1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
4 - add _application accessor
6 - Allow use Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
7 - Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
9 5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
10 - Additions and updates to tutorial
12 5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
13 - unescape captures to match args
14 - fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
15 - fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
16 - fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
18 5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
19 - fix for component loading
20 - uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
23 5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
24 - fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
25 - bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
26 - fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
29 - Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
31 5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
32 - fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
33 - refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
35 5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
38 5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
40 - fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
41 - modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
42 - added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
43 - added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
44 - removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
45 - removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
46 Module::Pluggable::Object
47 - extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
48 - added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
49 - checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
50 - added ability to set action attributes from controller config
51 - added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
52 - Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
53 - Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
54 - Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
55 - Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
56 - un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
57 - nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
58 - Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
59 - Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
60 - Added ActionClass attribute
61 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
62 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
63 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
64 - cleaned up logging and debug output
65 - significant documentation revisions
66 - Added warning for setup being called twice
67 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
68 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
72 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
73 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
75 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
76 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
78 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
79 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
80 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
83 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
84 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
86 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
88 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
90 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
91 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
92 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
93 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
95 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
96 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
98 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
99 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
100 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
101 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
102 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
103 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
104 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
105 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
106 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
107 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
108 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
109 to more sane settings.
110 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
111 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
112 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
113 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
114 (stress tests run 12% faster)
115 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
117 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
118 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
119 - Cleaned generated tests
120 - Added Root controller concept
121 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
123 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
124 - Added plugin introspection.
125 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
126 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
127 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
129 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
130 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
131 was not run. (Eric Wong)
132 - Cleaned up generated tests
133 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
134 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
135 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
136 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
138 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
139 - Updated prereq versions
141 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
142 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
143 - Added YAML config support
144 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
145 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
146 correct execution order.
147 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
148 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
149 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
150 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
151 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
152 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
153 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
155 - Exceptions now return status 500.
156 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
157 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
158 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
159 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
160 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
161 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
162 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
164 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
165 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
167 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
168 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
169 including those that attach to /
170 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
171 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
172 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
173 using $c->req->params('foo').
174 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
176 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
177 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
178 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
179 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
180 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
181 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
183 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
184 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
185 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
186 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
187 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
188 - Improved PAR support
189 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
190 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
191 - Static::Simple changes:
192 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
194 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
195 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
197 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
198 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
199 - Switched to Module::Install
200 - Renamed tests for easier editing
201 - Reformatted documentation
202 - Renamed -nonew to -force
204 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
206 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
208 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
209 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
210 request. (Sam Vilain)
211 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
212 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
213 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
214 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
216 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
217 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
219 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
220 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
222 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
223 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
226 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
227 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
229 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
230 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
232 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
236 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
237 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
238 - Fixed args handling in forward()
239 - Fixed forwarding to classes
240 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
241 - Fixed relative forwarding
242 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
244 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
245 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
248 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
249 - Improved format of startup debug log.
250 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
251 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
252 if the browser is closed.
253 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
254 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
256 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
257 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
258 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
259 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
260 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
261 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
263 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
264 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
265 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
266 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
267 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
268 parent app is shut down.
269 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
271 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
272 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
273 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
275 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
277 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
278 - Whole new dispatcher!
280 - Added path_to method
281 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
283 - Added a new welcome screen.
284 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
285 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
286 - Added self restarting test server
287 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
288 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
289 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
290 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
291 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
292 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
294 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
295 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
296 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
297 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
299 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
300 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
302 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
303 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
306 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
307 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
308 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
309 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
310 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
311 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
313 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
314 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
315 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
316 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
317 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
318 kill loggging for a whole request.
319 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
320 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
321 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
322 coverage and maintainability.
323 - Added fork support to built in test server.
324 - Fixed all memory leaks.
325 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
326 core to be thread-safe.
327 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
329 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
330 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
331 - Improved documentation
332 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
333 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
334 action. (Andy Grundman)
335 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
337 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
338 - Now with updated manifest.
340 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
341 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
343 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
345 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
346 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
347 - added arguments for detach
348 - new credits section in pod
349 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
350 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
352 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
354 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
356 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
357 - Fix for inheritance bug.
358 - Allow forward with arguments.
360 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
361 - make module build cons README automatically.
362 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
363 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
364 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
365 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
366 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
367 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
368 - added $c->request->cookie
369 - added Catalyst::Setup
370 - refactored Catalyst::import()
371 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
372 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
373 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
375 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
376 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
377 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
379 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
380 - improved base locating in MP engines
381 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
382 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
383 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
385 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
386 - fixed a bug in https detection
387 - fixed auto chain finally
388 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
390 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
391 - improved uploads and parameters
392 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
393 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
394 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
395 - fixed win32 installer
396 - added deep recursion detection
398 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
399 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
400 in Path and Regex attributes
401 - new helper templates
402 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
403 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
404 instance (not the same app!)
406 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
407 - added support for MP registry scripts
408 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
409 - added SpeedyCGI engine
411 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
412 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
413 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
414 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
415 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
416 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
417 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
418 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
419 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
420 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
422 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
423 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
424 - added Plugins chapter to manual
425 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
426 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
427 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
428 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
429 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
430 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
431 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
433 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
436 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
437 - some documentation bugs fixed
438 - added Catalyst::Utils
439 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
440 - fixed upload bug with MP19
441 - added $c->req->body
442 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
443 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
445 - extended attribute handling
446 - added global config for components
448 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
449 - new core to support inheritance trees
450 - new syntax for action declaration
451 - new helper system using TT2
452 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
453 - added Test::Pod support
454 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
455 - added option to run tests against a remote server
456 - renamed errors() to error()
458 - countless minor improvements
459 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
460 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
462 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
463 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
464 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
465 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
466 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
468 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
469 - updated helper scripts
470 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
471 the script directory. We promise!
473 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
474 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
475 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
476 - removed cgi-server.pl
477 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
478 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
479 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
480 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
482 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
483 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
485 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
486 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
487 - previous release was borked!
488 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
490 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
491 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
492 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
493 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
494 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
495 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
496 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
497 - updated helper scripts
498 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
499 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
501 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
502 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
503 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
505 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
507 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
508 - debug message for parameters
509 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
511 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
512 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
514 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
515 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
517 - more debug messages
520 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
521 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
522 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
524 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
525 - updated cookbook example
526 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
528 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
529 - no more regex actions in forward
530 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
532 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
533 - catch errors in application class
534 - handle die properly.
536 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
539 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
540 - moved bin to script
542 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
543 - improved documentation
544 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
547 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
548 - server_base sucks, removed
549 - added $c->log->dump()
551 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
552 - removed some warnings
554 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
556 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
558 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
559 - improved documentation
561 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
562 - fixed more little bugs
564 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
565 - improved documentation
566 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
568 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
569 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
570 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
571 !?default, !?begin and !?end
572 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
573 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
576 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
577 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
578 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
580 - improved documentation for actions
582 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
583 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
584 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
586 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
587 - error reporting for app class
588 - no more engine debug messages
589 - class->method forwards get resolved now
591 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
592 - friendlier statistics
594 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
595 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
597 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
600 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
601 - real version number for CPAN.pm
602 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
603 - more statistics in debug logs
604 - ? prefix for forward()
606 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
607 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
608 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
610 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
611 - added ? for prefixed actions
614 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
615 - arguments for _default
616 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
617 - added $c->req->method
619 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
620 - POD fixes and improvements
622 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
623 - first development release