1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
5 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
6 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
7 - Added lots of API documentation.
8 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
10 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
11 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (Kei OHSHIRO)
12 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
14 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
15 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
16 - Cleaned generated tests
17 - Added Root controller concept
18 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
20 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
21 - Added plugin introspection.
22 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
23 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
24 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
26 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
27 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
28 was not run. (Eric Wong)
29 - Cleaned up generated tests
30 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
31 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
32 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
33 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
35 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
36 - Updated prereq versions
38 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
39 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
40 - Added YAML config support
41 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
42 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
43 correct execution order.
44 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
45 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
46 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
47 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
48 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
49 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
50 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
52 - Exceptions now return status 500.
53 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
54 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
55 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
56 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
57 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
58 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
59 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
61 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
62 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
64 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
65 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
66 including those that attach to /
67 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
68 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
69 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
70 using $c->req->params('foo').
71 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
73 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
74 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
75 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
76 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
77 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
78 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
80 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
81 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
82 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
83 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
84 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
85 - Improved PAR support
86 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
87 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
88 - Static::Simple changes:
89 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
91 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
92 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
94 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
95 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
96 - Switched to Module::Install
97 - Renamed tests for easier editing
98 - Reformatted documentation
99 - Renamed -nonew to -force
101 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
103 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
105 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
106 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
107 request. (Sam Vilain)
108 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
109 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
110 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
111 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
113 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
114 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
116 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
117 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
119 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
120 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
123 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
124 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
126 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
127 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
129 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
133 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
134 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
135 - Fixed args handling in forward()
136 - Fixed forwarding to classes
137 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
138 - Fixed relative forwarding
139 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
141 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
142 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
145 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
146 - Improved format of startup debug log.
147 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
148 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
149 if the browser is closed.
150 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
151 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
153 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
154 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
155 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
156 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
157 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
158 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
160 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
161 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
162 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
163 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
164 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
165 parent app is shut down.
166 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
168 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
169 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
170 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
172 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
174 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
175 - Whole new dispatcher!
177 - Added path_to method
178 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
180 - Added a new welcome screen.
181 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
182 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
183 - Added self restarting test server
184 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
185 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
186 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
187 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
188 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
189 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
191 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
192 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
193 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
194 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
196 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
197 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
199 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
200 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
203 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
204 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
205 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
206 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
207 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
208 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
210 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
211 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
212 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
213 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
214 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
215 kill loggging for a whole request.
216 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
217 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
218 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
219 coverage and maintainability.
220 - Added fork support to built in test server.
221 - Fixed all memory leaks.
222 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
223 core to be thread-safe.
224 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
226 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
227 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
228 - Improved documentation
229 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
230 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
231 action. (Andy Grundman)
232 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
234 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
235 - Now with updated manifest.
237 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
238 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
240 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
242 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
243 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
244 - added arguments for detach
245 - new credits section in pod
246 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
247 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
249 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
251 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
253 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
254 - Fix for inheritance bug.
255 - Allow forward with arguments.
257 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
258 - make module build cons README automatically.
259 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
260 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
261 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
262 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
263 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
264 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
265 - added $c->request->cookie
266 - added Catalyst::Setup
267 - refactored Catalyst::import()
268 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
269 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
270 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
272 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
273 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
274 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
276 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
277 - improved base locating in MP engines
278 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
279 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
280 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
282 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
283 - fixed a bug in https detection
284 - fixed auto chain finally
285 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
287 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
288 - improved uploads and parameters
289 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
290 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
291 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
292 - fixed win32 installer
293 - added deep recursion detection
295 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
296 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
297 in Path and Regex attributes
298 - new helper templates
299 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
300 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
301 instance (not the same app!)
303 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
304 - added support for MP registry scripts
305 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
306 - added SpeedyCGI engine
308 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
309 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
310 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
311 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
312 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
313 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
314 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
315 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
316 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
317 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
319 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
320 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
321 - added Plugins chapter to manual
322 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
323 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
324 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
325 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
326 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
327 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
328 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
330 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
333 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
334 - some documentation bugs fixed
335 - added Catalyst::Utils
336 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
337 - fixed upload bug with MP19
338 - added $c->req->body
339 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
340 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
342 - extended attribute handling
343 - added global config for components
345 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
346 - new core to support inheritance trees
347 - new syntax for action declaration
348 - new helper system using TT2
349 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
350 - added Test::Pod support
351 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
352 - added option to run tests against a remote server
353 - renamed errors() to error()
355 - countless minor improvements
356 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
357 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
359 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
360 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
361 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
362 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
363 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
365 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
366 - updated helper scripts
367 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
368 the script directory. We promise!
370 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
371 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
372 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
373 - removed cgi-server.pl
374 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
375 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
376 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
377 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
379 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
380 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
382 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
383 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
384 - previous release was borked!
385 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
387 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
388 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
389 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
390 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
391 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
392 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
393 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
394 - updated helper scripts
395 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
396 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
398 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
399 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
400 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
402 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
404 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
405 - debug message for parameters
406 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
408 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
409 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
411 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
412 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
414 - more debug messages
417 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
418 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
419 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
421 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
422 - updated cookbook example
423 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
425 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
426 - no more regex actions in forward
427 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
429 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
430 - catch errors in application class
431 - handle die properly.
433 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
436 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
437 - moved bin to script
439 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
440 - improved documentation
441 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
444 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
445 - server_base sucks, removed
446 - added $c->log->dump()
448 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
449 - removed some warnings
451 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
453 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
455 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
456 - improved documentation
458 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
459 - fixed more little bugs
461 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
462 - improved documentation
463 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
465 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
466 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
467 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
468 !?default, !?begin and !?end
469 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
470 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
473 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
474 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
475 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
477 - improved documentation for actions
479 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
480 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
481 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
483 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
484 - error reporting for app class
485 - no more engine debug messages
486 - class->method forwards get resolved now
488 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
489 - friendlier statistics
491 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
492 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
494 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
497 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
498 - real version number for CPAN.pm
499 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
500 - more statistics in debug logs
501 - ? prefix for forward()
503 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
504 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
505 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
507 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
508 - added ? for prefixed actions
511 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
512 - arguments for _default
513 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
514 - added $c->req->method
516 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
517 - POD fixes and improvements
519 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
520 - first development release