1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
5 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
6 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
8 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
9 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
11 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
12 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
13 including those that attach to /
14 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
15 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
16 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
17 using $c->req->params('foo').
18 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
20 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
21 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
22 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
23 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
24 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
25 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
27 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
28 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
29 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
30 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
31 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
32 - Improved PAR support
33 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
34 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
35 - Static::Simple changes:
36 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
38 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
39 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
41 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
42 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
43 - Switched to Module::Install
44 - Renamed tests for easier editing
45 - Reformatted documentation
46 - Renamed -nonew to -force
48 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
50 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
52 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
53 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
55 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
56 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
57 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
58 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
60 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
61 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
63 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
64 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
66 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
67 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
70 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
71 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
73 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
74 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
76 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
80 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
81 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
82 - Fixed args handling in forward()
83 - Fixed forwarding to classes
84 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
85 - Fixed relative forwarding
86 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
88 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
89 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
92 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
93 - Improved format of startup debug log.
94 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
95 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
96 if the browser is closed.
97 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
98 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
100 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
101 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
102 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
103 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
104 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
105 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
107 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
108 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
109 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
110 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
111 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
112 parent app is shut down.
113 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
115 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
116 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
117 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
119 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
121 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
122 - Whole new dispatcher!
124 - Added path_to method
125 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
127 - Added a new welcome screen.
128 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
129 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
130 - Added self restarting test server
131 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
132 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
133 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
134 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
135 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
136 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
138 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
139 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
140 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
141 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
143 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
144 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
146 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
147 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
150 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
151 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
152 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
153 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
154 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
155 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
157 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
158 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
159 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
160 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
161 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
162 kill loggging for a whole request.
163 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
164 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
165 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
166 coverage and maintainability.
167 - Added fork support to built in test server.
168 - Fixed all memory leaks.
169 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
170 core to be thread-safe.
171 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
173 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
174 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
175 - Improved documentation
176 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
177 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
178 action. (Andy Grundman)
179 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
181 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
182 - Now with updated manifest.
184 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
185 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
187 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
189 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
190 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
191 - added arguments for detach
192 - new credits section in pod
193 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
194 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
196 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
198 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
200 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
201 - Fix for inheritance bug.
202 - Allow forward with arguments.
204 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
205 - make module build cons README automatically.
206 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
207 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
208 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
209 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
210 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
211 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
212 - added $c->request->cookie
213 - added Catalyst::Setup
214 - refactored Catalyst::import()
215 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
216 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
217 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
219 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
220 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
221 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
223 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
224 - improved base locating in MP engines
225 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
226 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
227 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
229 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
230 - fixed a bug in https detection
231 - fixed auto chain finally
232 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
234 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
235 - improved uploads and parameters
236 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
237 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
238 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
239 - fixed win32 installer
240 - added deep recursion detection
242 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
243 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
244 in Path and Regex attributes
245 - new helper templates
246 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
247 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
248 instance (not the same app!)
250 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
251 - added support for MP registry scripts
252 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
253 - added SpeedyCGI engine
255 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
256 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
257 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
258 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
259 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
260 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
261 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
262 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
263 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
264 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
266 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
267 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
268 - added Plugins chapter to manual
269 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
270 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
271 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
272 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
273 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
274 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
275 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
277 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
280 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
281 - some documentation bugs fixed
282 - added Catalyst::Utils
283 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
284 - fixed upload bug with MP19
285 - added $c->req->body
286 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
287 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
289 - extended attribute handling
290 - added global config for components
292 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
293 - new core to support inheritance trees
294 - new syntax for action declaration
295 - new helper system using TT2
296 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
297 - added Test::Pod support
298 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
299 - added option to run tests against a remote server
300 - renamed errors() to error()
302 - countless minor improvements
303 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
304 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
306 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
307 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
308 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
309 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
310 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
312 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
313 - updated helper scripts
314 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
315 the script directory. We promise!
317 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
318 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
319 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
320 - removed cgi-server.pl
321 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
322 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
323 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
324 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
326 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
327 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
329 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
330 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
331 - previous release was borked!
332 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
334 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
335 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
336 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
337 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
338 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
339 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
340 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
341 - updated helper scripts
342 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
343 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
345 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
346 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
347 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
349 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
351 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
352 - debug message for parameters
353 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
355 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
356 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
358 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
359 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
361 - more debug messages
364 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
365 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
366 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
368 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
369 - updated cookbook example
370 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
372 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
373 - no more regex actions in forward
374 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
376 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
377 - catch errors in application class
378 - handle die properly.
380 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
383 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
384 - moved bin to script
386 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
387 - improved documentation
388 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
391 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
392 - server_base sucks, removed
393 - added $c->log->dump()
395 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
396 - removed some warnings
398 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
400 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
402 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
403 - improved documentation
405 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
406 - fixed more little bugs
408 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
409 - improved documentation
410 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
412 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
413 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
414 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
415 !?default, !?begin and !?end
416 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
417 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
420 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
421 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
422 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
424 - improved documentation for actions
426 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
427 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
428 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
430 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
431 - error reporting for app class
432 - no more engine debug messages
433 - class->method forwards get resolved now
435 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
436 - friendlier statistics
438 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
439 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
441 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
444 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
445 - real version number for CPAN.pm
446 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
447 - more statistics in debug logs
448 - ? prefix for forward()
450 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
451 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
452 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
454 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
455 - added ? for prefixed actions
458 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
459 - arguments for _default
460 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
461 - added $c->req->method
463 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
464 - POD fixes and improvements
466 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
467 - first development release