1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
5 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
6 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
7 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
8 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
9 - Added lots of API documentation.
10 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
11 to more sane settings.
12 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
13 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
14 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
16 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
17 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
18 - Cleaned generated tests
19 - Added Root controller concept
20 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
22 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
23 - Added plugin introspection.
24 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
25 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
26 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
28 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
29 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
30 was not run. (Eric Wong)
31 - Cleaned up generated tests
32 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
33 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
34 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
35 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
37 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
38 - Updated prereq versions
40 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
41 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
42 - Added YAML config support
43 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
44 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
45 correct execution order.
46 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
47 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
48 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
49 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
50 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
51 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
52 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
54 - Exceptions now return status 500.
55 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
56 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
57 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
58 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
59 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
60 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
61 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
63 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
64 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
66 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
67 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
68 including those that attach to /
69 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
70 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
71 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
72 using $c->req->params('foo').
73 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
75 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
76 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
77 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
78 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
79 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
80 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
82 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
83 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
84 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
85 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
86 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
87 - Improved PAR support
88 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
89 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
90 - Static::Simple changes:
91 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
93 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
94 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
96 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
97 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
98 - Switched to Module::Install
99 - Renamed tests for easier editing
100 - Reformatted documentation
101 - Renamed -nonew to -force
103 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
105 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
107 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
108 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
109 request. (Sam Vilain)
110 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
111 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
112 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
113 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
115 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
116 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
118 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
119 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
121 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
122 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
125 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
126 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
128 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
129 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
131 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
135 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
136 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
137 - Fixed args handling in forward()
138 - Fixed forwarding to classes
139 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
140 - Fixed relative forwarding
141 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
143 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
144 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
147 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
148 - Improved format of startup debug log.
149 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
150 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
151 if the browser is closed.
152 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
153 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
155 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
156 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
157 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
158 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
159 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
160 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
162 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
163 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
164 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
165 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
166 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
167 parent app is shut down.
168 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
170 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
171 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
172 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
174 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
176 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
177 - Whole new dispatcher!
179 - Added path_to method
180 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
182 - Added a new welcome screen.
183 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
184 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
185 - Added self restarting test server
186 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
187 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
188 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
189 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
190 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
191 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
193 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
194 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
195 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
196 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
198 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
199 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
201 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
202 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
205 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
206 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
207 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
208 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
209 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
210 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
212 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
213 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
214 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
215 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
216 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
217 kill loggging for a whole request.
218 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
219 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
220 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
221 coverage and maintainability.
222 - Added fork support to built in test server.
223 - Fixed all memory leaks.
224 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
225 core to be thread-safe.
226 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
228 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
229 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
230 - Improved documentation
231 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
232 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
233 action. (Andy Grundman)
234 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
236 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
237 - Now with updated manifest.
239 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
240 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
242 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
244 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
245 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
246 - added arguments for detach
247 - new credits section in pod
248 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
249 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
251 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
253 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
255 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
256 - Fix for inheritance bug.
257 - Allow forward with arguments.
259 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
260 - make module build cons README automatically.
261 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
262 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
263 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
264 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
265 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
266 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
267 - added $c->request->cookie
268 - added Catalyst::Setup
269 - refactored Catalyst::import()
270 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
271 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
272 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
274 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
275 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
276 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
278 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
279 - improved base locating in MP engines
280 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
281 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
282 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
284 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
285 - fixed a bug in https detection
286 - fixed auto chain finally
287 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
289 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
290 - improved uploads and parameters
291 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
292 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
293 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
294 - fixed win32 installer
295 - added deep recursion detection
297 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
298 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
299 in Path and Regex attributes
300 - new helper templates
301 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
302 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
303 instance (not the same app!)
305 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
306 - added support for MP registry scripts
307 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
308 - added SpeedyCGI engine
310 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
311 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
312 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
313 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
314 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
315 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
316 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
317 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
318 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
319 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
321 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
322 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
323 - added Plugins chapter to manual
324 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
325 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
326 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
327 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
328 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
329 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
330 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
332 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
335 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
336 - some documentation bugs fixed
337 - added Catalyst::Utils
338 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
339 - fixed upload bug with MP19
340 - added $c->req->body
341 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
342 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
344 - extended attribute handling
345 - added global config for components
347 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
348 - new core to support inheritance trees
349 - new syntax for action declaration
350 - new helper system using TT2
351 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
352 - added Test::Pod support
353 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
354 - added option to run tests against a remote server
355 - renamed errors() to error()
357 - countless minor improvements
358 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
359 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
361 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
362 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
363 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
364 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
365 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
367 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
368 - updated helper scripts
369 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
370 the script directory. We promise!
372 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
373 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
374 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
375 - removed cgi-server.pl
376 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
377 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
378 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
379 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
381 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
382 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
384 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
385 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
386 - previous release was borked!
387 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
389 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
390 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
391 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
392 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
393 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
394 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
395 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
396 - updated helper scripts
397 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
398 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
400 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
401 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
402 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
404 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
406 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
407 - debug message for parameters
408 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
410 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
411 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
413 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
414 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
416 - more debug messages
419 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
420 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
421 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
423 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
424 - updated cookbook example
425 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
427 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
428 - no more regex actions in forward
429 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
431 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
432 - catch errors in application class
433 - handle die properly.
435 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
438 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
439 - moved bin to script
441 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
442 - improved documentation
443 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
446 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
447 - server_base sucks, removed
448 - added $c->log->dump()
450 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
451 - removed some warnings
453 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
455 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
457 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
458 - improved documentation
460 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
461 - fixed more little bugs
463 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
464 - improved documentation
465 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
467 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
468 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
469 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
470 !?default, !?begin and !?end
471 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
472 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
475 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
476 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
477 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
479 - improved documentation for actions
481 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
482 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
483 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
485 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
486 - error reporting for app class
487 - no more engine debug messages
488 - class->method forwards get resolved now
490 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
491 - friendlier statistics
493 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
494 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
496 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
499 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
500 - real version number for CPAN.pm
501 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
502 - more statistics in debug logs
503 - ? prefix for forward()
505 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
506 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
507 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
509 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
510 - added ? for prefixed actions
513 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
514 - arguments for _default
515 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
516 - added $c->req->method
518 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
519 - POD fixes and improvements
521 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
522 - first development release