X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=03a4674b01969f54487455fa85d8f263b39c226f;hp=e96c161b52abe7670fecd866b3079b8c3587f723;hb=ef41ea15458d2d2beddee792deea598249df2852;hpb=79a3f1420ecfa48ebd86f01f1f43bc9cfc13c978 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index e96c161..03a4674 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,13 +1,87 @@ -Compatibility: - - Deal with component downwards compatibility in 5.71 (make 5.71 call - mooses construction logic so that attributes get initialized etc). - - Provide an extension so that components can have a Moose::Object - constructor and an @ISA which makes c3 happy on both 5.7X and 5.8X. +# Known Bugs: -Testing: + - Bug ->go or ->visit causes actions which have Args or CaptureArgs called + twice when called via ->go or ->visit. - - Run more smokes + Test app: http://github.com/bobtfish/catalyst-app-bug-go_chain/tree/master -Profiling: +# Compatibility warnings to add: - - vs 5.70 and optimisation as needed on perl 5.8 (5.10 is already faster!). + - $self->config should warn as config should only ever be called as a + class method (TESTS). + +# Proposed functionality / feature additions: + +## Log setup needs to be less lame + +So Catalyst::Plugin::Log::* can die +in a fire. Having $c->log_class would be a good start. kane volunteered +to do some of this. + +Simple example: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Colorful should just be a +subclass of Catalyst::Log, no ::Plugin:: needed. + +See also: Catalyst::Plugin::Log::Dispatch and +http://github.com/willert/catalyst-plugin-log4perl-simple/tree + +# REFACTORING + +## PSGI + +### Blockers + + * lighttpd + * iis6 + * Add some tests for Catalyst::Test::local_request + * Docs + * Test all the options work on all of the scripts + * Test (and fix if needed) Engine::Stomp and ::Wx + * Document how to use your own .psgi (and how you need to do ReverseProxy yourself if you do) + * Document migration for setting engine in setup + * Document migration for setting engine in $ENV + * Document what to do if you're a Prefork person + * Test Catalyst::Engine::PSGI still works? + +### Nice to have + + * Do we need to do something else about middleware than let the user provide a .psgi? + What about the reverse proxy middleware + * Do we generate a .psgi by default? + * throw out Catalyst::Test's remote_request in favour of + Plack::Test::ExternalServer + * make sure we're running under a server that support psgi.streaming - maybe + just load the BufferedWrite middleware, although that might break things + relying on ->write doing an unbuffered write + * throw away the restarter and allow using the restarters Plack provides + * remove per-request state from the engine instance + * be smarter about how we use PSGI - not every response needs to be delayed + and streaming + +## The horrible hack for plugin setup - replacing it: + + * Have a look at the Devel::REPL BEFORE_PLUGIN stuff + I wonder if what we need is that combined with plugins-as-roles + +## App / ctx split: + + NOTE - these are notes that t0m thought up after doing back compat for + catalyst_component_class, may be inaccurate, wrong or missing things + bug mst (at least) to correct before trying more than the first 2 + steps. Please knock yourself out on the first two however :) + + - Eliminate actions in MyApp from the main test suite + - Uncomment warning in C::C::register_action_methods, add tests it works + by mocking out the logging.. + - Remove MyApp @ISA controller (ask metaclass if it has attributes, and if + so you need back compat :/) + - Make Catalyst::Context, move the per request stuff in there, handles from + main app class to delegate + - Make an instance of the app class which is a global variable + - Make new instance of the context class, not the app class per-request + - Remove the components as class data, move to instance data on the app + class (you probably have to do this for _all_ the class data, good luck!) + - Make it possible for users to spin up different instances of the app class + (with different config etc each) + - Profit! (Things like changing the complete app config per vhost, i.e. + writing a config loader / app class role which dispatches per vhost to + differently configured apps is piss easy)