1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
3 - Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
4 - Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
5 - Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
6 - cleaned up logging and debug output
8 - Added warning for setup being called twice
9 - Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
10 - Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
11 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.07
15 5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
16 - Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
18 5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
19 - Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
21 5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
22 - Stupid pause indexer can't count.
23 - Better fix for Catalyst::Test
26 5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
27 - Damn OSX attributes again :(
29 5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
31 - Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
33 5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
34 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
35 - fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
36 - Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
38 5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
39 - Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
41 5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
42 - Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
43 - ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
44 - Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
45 - Added app name with :: support for PAR
46 - Added $c->models/views/controllers
47 - Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
48 This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
49 - Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
50 - Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
51 - Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
52 to more sane settings.
53 - added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
54 - Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
55 - Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
56 - Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
57 (stress tests run 12% faster)
58 - Allow $c->error to run as a class method
60 5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
61 - Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
62 - Cleaned generated tests
63 - Added Root controller concept
64 - Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
66 5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
67 - Added plugin introspection.
68 - Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
69 - Updated tutorial to be more complete.
70 - Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
72 5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
73 - Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
74 was not run. (Eric Wong)
75 - Cleaned up generated tests
76 - Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
77 - Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
78 (see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
79 - Added Catalyst::Manual::About
81 5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
82 - Updated prereq versions
84 5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
85 - Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
86 - Added YAML config support
87 - Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
88 - Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
89 correct execution order.
90 - Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
91 - Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
92 - Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
93 - Added class and method for caught exception messages.
94 - Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
95 packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
96 - Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
98 - Exceptions now return status 500.
99 - Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
100 - Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
101 - Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
102 a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
103 - Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
104 - FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
105 - Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
107 5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
108 - Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
110 5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
111 - Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
112 including those that attach to /
113 - Index is now weighted higher than Path
114 - Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
115 - Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
116 using $c->req->params('foo').
117 - Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
119 5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
120 - Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
121 - Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
122 - Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
123 - Removed scrollbar from debug output
124 - Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
126 5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
127 - Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
128 - Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
129 - Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
130 - Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
131 - Improved PAR support
132 - Replaced -short with auto-detection
133 - Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
134 - Static::Simple changes:
135 - Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
137 - Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
138 - Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
140 5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
141 - Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
142 - Switched to Module::Install
143 - Renamed tests for easier editing
144 - Reformatted documentation
145 - Renamed -nonew to -force
147 - Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
149 - Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
151 5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
152 - Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
153 request. (Sam Vilain)
154 - Updated benchmarking to work with detach
155 - Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
156 - Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
157 - Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
159 5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
160 - Fixed multiple cookie handling
162 5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
163 - Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
165 5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
166 - Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
169 5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
170 - Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
172 5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
173 - Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
175 5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
179 5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
180 - Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
181 - Fixed args handling in forward()
182 - Fixed forwarding to classes
183 - Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
184 - Fixed relative forwarding
185 - Fixed forward arrows in debug output
187 5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
188 - Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
191 - Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
192 - Improved format of startup debug log.
193 - Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
194 - Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
195 if the browser is closed.
196 - Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
197 - Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
199 5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
200 - Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
201 - Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
202 - Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
203 - Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
204 - Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
206 - Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
207 - Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
208 - Added multi process external FastCGI support
209 (see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
210 - Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
211 parent app is shut down.
212 - Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
214 - Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
215 that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
216 - Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
218 - Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
220 5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
221 - Whole new dispatcher!
223 - Added path_to method
224 - Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
226 - Added a new welcome screen.
227 - Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
228 - Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
229 - Added self restarting test server
230 - Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
231 - Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
232 - Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
233 - Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
234 - Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
235 - Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
237 - Removed req->handle and res->handle
238 - Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
239 - Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
240 - Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
242 5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
243 - Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
245 - *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
246 for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
249 - Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
250 $c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
251 - Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
252 Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
253 - Made $c->req->base a URI object.
254 - Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
256 - Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
257 - Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
258 - Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
259 proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
260 - Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
261 kill loggging for a whole request.
262 - Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
263 - Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
264 - Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
265 coverage and maintainability.
266 - Added fork support to built in test server.
267 - Fixed all memory leaks.
268 - Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
269 core to be thread-safe.
270 - Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
272 - Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
273 - Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
274 - Improved documentation
275 - Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
276 - Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
277 action. (Andy Grundman)
278 - Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
280 5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
281 - Now with updated manifest.
283 5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
284 - Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
286 5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
288 - helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
289 - fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
290 - added arguments for detach
291 - new credits section in pod
292 - fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
293 - added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
295 5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
297 - Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
299 that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
300 - Fix for inheritance bug.
301 - Allow forward with arguments.
303 - Allow overriding home/root in config.
304 - make module build cons README automatically.
305 - prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
306 - improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
307 - added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
308 - added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
309 - added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
310 - added section on param handling in Intro.pod
311 - added $c->request->cookie
312 - added Catalyst::Setup
313 - refactored Catalyst::import()
314 - improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
315 - fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
316 - further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
318 5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
319 - added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
320 - improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
322 5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
323 - improved base locating in MP engines
324 - improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
325 - hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
326 - fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
328 5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
329 - fixed a bug in https detection
330 - fixed auto chain finally
331 - added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
333 5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
334 - improved uploads and parameters
335 - added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
336 - added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
337 - improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
338 - fixed win32 installer
339 - added deep recursion detection
341 - fixed inheritance in dispatcher
342 - allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
343 in Path and Regex attributes
344 - new helper templates
345 - installer now supports install_base and destdir
346 - allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
347 instance (not the same app!)
349 - removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
350 - added support for MP registry scripts
351 - added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
352 - added SpeedyCGI engine
354 5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
355 - updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
356 - new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
357 - scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
358 IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
359 remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
360 - Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
361 - Improved: Params handling with MP engines
362 - Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
363 - Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
365 5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
366 - fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
367 - added Plugins chapter to manual
368 - applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
369 - improved Dispatcher error messages.
370 - refactored so we don't need to include helper from
371 Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
372 - applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
373 - added plugin() method for instant plugins
374 - FCGI is no more considered experimental
376 5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
379 5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
380 - some documentation bugs fixed
381 - added Catalyst::Utils
382 - fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
383 - fixed upload bug with MP19
384 - added $c->req->body
385 - aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
386 - Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
388 - extended attribute handling
389 - added global config for components
391 5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
392 - new core to support inheritance trees
393 - new syntax for action declaration
394 - new helper system using TT2
395 - problems with mod_perl2 fixed
396 - added Test::Pod support
397 - added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
398 - added option to run tests against a remote server
399 - renamed errors() to error()
401 - countless minor improvements
402 IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
403 and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
405 4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
406 - added some messages to Makefile.PL
407 - added Catalyst::Engine::Test
408 - added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
409 - simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
411 - updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
412 - updated helper scripts
413 IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
414 the script directory. We promise!
416 4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
417 - documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
418 - added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
419 - removed cgi-server.pl
420 - added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
421 - fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
422 - new path test (Christian Hansen)
423 IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
425 4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
426 - made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
428 4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
429 - fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
430 - previous release was borked!
431 fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
433 4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
434 - more documentation (Andrew Ford)
435 - added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
436 - HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
437 - moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
438 - added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
439 - removed Catalyst::Test::server
440 - updated helper scripts
441 IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
442 script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
444 4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
445 - fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
446 - added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
448 - reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
450 4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
451 - debug message for parameters
452 - Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
454 - new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
455 you have to update script/create.pl to use it
457 4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
458 - fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
460 - more debug messages
463 4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
464 - correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
465 - improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
467 4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
468 - updated cookbook example
469 - fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
471 4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
472 - no more regex actions in forward
473 - added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
475 4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
476 - catch errors in application class
477 - handle die properly.
479 4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
482 4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
483 - moved bin to script
485 4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
486 - improved documentation
487 - pod coverage test for helper generated apps
490 4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
491 - server_base sucks, removed
492 - added $c->log->dump()
494 4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
495 - removed some warnings
497 - private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
499 - updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
501 4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
502 - improved documentation
504 - fixed prefixed private actions bug
505 - fixed more little bugs
507 4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
508 - improved documentation
509 - documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
511 4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
512 - more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
513 - implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
514 !?default, !?begin and !?end
515 - new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
516 - new helpers, bin/catalyst
519 3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
520 - added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
521 - added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
523 - improved documentation for actions
525 3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
526 - removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
527 and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
529 3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
530 - error reporting for app class
531 - no more engine debug messages
532 - class->method forwards get resolved now
534 3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
535 - friendlier statistics
537 3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
538 - fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
540 3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
543 3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
544 - real version number for CPAN.pm
545 - fixed redirect in CGI engine
546 - more statistics in debug logs
547 - ? prefix for forward()
549 2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
550 - support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
551 - Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
553 - replaced _ with ! for private actions
554 - added ? for prefixed actions
557 2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
558 - arguments for _default
559 - $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
560 - added $c->req->method
562 2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
563 - POD fixes and improvements
565 2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
566 - first development release