288 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
289 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
290 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
291 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
292 parent app is shut down.
293 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
295 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
296 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
297 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
299 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
301 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
302 - Whole new dispatcher!
304 - Added path_to method
305 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
307 - Added a new welcome screen.
308 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
309 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
310 - Added self restarting test server
311 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
312 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
313 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
314 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
315 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
316 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
318 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
319 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
320 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
321 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
323 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
324 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
326 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
327 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
330 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
331 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
332 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
333 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
334 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
335 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
337 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
338 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
339 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
340 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
341 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
342 kill loggging for a whole request.
343 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
344 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
345 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
346 coverage and maintainability.
347 - Added fork support to built in test server.
348 - Fixed all memory leaks.
349 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
350 core to be thread-safe.
351 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
353 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
354 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
355 - Improved documentation
356 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
357 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
358 action. (Andy Grundman)
359 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
361 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
362 - Now with updated manifest.
364 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
365 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
367 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
369 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
370 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
371 - added arguments for detach
372 - new credits section in pod
373 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
374 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
376 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
378 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
380 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
381 - Fix for inheritance bug.
382 - Allow forward with arguments.
384 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
385 - make module build cons README automatically.
386 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
387 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
388 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
389 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
390 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
391 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
392 - added $c->request->cookie
393 - added Catalyst::Setup
394 - refactored Catalyst::import()
395 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
396 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
397 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
399 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
400 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
401 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
403 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
404 - improved base locating in MP engines
405 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
406 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
407 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
409 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
410 - fixed a bug in https detection
411 - fixed auto chain finally
412 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
414 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
415 - improved uploads and parameters
416 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
417 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
418 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
419 - fixed win32 installer
420 - added deep recursion detection
422 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
423 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
424 in Path and Regex attributes
425 - new helper templates
426 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
427 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
428 instance (not the same app!)
430 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
431 - added support for MP registry scripts
432 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
433 - added SpeedyCGI engine
435 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
436 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
437 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
438 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
439 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
440 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
441 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
442 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
443 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
444 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
446 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
447 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
448 - added Plugins chapter to manual
449 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
450 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
451 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
452 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
453 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
454 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
455 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
457 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
460 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
461 - some documentation bugs fixed
462 - added Catalyst::Utils
463 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
464 - fixed upload bug with MP19
465 - added $c->req->body
466 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
467 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
469 - extended attribute handling
470 - added global config for components
472 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
473 - new core to support inheritance trees
474 - new syntax for action declaration
475 - new helper system using TT2
476 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
477 - added Test::Pod support
478 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
479 - added option to run tests against a remote server
480 - renamed errors() to error()
482 - countless minor improvements
483 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
484 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
486 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
487 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
488 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
489 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
490 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
492 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
493 - updated helper scripts
494 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
495 the script directory. We promise!
497 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
498 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
499 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
500 - removed cgi-server.pl
501 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
502 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
503 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
504 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
506 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
507 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
509 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
510 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
511 - previous release was borked!
512 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
514 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
515 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
516 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
517 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
518 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
519 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
520 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
521 - updated helper scripts
522 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
523 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
525 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
526 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
527 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
529 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
531 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
532 - debug message for parameters
533 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
535 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
536 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
538 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
539 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
541 - more debug messages
544 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
545 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
546 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
548 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
549 - updated cookbook example
550 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
552 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
553 - no more regex actions in forward
554 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
556 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
557 - catch errors in application class
558 - handle die properly.
560 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
563 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
564 - moved bin to script
566 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
567 - improved documentation
568 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
571 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
572 - server_base sucks, removed
573 - added $c->log->dump()
575 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
576 - removed some warnings
578 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
580 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
582 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
583 - improved documentation
585 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
586 - fixed more little bugs
588 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
589 - improved documentation
590 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
592 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
593 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
594 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
595 !?default, !?begin and !?end
596 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
597 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
600 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
601 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
602 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
604 - improved documentation for actions
606 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
607 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
608 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
610 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
611 - error reporting for app class
612 - no more engine debug messages
613 - class->method forwards get resolved now
615 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
616 - friendlier statistics
618 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
619 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
621 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
624 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
625 - real version number for CPAN.pm
626 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
627 - more statistics in debug logs
628 - ? prefix for forward()
630 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
631 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
632 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
634 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
635 - added ? for prefixed actions
638 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
639 - arguments for _default
640 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
641 - added $c->req->method
643 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
644 - POD fixes and improvements
646 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
647 - first development release