1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
5 - Added class and method for catched exceptions messages
6 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
7 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL
8 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
10 - Exceptions now return status 500
11 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44
12 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names
13 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
14 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
15 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
16 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
17 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
19 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
20 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
22 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
23 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
24 including those that attach to /
25 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
26 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
27 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
28 using $c->req->params('foo').
29 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
31 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
32 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
33 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
34 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
35 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
36 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
38 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
39 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
40 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
41 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
42 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
43 - Improved PAR support
44 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
45 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
46 - Static::Simple changes:
47 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
49 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
50 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
52 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
53 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
54 - Switched to Module::Install
55 - Renamed tests for easier editing
56 - Reformatted documentation
57 - Renamed -nonew to -force
59 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
61 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
63 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
64 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
66 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
67 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
68 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
69 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
71 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
72 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
74 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
75 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
77 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
78 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
81 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
82 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
84 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
85 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
87 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
91 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
92 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
93 - Fixed args handling in forward()
94 - Fixed forwarding to classes
95 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
96 - Fixed relative forwarding
97 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
99 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
100 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
103 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
104 - Improved format of startup debug log.
105 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
106 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
107 if the browser is closed.
108 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
109 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
111 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
112 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
113 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
114 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
115 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
116 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
118 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
119 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
120 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
121 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
122 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
123 parent app is shut down.
124 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
126 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
127 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
128 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
130 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
132 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
133 - Whole new dispatcher!
135 - Added path_to method
136 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
138 - Added a new welcome screen.
139 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
140 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
141 - Added self restarting test server
142 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
143 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
144 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
145 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
146 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
147 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
149 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
150 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
151 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
152 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
154 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
155 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
157 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
158 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
161 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
162 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
163 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
164 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
165 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
166 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
168 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
169 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
170 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
171 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
172 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
173 kill loggging for a whole request.
174 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
175 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
176 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
177 coverage and maintainability.
178 - Added fork support to built in test server.
179 - Fixed all memory leaks.
180 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
181 core to be thread-safe.
182 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
184 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
185 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
186 - Improved documentation
187 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
188 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
189 action. (Andy Grundman)
190 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
192 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
193 - Now with updated manifest.
195 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
196 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
198 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
200 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
201 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
202 - added arguments for detach
203 - new credits section in pod
204 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
205 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
207 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
209 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
211 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
212 - Fix for inheritance bug.
213 - Allow forward with arguments.
215 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
216 - make module build cons README automatically.
217 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
218 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
219 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
220 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
221 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
222 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
223 - added $c->request->cookie
224 - added Catalyst::Setup
225 - refactored Catalyst::import()
226 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
227 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
228 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
230 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
231 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
232 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
234 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
235 - improved base locating in MP engines
236 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
237 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
238 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
240 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
241 - fixed a bug in https detection
242 - fixed auto chain finally
243 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
245 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
246 - improved uploads and parameters
247 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
248 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
249 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
250 - fixed win32 installer
251 - added deep recursion detection
253 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
254 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
255 in Path and Regex attributes
256 - new helper templates
257 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
258 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
259 instance (not the same app!)
261 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
262 - added support for MP registry scripts
263 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
264 - added SpeedyCGI engine
266 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
267 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
268 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
269 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
270 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
271 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
272 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
273 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
274 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
275 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
277 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
278 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
279 - added Plugins chapter to manual
280 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
281 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
282 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
283 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
284 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
285 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
286 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
288 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
291 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
292 - some documentation bugs fixed
293 - added Catalyst::Utils
294 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
295 - fixed upload bug with MP19
296 - added $c->req->body
297 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
298 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
300 - extended attribute handling
301 - added global config for components
303 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
304 - new core to support inheritance trees
305 - new syntax for action declaration
306 - new helper system using TT2
307 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
308 - added Test::Pod support
309 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
310 - added option to run tests against a remote server
311 - renamed errors() to error()
313 - countless minor improvements
314 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
315 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
317 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
318 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
319 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
320 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
321 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
323 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
324 - updated helper scripts
325 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
326 the script directory. We promise!
328 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
329 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
330 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
331 - removed cgi-server.pl
332 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
333 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
334 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
335 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
337 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
338 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
340 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
341 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
342 - previous release was borked!
343 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
345 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
346 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
347 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
348 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
349 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
350 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
351 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
352 - updated helper scripts
353 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
354 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
356 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
357 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
358 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
360 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
362 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
363 - debug message for parameters
364 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
366 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
367 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
369 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
370 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
372 - more debug messages
375 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
376 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
377 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
379 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
380 - updated cookbook example
381 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
383 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
384 - no more regex actions in forward
385 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
387 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
388 - catch errors in application class
389 - handle die properly.
391 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
394 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
395 - moved bin to script
397 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
398 - improved documentation
399 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
402 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
403 - server_base sucks, removed
404 - added $c->log->dump()
406 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
407 - removed some warnings
409 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
411 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
413 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
414 - improved documentation
416 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
417 - fixed more little bugs
419 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
420 - improved documentation
421 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
423 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
424 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
425 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
426 !?default, !?begin and !?end
427 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
428 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
431 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
432 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
433 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
435 - improved documentation for actions
437 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
438 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
439 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
441 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
442 - error reporting for app class
443 - no more engine debug messages
444 - class->method forwards get resolved now
446 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
447 - friendlier statistics
449 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
450 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
452 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
455 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
456 - real version number for CPAN.pm
457 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
458 - more statistics in debug logs
459 - ? prefix for forward()
461 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
462 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
463 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
465 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
466 - added ? for prefixed actions
469 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
470 - arguments for _default
471 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
472 - added $c->req->method
474 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
475 - POD fixes and improvements
477 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
478 - first development release