1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
4 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
7 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
8 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
10 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
11 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
13 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
17 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
18 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
19 - Fixed args handling in forward()
20 - Fixed forwarding to classes
21 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
22 - Fixed relative forwarding
23 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
25 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
26 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
29 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
30 - Improved format of startup debug log.
31 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
32 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
33 if the browser is closed.
34 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
35 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
37 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
38 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
39 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
40 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
41 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
42 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
44 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
45 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
46 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
47 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
48 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
49 parent app is shut down.
50 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
52 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
53 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
54 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
56 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
58 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
59 - Whole new dispatcher!
61 - Added path_to method
62 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
64 - Added a new welcome screen.
65 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
66 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
67 - Added self restarting test server
68 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
69 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
70 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
71 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
72 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
73 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
75 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
76 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
77 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
78 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
80 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
81 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
83 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
84 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
87 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
88 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
89 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
90 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
91 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
92 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
94 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
95 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
96 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
97 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
98 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
99 kill loggging for a whole request.
100 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
101 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
102 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
103 coverage and maintainability.
104 - Added fork support to built in test server.
105 - Fixed all memory leaks.
106 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
107 core to be thread-safe.
108 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
110 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
111 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
112 - Improved documentation
113 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
114 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
115 action. (Andy Grundman)
116 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
118 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
119 - Now with updated manifest.
121 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
122 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
124 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
126 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
127 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
128 - added arguments for detach
129 - new credits section in pod
130 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
131 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
133 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
135 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
137 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
138 - Fix for inheritance bug.
139 - Allow forward with arguments.
141 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
142 - make module build cons README automatically.
143 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
144 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
145 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
146 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
147 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
148 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
149 - added $c->request->cookie
150 - added Catalyst::Setup
151 - refactored Catalyst::import()
152 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
153 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
154 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
156 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
157 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
158 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
160 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
161 - improved base locating in MP engines
162 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
163 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
164 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
166 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
167 - fixed a bug in https detection
168 - fixed auto chain finally
169 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
171 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
172 - improved uploads and parameters
173 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
174 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
175 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
176 - fixed win32 installer
177 - added deep recursion detection
179 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
180 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
181 in Path and Regex attributes
182 - new helper templates
183 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
184 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
185 instance (not the same app!)
187 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
188 - added support for MP registry scripts
189 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
190 - added SpeedyCGI engine
192 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
193 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
194 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
195 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
196 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
197 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
198 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
199 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
200 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
201 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
203 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
204 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
205 - added Plugins chapter to manual
206 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
207 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
208 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
209 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
210 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
211 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
212 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
214 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
217 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
218 - some documentation bugs fixed
219 - added Catalyst::Utils
220 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
221 - fixed upload bug with MP19
222 - added $c->req->body
223 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
224 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
226 - extended attribute handling
227 - added global config for components
229 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
230 - new core to support inheritance trees
231 - new syntax for action declaration
232 - new helper system using TT2
233 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
234 - added Test::Pod support
235 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
236 - added option to run tests against a remote server
237 - renamed errors() to error()
239 - countless minor improvements
240 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
241 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
243 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
244 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
245 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
246 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
247 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
249 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
250 - updated helper scripts
251 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
252 the script directory. We promise!
254 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
255 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
256 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
257 - removed cgi-server.pl
258 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
259 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
260 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
261 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
263 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
264 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
266 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
267 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
268 - previous release was borked!
269 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
271 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
272 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
273 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
274 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
275 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
276 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
277 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
278 - updated helper scripts
279 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
280 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
282 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
283 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
284 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
286 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
288 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
289 - debug message for parameters
290 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
292 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
293 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
295 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
296 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
298 - more debug messages
301 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
302 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
303 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
305 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
306 - updated cookbook example
307 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
309 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
310 - no more regex actions in forward
311 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
313 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
314 - catch errors in application class
315 - handle die properly.
317 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
320 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
321 - moved bin to script
323 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
324 - improved documentation
325 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
328 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
329 - server_base sucks, removed
330 - added $c->log->dump()
332 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
333 - removed some warnings
335 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
337 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
339 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
340 - improved documentation
342 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
343 - fixed more little bugs
345 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
346 - improved documentation
347 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
349 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
350 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
351 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
352 !?default, !?begin and !?end
353 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
354 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
357 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
358 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
359 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
361 - improved documentation for actions
363 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
364 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
365 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
367 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
368 - error reporting for app class
369 - no more engine debug messages
370 - class->method forwards get resolved now
372 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
373 - friendlier statistics
375 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
376 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
378 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
381 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
382 - real version number for CPAN.pm
383 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
384 - more statistics in debug logs
385 - ? prefix for forward()
387 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
388 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
389 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
391 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
392 - added ? for prefixed actions
395 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
396 - arguments for _default
397 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
398 - added $c->req->method
400 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
401 - POD fixes and improvements
403 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
404 - first development release