1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
6 - Exceptions now return status 500
7 - Updated for Module::Install 0.40
8 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names
9 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
10 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
11 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
12 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
14 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
15 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
17 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
18 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
19 including those that attach to /
20 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
21 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
22 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
23 using $c->req->params('foo').
24 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
26 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
27 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
28 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
29 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
30 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
31 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
33 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
34 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
35 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
36 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
37 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
38 - Improved PAR support
39 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
40 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
41 - Static::Simple changes:
42 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
44 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
45 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
47 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
48 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
49 - Switched to Module::Install
50 - Renamed tests for easier editing
51 - Reformatted documentation
52 - Renamed -nonew to -force
54 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
56 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
58 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
59 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
61 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
62 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
63 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
64 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
66 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
67 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
69 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
70 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
72 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
73 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
76 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
77 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
79 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
80 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
82 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
86 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
87 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
88 - Fixed args handling in forward()
89 - Fixed forwarding to classes
90 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
91 - Fixed relative forwarding
92 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
94 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
95 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
98 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
99 - Improved format of startup debug log.
100 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
101 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
102 if the browser is closed.
103 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
104 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
106 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
107 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
108 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
109 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
110 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
111 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
113 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
114 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
115 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
116 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
117 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
118 parent app is shut down.
119 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
121 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
122 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
123 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
125 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
127 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
128 - Whole new dispatcher!
130 - Added path_to method
131 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
133 - Added a new welcome screen.
134 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
135 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
136 - Added self restarting test server
137 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
138 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
139 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
140 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
141 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
142 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
144 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
145 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
146 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
147 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
149 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
150 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
152 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
153 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
156 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
157 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
158 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
159 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
160 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
161 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
163 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
164 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
165 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
166 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
167 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
168 kill loggging for a whole request.
169 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
170 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
171 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
172 coverage and maintainability.
173 - Added fork support to built in test server.
174 - Fixed all memory leaks.
175 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
176 core to be thread-safe.
177 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
179 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
180 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
181 - Improved documentation
182 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
183 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
184 action. (Andy Grundman)
185 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
187 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
188 - Now with updated manifest.
190 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
191 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
193 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
195 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
196 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
197 - added arguments for detach
198 - new credits section in pod
199 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
200 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
202 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
204 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
206 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
207 - Fix for inheritance bug.
208 - Allow forward with arguments.
210 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
211 - make module build cons README automatically.
212 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
213 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
214 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
215 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
216 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
217 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
218 - added $c->request->cookie
219 - added Catalyst::Setup
220 - refactored Catalyst::import()
221 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
222 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
223 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
225 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
226 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
227 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
229 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
230 - improved base locating in MP engines
231 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
232 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
233 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
235 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
236 - fixed a bug in https detection
237 - fixed auto chain finally
238 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
240 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
241 - improved uploads and parameters
242 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
243 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
244 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
245 - fixed win32 installer
246 - added deep recursion detection
248 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
249 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
250 in Path and Regex attributes
251 - new helper templates
252 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
253 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
254 instance (not the same app!)
256 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
257 - added support for MP registry scripts
258 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
259 - added SpeedyCGI engine
261 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
262 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
263 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
264 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
265 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
266 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
267 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
268 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
269 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
270 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
272 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
273 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
274 - added Plugins chapter to manual
275 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
276 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
277 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
278 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
279 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
280 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
281 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
283 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
286 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
287 - some documentation bugs fixed
288 - added Catalyst::Utils
289 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
290 - fixed upload bug with MP19
291 - added $c->req->body
292 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
293 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
295 - extended attribute handling
296 - added global config for components
298 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
299 - new core to support inheritance trees
300 - new syntax for action declaration
301 - new helper system using TT2
302 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
303 - added Test::Pod support
304 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
305 - added option to run tests against a remote server
306 - renamed errors() to error()
308 - countless minor improvements
309 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
310 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
312 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
313 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
314 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
315 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
316 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
318 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
319 - updated helper scripts
320 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
321 the script directory. We promise!
323 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
324 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
325 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
326 - removed cgi-server.pl
327 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
328 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
329 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
330 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
332 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
333 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
335 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
336 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
337 - previous release was borked!
338 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
340 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
341 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
342 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
343 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
344 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
345 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
346 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
347 - updated helper scripts
348 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
349 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
351 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
352 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
353 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
355 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
357 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
358 - debug message for parameters
359 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
361 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
362 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
364 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
365 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
367 - more debug messages
370 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
371 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
372 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
374 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
375 - updated cookbook example
376 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
378 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
379 - no more regex actions in forward
380 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
382 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
383 - catch errors in application class
384 - handle die properly.
386 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
389 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
390 - moved bin to script
392 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
393 - improved documentation
394 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
397 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
398 - server_base sucks, removed
399 - added $c->log->dump()
401 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
402 - removed some warnings
404 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
406 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
408 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
409 - improved documentation
411 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
412 - fixed more little bugs
414 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
415 - improved documentation
416 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
418 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
419 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
420 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
421 !?default, !?begin and !?end
422 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
423 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
426 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
427 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
428 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
430 - improved documentation for actions
432 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
433 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
434 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
436 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
437 - error reporting for app class
438 - no more engine debug messages
439 - class->method forwards get resolved now
441 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
442 - friendlier statistics
444 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
445 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
447 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
450 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
451 - real version number for CPAN.pm
452 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
453 - more statistics in debug logs
454 - ? prefix for forward()
456 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
457 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
458 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
460 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
461 - added ? for prefixed actions
464 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
465 - arguments for _default
466 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
467 - added $c->req->method
469 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
470 - POD fixes and improvements
472 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
473 - first development release