X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TODO;h=03a4674b01969f54487455fa85d8f263b39c226f;hp=fd103b1274f7bd8c5173f515a86b3414445ecb6b;hb=ef41ea15458d2d2beddee792deea598249df2852;hpb=36d5d607a1917d0c44d07571b8628d0b29ccd4c0 diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index fd103b1..03a4674 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -1,74 +1,87 @@ -Back-compat investigation: - - - Get engines tested: - - Catalyst-Engine-Zeus - - Catalyst-Engine-XMPP2 - - Catalyst-Engine-HTTPEngine - - Catalyst-Engine-HTTP-Prefork - - Catalyst-Engine-Wx - -Known issues: - - Catalyst-Log-Log4perl Deep recursion on subroutine "MockApp::setup" - (rafl) - - - CatalystX-CRUD and CatalystX-CRUD-ModelAdapter-DBIC - fail tests against 5.80 (karpet) - - - Catalyst-Plugin-Authorization-ACL fails as - Catalyst::Dispatcher::_do_forward does not fix arguments if you throw - an exception. Needs a test case (Caelum) - - - Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication new release. - - - Catalyst::Action::RenderView - - Catalyst::Plugin::DebugCookie - - Conflict with each other: $c->config->{debug}->{foo} = 'bar' - now breaks, unsure why.. - -Cleanups: - -18:01 <@mst> hmm. I think that warning should show what it found -18:01 <@mst> and say "you probably called ->model("Sessions") when you meant ->model("DB::Sessions")" or whatever -18:05 <@mst> unsafe_component_use_ok -18:05 <@mst> like we did for BindLex - - - - - Update Test suite to not assume MyApp ISA Controller - - After that set up attr handlers that will output helpful error messages - when you do it as well as how to fix it. - - - Eliminate all instances of $instance->{$key}, I think the only thing - left is lib/Catalyst/Engine/HTTP.pm: $self->{inputbuf}, which I haven't - touched as it is used as an lvalue in a lot of places (t0m) - - - Find whatever in the test suite craps a file called GLOB(0xfoo) onto my - disk and fix it. (Believed to be in the optional TEST_HTTP tests?) (t0m) - -Documentation: - - - Manual / Tutorial updates - - - extends in components with attributes must be inside a BEGIN block. - - - How to write Moosified Catalyst components. - - - Fix the Roadmap to be less full of lies. - - - Catalyst/Upgrading.pod - -Reported bugs: - - - Issues with TWMC not being loaded when it used to be in 5.70 - (Bill Moseley) - -Profiling: - - - vs 5.70 and optimisation as needed. - -Tests: - - - Moosified test application? - - - Test & document warnings from plugin method on Catalyst - +# Known Bugs: + + - Bug ->go or ->visit causes actions which have Args or CaptureArgs called + twice when called via ->go or ->visit. + + Test app: http://github.com/bobtfish/catalyst-app-bug-go_chain/tree/master + +# Compatibility warnings to add: + + - $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)