1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
4 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
6 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
7 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
9 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
10 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
12 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
13 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
14 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
17 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
18 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
20 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
22 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
24 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
25 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
26 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
28 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
29 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
31 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
32 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
33 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
34 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
35 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
36 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
37 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
38 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
39 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
40 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
41 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
42 to more sane settings.
43 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
44 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
45 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
46 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
47 (stress tests run 12% faster)
48 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
50 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
51 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
52 - Cleaned generated tests
53 - Added Root controller concept
54 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
56 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
57 - Added plugin introspection.
58 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
59 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
60 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
62 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
63 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
64 was not run. (Eric Wong)
65 - Cleaned up generated tests
66 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
67 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
68 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
69 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
71 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
72 - Updated prereq versions
74 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
75 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
76 - Added YAML config support
77 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
78 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
79 correct execution order.
80 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
81 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
82 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
83 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
84 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
85 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
86 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
88 - Exceptions now return status 500.
89 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
90 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
91 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
92 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
93 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
94 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
95 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
97 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
98 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
100 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
101 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
102 including those that attach to /
103 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
104 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
105 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
106 using $c->req->params('foo').
107 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
109 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
110 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
111 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
112 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
113 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
114 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
116 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
117 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
118 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
119 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
120 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
121 - Improved PAR support
122 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
123 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
124 - Static::Simple changes:
125 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
127 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
128 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
130 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
131 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
132 - Switched to Module::Install
133 - Renamed tests for easier editing
134 - Reformatted documentation
135 - Renamed -nonew to -force
137 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
139 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
141 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
142 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
143 request. (Sam Vilain)
144 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
145 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
146 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
147 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
149 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
150 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
152 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
153 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
155 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
156 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
159 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
160 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
162 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
163 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
165 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
169 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
170 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
171 - Fixed args handling in forward()
172 - Fixed forwarding to classes
173 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
174 - Fixed relative forwarding
175 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
177 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
178 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
181 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
182 - Improved format of startup debug log.
183 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
184 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
185 if the browser is closed.
186 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
187 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
189 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
190 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
191 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
192 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
193 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
194 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
196 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
197 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
198 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
199 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
200 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
201 parent app is shut down.
202 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
204 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
205 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
206 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
208 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
210 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
211 - Whole new dispatcher!
213 - Added path_to method
214 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
216 - Added a new welcome screen.
217 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
218 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
219 - Added self restarting test server
220 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
221 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
222 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
223 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
224 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
225 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
227 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
228 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
229 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
230 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
232 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
233 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
235 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
236 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
239 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
240 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
241 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
242 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
243 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
244 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
246 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
247 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
248 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
249 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
250 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
251 kill loggging for a whole request.
252 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
253 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
254 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
255 coverage and maintainability.
256 - Added fork support to built in test server.
257 - Fixed all memory leaks.
258 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
259 core to be thread-safe.
260 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
262 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
263 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
264 - Improved documentation
265 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
266 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
267 action. (Andy Grundman)
268 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
270 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
271 - Now with updated manifest.
273 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
274 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
276 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
278 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
279 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
280 - added arguments for detach
281 - new credits section in pod
282 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
283 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
285 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
287 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
289 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
290 - Fix for inheritance bug.
291 - Allow forward with arguments.
293 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
294 - make module build cons README automatically.
295 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
296 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
297 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
298 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
299 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
300 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
301 - added $c->request->cookie
302 - added Catalyst::Setup
303 - refactored Catalyst::import()
304 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
305 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
306 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
308 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
309 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
310 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
312 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
313 - improved base locating in MP engines
314 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
315 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
316 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
318 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
319 - fixed a bug in https detection
320 - fixed auto chain finally
321 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
323 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
324 - improved uploads and parameters
325 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
326 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
327 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
328 - fixed win32 installer
329 - added deep recursion detection
331 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
332 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
333 in Path and Regex attributes
334 - new helper templates
335 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
336 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
337 instance (not the same app!)
339 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
340 - added support for MP registry scripts
341 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
342 - added SpeedyCGI engine
344 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
345 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
346 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
347 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
348 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
349 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
350 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
351 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
352 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
353 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
355 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
356 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
357 - added Plugins chapter to manual
358 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
359 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
360 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
361 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
362 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
363 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
364 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
366 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
369 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
370 - some documentation bugs fixed
371 - added Catalyst::Utils
372 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
373 - fixed upload bug with MP19
374 - added $c->req->body
375 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
376 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
378 - extended attribute handling
379 - added global config for components
381 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
382 - new core to support inheritance trees
383 - new syntax for action declaration
384 - new helper system using TT2
385 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
386 - added Test::Pod support
387 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
388 - added option to run tests against a remote server
389 - renamed errors() to error()
391 - countless minor improvements
392 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
393 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
395 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
396 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
397 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
398 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
399 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
401 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
402 - updated helper scripts
403 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
404 the script directory. We promise!
406 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
407 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
408 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
409 - removed cgi-server.pl
410 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
411 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
412 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
413 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
415 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
416 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
418 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
419 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
420 - previous release was borked!
421 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
423 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
424 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
425 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
426 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
427 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
428 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
429 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
430 - updated helper scripts
431 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
432 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
434 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
435 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
436 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
438 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
440 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
441 - debug message for parameters
442 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
444 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
445 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
447 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
448 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
450 - more debug messages
453 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
454 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
455 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
457 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
458 - updated cookbook example
459 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
461 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
462 - no more regex actions in forward
463 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
465 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
466 - catch errors in application class
467 - handle die properly.
469 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
472 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
473 - moved bin to script
475 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
476 - improved documentation
477 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
480 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
481 - server_base sucks, removed
482 - added $c->log->dump()
484 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
485 - removed some warnings
487 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
489 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
491 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
492 - improved documentation
494 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
495 - fixed more little bugs
497 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
498 - improved documentation
499 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
501 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
502 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
503 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
504 !?default, !?begin and !?end
505 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
506 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
509 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
510 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
511 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
513 - improved documentation for actions
515 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
516 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
517 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
519 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
520 - error reporting for app class
521 - no more engine debug messages
522 - class->method forwards get resolved now
524 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
525 - friendlier statistics
527 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
528 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
530 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
533 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
534 - real version number for CPAN.pm
535 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
536 - more statistics in debug logs
537 - ? prefix for forward()
539 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
540 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
541 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
543 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
544 - added ? for prefixed actions
547 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
548 - arguments for _default
549 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
550 - added $c->req->method
552 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
553 - POD fixes and improvements
555 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
556 - first development release