1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
5 - Added REDIRECT_URL support
6 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
8 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
9 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
10 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
11 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
12 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
13 - Improved PAR support
14 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
15 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
16 - Static::Simple changes:
17 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
19 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
20 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
22 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
23 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
24 - Switched to Module::Install
25 - Renamed tests for easier editing
26 - Reformatted documentation
27 - Renamed -nonew to -force
29 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
31 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
33 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
34 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
36 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
37 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
38 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
39 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
41 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
42 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
44 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
45 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
47 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
48 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
51 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
52 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
54 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
55 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
57 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
61 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
62 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
63 - Fixed args handling in forward()
64 - Fixed forwarding to classes
65 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
66 - Fixed relative forwarding
67 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
69 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
70 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
73 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
74 - Improved format of startup debug log.
75 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
76 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
77 if the browser is closed.
78 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
79 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
81 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
82 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
83 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
84 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
85 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
86 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
88 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
89 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
90 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
91 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
92 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
93 parent app is shut down.
94 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
96 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
97 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
98 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
100 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
102 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
103 - Whole new dispatcher!
105 - Added path_to method
106 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
108 - Added a new welcome screen.
109 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
110 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
111 - Added self restarting test server
112 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
113 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
114 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
115 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
116 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
117 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
119 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
120 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
121 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
122 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
124 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
125 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
127 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
128 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
131 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
132 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
133 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
134 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
135 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
136 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
138 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
139 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
140 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
141 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
142 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
143 kill loggging for a whole request.
144 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
145 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
146 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
147 coverage and maintainability.
148 - Added fork support to built in test server.
149 - Fixed all memory leaks.
150 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
151 core to be thread-safe.
152 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
154 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
155 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
156 - Improved documentation
157 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
158 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
159 action. (Andy Grundman)
160 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
162 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
163 - Now with updated manifest.
165 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
166 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
168 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
170 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
171 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
172 - added arguments for detach
173 - new credits section in pod
174 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
175 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
177 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
179 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
181 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
182 - Fix for inheritance bug.
183 - Allow forward with arguments.
185 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
186 - make module build cons README automatically.
187 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
188 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
189 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
190 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
191 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
192 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
193 - added $c->request->cookie
194 - added Catalyst::Setup
195 - refactored Catalyst::import()
196 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
197 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
198 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
200 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
201 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
202 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
204 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
205 - improved base locating in MP engines
206 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
207 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
208 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
210 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
211 - fixed a bug in https detection
212 - fixed auto chain finally
213 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
215 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
216 - improved uploads and parameters
217 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
218 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
219 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
220 - fixed win32 installer
221 - added deep recursion detection
223 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
224 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
225 in Path and Regex attributes
226 - new helper templates
227 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
228 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
229 instance (not the same app!)
231 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
232 - added support for MP registry scripts
233 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
234 - added SpeedyCGI engine
236 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
237 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
238 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
239 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
240 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
241 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
242 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
243 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
244 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
245 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
247 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
248 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
249 - added Plugins chapter to manual
250 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
251 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
252 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
253 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
254 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
255 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
256 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
258 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
261 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
262 - some documentation bugs fixed
263 - added Catalyst::Utils
264 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
265 - fixed upload bug with MP19
266 - added $c->req->body
267 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
268 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
270 - extended attribute handling
271 - added global config for components
273 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
274 - new core to support inheritance trees
275 - new syntax for action declaration
276 - new helper system using TT2
277 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
278 - added Test::Pod support
279 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
280 - added option to run tests against a remote server
281 - renamed errors() to error()
283 - countless minor improvements
284 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
285 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
287 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
288 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
289 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
290 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
291 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
293 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
294 - updated helper scripts
295 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
296 the script directory. We promise!
298 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
299 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
300 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
301 - removed cgi-server.pl
302 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
303 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
304 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
305 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
307 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
308 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
310 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
311 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
312 - previous release was borked!
313 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
315 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
316 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
317 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
318 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
319 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
320 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
321 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
322 - updated helper scripts
323 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
324 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
326 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
327 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
328 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
330 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
332 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
333 - debug message for parameters
334 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
336 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
337 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
339 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
340 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
342 - more debug messages
345 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
346 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
347 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
349 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
350 - updated cookbook example
351 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
353 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
354 - no more regex actions in forward
355 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
357 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
358 - catch errors in application class
359 - handle die properly.
361 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
364 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
365 - moved bin to script
367 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
368 - improved documentation
369 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
372 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
373 - server_base sucks, removed
374 - added $c->log->dump()
376 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
377 - removed some warnings
379 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
381 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
383 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
384 - improved documentation
386 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
387 - fixed more little bugs
389 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
390 - improved documentation
391 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
393 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
394 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
395 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
396 !?default, !?begin and !?end
397 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
398 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
401 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
402 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
403 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
405 - improved documentation for actions
407 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
408 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
409 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
411 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
412 - error reporting for app class
413 - no more engine debug messages
414 - class->method forwards get resolved now
416 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
417 - friendlier statistics
419 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
420 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
422 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
425 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
426 - real version number for CPAN.pm
427 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
428 - more statistics in debug logs
429 - ? prefix for forward()
431 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
432 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
433 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
435 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
436 - added ? for prefixed actions
439 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
440 - arguments for _default
441 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
442 - added $c->req->method
444 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
445 - POD fixes and improvements
447 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
448 - first development release