1 Tis file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
4 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
5 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
6 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
8 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
12 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
13 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
14 - Fixed args handling in forward()
15 - Fixed forwarding to classes
16 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
17 - Fixed relative forwarding
18 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
20 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
21 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
24 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
25 - Improved format of startup debug log.
26 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
27 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
28 if the browser is closed.
29 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
30 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
32 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
33 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
34 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
35 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
36 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
37 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
39 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
40 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
41 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
42 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
43 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
44 parent app is shut down.
45 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
47 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
48 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
49 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
51 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
53 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
54 - Whole new dispatcher!
56 - Added path_to method
57 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
59 - Added a new welcome screen.
60 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
61 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
62 - Added self restarting test server
63 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
64 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
65 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
66 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
67 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
68 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
70 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
71 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
72 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
73 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
75 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
76 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
78 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
79 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
82 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
83 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
84 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
85 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
86 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
87 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
89 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
90 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
91 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
92 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
93 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
94 kill loggging for a whole request.
95 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
96 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
97 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
98 coverage and maintainability.
99 - Added fork support to built in test server.
100 - Fixed all memory leaks.
101 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
102 core to be thread-safe.
103 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
105 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
106 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
107 - Improved documentation
108 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
109 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
110 action. (Andy Grundman)
111 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
113 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
114 - Now with updated manifest.
116 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
117 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
119 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
121 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
122 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
123 - added arguments for detach
124 - new credits section in pod
125 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
126 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
128 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
130 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
132 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
133 - Fix for inheritance bug.
134 - Allow forward with arguments.
136 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
137 - make module build cons README automatically.
138 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
139 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
140 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
141 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
142 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
143 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
144 - added $c->request->cookie
145 - added Catalyst::Setup
146 - refactored Catalyst::import()
147 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
148 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
149 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
151 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
152 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
153 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
155 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
156 - improved base locating in MP engines
157 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
158 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
159 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
161 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
162 - fixed a bug in https detection
163 - fixed auto chain finally
164 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
166 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
167 - improved uploads and parameters
168 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
169 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
170 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
171 - fixed win32 installer
172 - added deep recursion detection
174 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
175 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
176 in Path and Regex attributes
177 - new helper templates
178 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
179 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
180 instance (not the same app!)
182 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
183 - added support for MP registry scripts
184 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
185 - added SpeedyCGI engine
187 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
188 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
189 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
190 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
191 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
192 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
193 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
194 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
195 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
196 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
198 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
199 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
200 - added Plugins chapter to manual
201 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
202 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
203 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
204 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
205 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
206 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
207 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
209 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
212 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
213 - some documentation bugs fixed
214 - added Catalyst::Utils
215 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
216 - fixed upload bug with MP19
217 - added $c->req->body
218 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
219 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
221 - extended attribute handling
222 - added global config for components
224 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
225 - new core to support inheritance trees
226 - new syntax for action declaration
227 - new helper system using TT2
228 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
229 - added Test::Pod support
230 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
231 - added option to run tests against a remote server
232 - renamed errors() to error()
234 - countless minor improvements
235 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
236 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
238 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
239 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
240 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
241 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
242 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
244 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
245 - updated helper scripts
246 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
247 the script directory. We promise!
249 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
250 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
251 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
252 - removed cgi-server.pl
253 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
254 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
255 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
256 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
258 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
259 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
261 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
262 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
263 - previous release was borked!
264 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
266 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
267 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
268 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
269 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
270 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
271 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
272 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
273 - updated helper scripts
274 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
275 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
277 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
278 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
279 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
281 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
283 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
284 - debug message for parameters
285 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
287 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
288 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
290 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
291 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
293 - more debug messages
296 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
297 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
298 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
300 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
301 - updated cookbook example
302 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
304 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
305 - no more regex actions in forward
306 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
308 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
309 - catch errors in application class
310 - handle die properly.
312 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
315 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
316 - moved bin to script
318 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
319 - improved documentation
320 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
323 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
324 - server_base sucks, removed
325 - added $c->log->dump()
327 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
328 - removed some warnings
330 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
332 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
334 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
335 - improved documentation
337 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
338 - fixed more little bugs
340 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
341 - improved documentation
342 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
344 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
345 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
346 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
347 !?default, !?begin and !?end
348 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
349 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
352 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
353 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
354 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
356 - improved documentation for actions
358 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
359 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
360 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
362 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
363 - error reporting for app class
364 - no more engine debug messages
365 - class->method forwards get resolved now
367 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
368 - friendlier statistics
370 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
371 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
373 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
376 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
377 - real version number for CPAN.pm
378 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
379 - more statistics in debug logs
380 - ? prefix for forward()
382 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
383 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
384 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
386 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
387 - added ? for prefixed actions
390 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
391 - arguments for _default
392 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
393 - added $c->req->method
395 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
396 - POD fixes and improvements
398 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
399 - first development release