1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
4 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
7 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
8 - Improved format of startup debug log.
9 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
10 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
11 if the browser is closed.
12 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
13 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
15 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
16 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
17 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
18 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
19 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
20 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
22 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
23 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
24 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
25 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
26 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
27 parent app is shut down.
28 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
30 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
31 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
32 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
34 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
36 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
37 - Whole new dispatcher!
39 - Added path_to method
40 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
42 - Added a new welcome screen.
43 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
44 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
45 - Added self restarting test server
46 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
47 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
48 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
49 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
50 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
51 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
53 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
54 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
55 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
56 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
58 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
59 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
61 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
62 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
65 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
66 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
67 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
68 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
69 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
70 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
72 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
73 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
74 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
75 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
76 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
77 kill loggging for a whole request.
78 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
79 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
80 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
81 coverage and maintainability.
82 - Added fork support to built in test server.
83 - Fixed all memory leaks.
84 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
85 core to be thread-safe.
86 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
88 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
89 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
90 - Improved documentation
91 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
92 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
93 action. (Andy Grundman)
94 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
96 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
97 - Now with updated manifest.
99 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
100 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
102 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
104 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
105 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
106 - added arguments for detach
107 - new credits section in pod
108 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
109 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
111 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
113 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
115 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
116 - Fix for inheritance bug.
117 - Allow forward with arguments.
119 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
120 - make module build cons README automatically.
121 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
122 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
123 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
124 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
125 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
126 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
127 - added $c->request->cookie
128 - added Catalyst::Setup
129 - refactored Catalyst::import()
130 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
131 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
132 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
134 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
135 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
136 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
138 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
139 - improved base locating in MP engines
140 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
141 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
142 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
144 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
145 - fixed a bug in https detection
146 - fixed auto chain finally
147 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
149 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
150 - improved uploads and parameters
151 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
152 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
153 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
154 - fixed win32 installer
155 - added deep recursion detection
157 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
158 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
159 in Path and Regex attributes
160 - new helper templates
161 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
162 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
163 instance (not the same app!)
165 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
166 - added support for MP registry scripts
167 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
168 - added SpeedyCGI engine
170 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
171 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
172 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
173 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
174 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
175 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
176 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
177 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
178 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
179 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
181 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
182 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
183 - added Plugins chapter to manual
184 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
185 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
186 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
187 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
188 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
189 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
190 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
192 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
195 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
196 - some documentation bugs fixed
197 - added Catalyst::Utils
198 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
199 - fixed upload bug with MP19
200 - added $c->req->body
201 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
202 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
204 - extended attribute handling
205 - added global config for components
207 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
208 - new core to support inheritance trees
209 - new syntax for action declaration
210 - new helper system using TT2
211 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
212 - added Test::Pod support
213 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
214 - added option to run tests against a remote server
215 - renamed errors() to error()
217 - countless minor improvements
218 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
219 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
221 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
222 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
223 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
224 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
225 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
227 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
228 - updated helper scripts
229 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
230 the script directory. We promise!
232 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
233 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
234 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
235 - removed cgi-server.pl
236 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
237 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
238 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
239 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
241 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
242 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
244 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
245 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
246 - previous release was borked!
247 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
249 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
250 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
251 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
252 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
253 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
254 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
255 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
256 - updated helper scripts
257 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
258 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
260 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
261 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
262 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
264 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
266 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
267 - debug message for parameters
268 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
270 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
271 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
273 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
274 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
276 - more debug messages
279 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
280 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
281 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
283 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
284 - updated cookbook example
285 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
287 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
288 - no more regex actions in forward
289 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
291 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
292 - catch errors in application class
293 - handle die properly.
295 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
298 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
299 - moved bin to script
301 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
302 - improved documentation
303 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
306 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
307 - server_base sucks, removed
308 - added $c->log->dump()
310 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
311 - removed some warnings
313 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
315 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
317 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
318 - improved documentation
320 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
321 - fixed more little bugs
323 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
324 - improved documentation
325 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
327 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
328 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
329 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
330 !?default, !?begin and !?end
331 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
332 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
335 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
336 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
337 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
339 - improved documentation for actions
341 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
342 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
343 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
345 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
346 - error reporting for app class
347 - no more engine debug messages
348 - class->method forwards get resolved now
350 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
351 - friendlier statistics
353 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
354 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
356 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
359 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
360 - real version number for CPAN.pm
361 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
362 - more statistics in debug logs
363 - ? prefix for forward()
365 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
366 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
367 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
369 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
370 - added ? for prefixed actions
373 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
374 - arguments for _default
375 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
376 - added $c->req->method
378 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
379 - POD fixes and improvements
381 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
382 - first development release