1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - Added REDIRECT_URL support
5 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
7 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
8 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
9 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
10 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
11 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
12 - Improved PAR support
13 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
14 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
15 - Static::Simple changes:
16 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
18 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
19 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
21 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
22 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
23 - Switched to Module::Install
24 - Renamed tests for easier editing
25 - Reformatted documentation
26 - Renamed -nonew to -force
28 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
30 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
32 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
33 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
35 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
36 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
37 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
38 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
40 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
41 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
43 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
44 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
46 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
47 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
50 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
51 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
53 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
54 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
56 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
60 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
61 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
62 - Fixed args handling in forward()
63 - Fixed forwarding to classes
64 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
65 - Fixed relative forwarding
66 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
68 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
69 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
72 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
73 - Improved format of startup debug log.
74 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
75 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
76 if the browser is closed.
77 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
78 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
80 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
81 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
82 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
83 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
84 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
85 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
87 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
88 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
89 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
90 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
91 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
92 parent app is shut down.
93 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
95 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
96 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
97 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
99 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
101 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
102 - Whole new dispatcher!
104 - Added path_to method
105 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
107 - Added a new welcome screen.
108 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
109 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
110 - Added self restarting test server
111 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
112 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
113 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
114 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
115 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
116 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
118 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
119 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
120 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
121 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
123 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
124 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
126 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
127 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
130 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
131 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
132 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
133 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
134 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
135 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
137 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
138 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
139 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
140 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
141 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
142 kill loggging for a whole request.
143 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
144 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
145 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
146 coverage and maintainability.
147 - Added fork support to built in test server.
148 - Fixed all memory leaks.
149 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
150 core to be thread-safe.
151 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
153 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
154 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
155 - Improved documentation
156 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
157 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
158 action. (Andy Grundman)
159 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
161 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
162 - Now with updated manifest.
164 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
165 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
167 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
169 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
170 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
171 - added arguments for detach
172 - new credits section in pod
173 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
174 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
176 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
178 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
180 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
181 - Fix for inheritance bug.
182 - Allow forward with arguments.
184 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
185 - make module build cons README automatically.
186 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
187 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
188 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
189 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
190 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
191 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
192 - added $c->request->cookie
193 - added Catalyst::Setup
194 - refactored Catalyst::import()
195 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
196 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
197 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
199 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
200 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
201 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
203 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
204 - improved base locating in MP engines
205 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
206 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
207 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
209 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
210 - fixed a bug in https detection
211 - fixed auto chain finally
212 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
214 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
215 - improved uploads and parameters
216 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
217 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
218 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
219 - fixed win32 installer
220 - added deep recursion detection
222 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
223 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
224 in Path and Regex attributes
225 - new helper templates
226 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
227 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
228 instance (not the same app!)
230 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
231 - added support for MP registry scripts
232 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
233 - added SpeedyCGI engine
235 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
236 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
237 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
238 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
239 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
240 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
241 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
242 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
243 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
244 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
246 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
247 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
248 - added Plugins chapter to manual
249 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
250 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
251 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
252 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
253 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
254 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
255 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
257 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
260 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
261 - some documentation bugs fixed
262 - added Catalyst::Utils
263 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
264 - fixed upload bug with MP19
265 - added $c->req->body
266 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
267 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
269 - extended attribute handling
270 - added global config for components
272 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
273 - new core to support inheritance trees
274 - new syntax for action declaration
275 - new helper system using TT2
276 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
277 - added Test::Pod support
278 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
279 - added option to run tests against a remote server
280 - renamed errors() to error()
282 - countless minor improvements
283 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
284 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
286 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
287 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
288 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
289 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
290 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
292 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
293 - updated helper scripts
294 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
295 the script directory. We promise!
297 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
298 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
299 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
300 - removed cgi-server.pl
301 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
302 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
303 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
304 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
306 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
307 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
309 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
310 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
311 - previous release was borked!
312 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
314 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
315 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
316 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
317 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
318 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
319 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
320 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
321 - updated helper scripts
322 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
323 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
325 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
326 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
327 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
329 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
331 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
332 - debug message for parameters
333 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
335 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
336 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
338 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
339 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
341 - more debug messages
344 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
345 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
346 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
348 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
349 - updated cookbook example
350 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
352 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
353 - no more regex actions in forward
354 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
356 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
357 - catch errors in application class
358 - handle die properly.
360 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
363 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
364 - moved bin to script
366 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
367 - improved documentation
368 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
371 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
372 - server_base sucks, removed
373 - added $c->log->dump()
375 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
376 - removed some warnings
378 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
380 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
382 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
383 - improved documentation
385 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
386 - fixed more little bugs
388 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
389 - improved documentation
390 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
392 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
393 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
394 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
395 !?default, !?begin and !?end
396 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
397 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
400 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
401 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
402 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
404 - improved documentation for actions
406 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
407 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
408 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
410 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
411 - error reporting for app class
412 - no more engine debug messages
413 - class->method forwards get resolved now
415 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
416 - friendlier statistics
418 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
419 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
421 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
424 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
425 - real version number for CPAN.pm
426 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
427 - more statistics in debug logs
428 - ? prefix for forward()
430 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
431 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
432 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
434 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
435 - added ? for prefixed actions
438 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
439 - arguments for _default
440 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
441 - added $c->req->method
443 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
444 - POD fixes and improvements
446 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
447 - first development release