1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
4 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
6 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
7 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
8 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
11 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
12 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
14 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
16 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
18 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
19 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
20 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
22 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
23 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
25 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
26 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
27 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
28 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
29 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
30 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
31 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
32 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
33 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
34 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
35 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
36 to more sane settings.
37 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
38 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
39 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
40 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
41 (stress tests run 12% faster)
42 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
44 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
45 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
46 - Cleaned generated tests
47 - Added Root controller concept
48 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
50 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
51 - Added plugin introspection.
52 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
53 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
54 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
56 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
57 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
58 was not run. (Eric Wong)
59 - Cleaned up generated tests
60 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
61 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
62 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
63 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
65 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
66 - Updated prereq versions
68 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
69 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
70 - Added YAML config support
71 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
72 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
73 correct execution order.
74 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
75 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
76 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
77 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
78 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
79 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
80 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
82 - Exceptions now return status 500.
83 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
84 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
85 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
86 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
87 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
88 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
89 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
91 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
92 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
94 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
95 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
96 including those that attach to /
97 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
98 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
99 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
100 using $c->req->params('foo').
101 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
103 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
104 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
105 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
106 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
107 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
108 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
110 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
111 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
112 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
113 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
114 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
115 - Improved PAR support
116 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
117 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
118 - Static::Simple changes:
119 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
121 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
122 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
124 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
125 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
126 - Switched to Module::Install
127 - Renamed tests for easier editing
128 - Reformatted documentation
129 - Renamed -nonew to -force
131 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
133 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
135 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
136 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
137 request. (Sam Vilain)
138 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
139 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
140 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
141 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
143 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
144 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
146 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
147 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
149 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
150 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
153 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
154 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
156 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
157 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
159 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
163 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
164 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
165 - Fixed args handling in forward()
166 - Fixed forwarding to classes
167 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
168 - Fixed relative forwarding
169 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
171 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
172 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
175 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
176 - Improved format of startup debug log.
177 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
178 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
179 if the browser is closed.
180 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
181 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
183 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
184 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
185 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
186 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
187 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
188 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
190 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
191 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
192 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
193 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
194 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
195 parent app is shut down.
196 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
198 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
199 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
200 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
202 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
204 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
205 - Whole new dispatcher!
207 - Added path_to method
208 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
210 - Added a new welcome screen.
211 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
212 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
213 - Added self restarting test server
214 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
215 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
216 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
217 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
218 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
219 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
221 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
222 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
223 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
224 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
226 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
227 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
229 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
230 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
233 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
234 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
235 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
236 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
237 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
238 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
240 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
241 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
242 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
243 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
244 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
245 kill loggging for a whole request.
246 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
247 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
248 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
249 coverage and maintainability.
250 - Added fork support to built in test server.
251 - Fixed all memory leaks.
252 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
253 core to be thread-safe.
254 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
256 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
257 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
258 - Improved documentation
259 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
260 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
261 action. (Andy Grundman)
262 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
264 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
265 - Now with updated manifest.
267 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
268 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
270 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
272 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
273 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
274 - added arguments for detach
275 - new credits section in pod
276 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
277 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
279 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
281 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
283 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
284 - Fix for inheritance bug.
285 - Allow forward with arguments.
287 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
288 - make module build cons README automatically.
289 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
290 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
291 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
292 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
293 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
294 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
295 - added $c->request->cookie
296 - added Catalyst::Setup
297 - refactored Catalyst::import()
298 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
299 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
300 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
302 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
303 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
304 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
306 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
307 - improved base locating in MP engines
308 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
309 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
310 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
312 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
313 - fixed a bug in https detection
314 - fixed auto chain finally
315 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
317 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
318 - improved uploads and parameters
319 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
320 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
321 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
322 - fixed win32 installer
323 - added deep recursion detection
325 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
326 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
327 in Path and Regex attributes
328 - new helper templates
329 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
330 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
331 instance (not the same app!)
333 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
334 - added support for MP registry scripts
335 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
336 - added SpeedyCGI engine
338 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
339 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
340 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
341 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
342 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
343 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
344 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
345 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
346 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
347 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
349 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
350 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
351 - added Plugins chapter to manual
352 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
353 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
354 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
355 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
356 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
357 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
358 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
360 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
363 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
364 - some documentation bugs fixed
365 - added Catalyst::Utils
366 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
367 - fixed upload bug with MP19
368 - added $c->req->body
369 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
370 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
372 - extended attribute handling
373 - added global config for components
375 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
376 - new core to support inheritance trees
377 - new syntax for action declaration
378 - new helper system using TT2
379 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
380 - added Test::Pod support
381 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
382 - added option to run tests against a remote server
383 - renamed errors() to error()
385 - countless minor improvements
386 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
387 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
389 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
390 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
391 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
392 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
393 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
395 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
396 - updated helper scripts
397 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
398 the script directory. We promise!
400 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
401 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
402 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
403 - removed cgi-server.pl
404 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
405 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
406 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
407 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
409 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
410 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
412 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
413 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
414 - previous release was borked!
415 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
417 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
418 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
419 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
420 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
421 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
422 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
423 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
424 - updated helper scripts
425 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
426 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
428 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
429 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
430 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
432 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
434 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
435 - debug message for parameters
436 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
438 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
439 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
441 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
442 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
444 - more debug messages
447 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
448 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
449 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
451 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
452 - updated cookbook example
453 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
455 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
456 - no more regex actions in forward
457 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
459 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
460 - catch errors in application class
461 - handle die properly.
463 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
466 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
467 - moved bin to script
469 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
470 - improved documentation
471 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
474 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
475 - server_base sucks, removed
476 - added $c->log->dump()
478 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
479 - removed some warnings
481 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
483 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
485 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
486 - improved documentation
488 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
489 - fixed more little bugs
491 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
492 - improved documentation
493 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
495 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
496 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
497 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
498 !?default, !?begin and !?end
499 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
500 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
503 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
504 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
505 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
507 - improved documentation for actions
509 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
510 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
511 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
513 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
514 - error reporting for app class
515 - no more engine debug messages
516 - class->method forwards get resolved now
518 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
519 - friendlier statistics
521 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
522 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
524 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
527 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
528 - real version number for CPAN.pm
529 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
530 - more statistics in debug logs
531 - ? prefix for forward()
533 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
534 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
535 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
537 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
538 - added ? for prefixed actions
541 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
542 - arguments for _default
543 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
544 - added $c->req->method
546 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
547 - POD fixes and improvements
549 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
550 - first development release