This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Catalyst.
5.7007 2007-03-13 14:18:00
- Performance and stability improvements to the built-in HTTP server.
- Don't ignore file uploads if form contains a text field with the
same name. (Carl Franks)
- Support restart_delay of 0 (for use in the POE engine).
- Skip body processing if we don't have a Content-Length header.
Results in about a 9% performance increase when handling GET/HEAD
requests.
- Add a default body to redirect responses.
- MyApp->model/view now looks at MyApp->config->{default_view/model}
(Bogdan Lucaciu)
5.7006 2006-11-03 14.18
- Updated manifest
- Fix Slurp dependency
- Updated HTTP::Body dependency to 0.6, 0.5 can break on large POST
requests.
- Skip utf8 fix for undef values in uri_with() and uri_for()
5.7005 2006-11-07 19:37:35
- Fixed lighttpd tests to be properly skipped.
- Moved IE workarounds to exist only in the HTTP engine.
- Added installation instructions (from Catalyst-Manual dist)
5.7004 2006-11-06 20:48:35
- Fix Engine::HTTP crash when using IE. (Jesper Krogh, Peter Edwards)
- clean up Catalyst::Utils to handle some edge cases
- Properly work around lighttpd PATH_INFO vs. SCRIPT_NAME bug
(Mark Blythe)
- add _application accessor to Catalyst::Base
- Support current_view
- Allow use of Catalyst::Test without app name (Ton Voon, Altinity)
- Catalyst::Manual moved to its own package
- Add option to FastCGI engine to send errors to stdout, not the web server
- Use Module::Install's auto_install to install prerequisite modules
- various documentation fixes and improvements
5.7003 2006-09-21 16:29:45
- Additions and updates to tutorial
5.7002 2006-09-17 19:35:32
- unescape captures to match args
- fix for relative Chained under namespace '' (root)
- fix for hashrefs in action attributes from config
- fix for Chained to require correct number of CaptureArgs
5.7001 2006-07-19 23:46:54
- fix for component loading
- uri_for and uri_with now behave as they used to with non-
array references
5.7000 2006-07-07 08:08:08
- fix FCGI.pm warning message with FastCGI engine
- bumped inc::Module::Install to 0.63 in Makefile.PL
- fixes to uri_for_action for DispatchType::Chained
- Further doc work.
- Minor code cleanups
- Changed catalyst.pl to depend on Catalyst::Devel
5.70_03 2006-06-28 16:42:00
- fixup to registered plugins debug at app startup
- refactored Catalyst::Utils::home
5.70_02 2006-06-27 11:51:00
- Updated tutorial.
5.70_01 2006-06-26 10:49:00
- fixed a Catalyst::Base bug causing duplicate action registrations
- modified DispatchTypes to support multiple registrations
- added Catalyst::Runtime module as dist marker
- added Catalyst::ActionChain and Chained DispatchType
- removed retarded registration requirement in dispatcher
- removed Module::Pluggable::Fast hack in favor of
Module::Pluggable::Object
- extended uri_for, added dispatcher->uri_for_action
- added Catalyst::Base->action_for('methodname')
- checked and tested :Args multimethod dispatch
- added ability to set action attributes from controller config
- added merge_config_hashes() as a convenience method
- Swapped out CGI::Cookie in favour of CGI::Simple::Cookie
- Removed test dependencies on Test::NoWarnings, Test::MockObject
- Removed dependency on UNIVERSAL::require
- Split out Catalyst::Helper into a new distribution
- un-bundled the plugins as they are now pre-reqs for Catalyst::Helper
- nuked each() out of core with prejudice (due to lurking buglets)
- Added tests from phaylon for dispatcher precedence
- Use Class::Inspector->loaded($class) instead of $class->can('can')
- Added ActionClass attribute
- Removed Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst from Makefile.PL (circular dep)
- Updated docs for Catalyst::Component
- Separated execute and dispatch on Catalyst::Action
- cleaned up logging and debug output
- significant documentation revisions
- Added warning for setup being called twice
- Fix pod to use DBIC::Schema instead of DBIC model
- Fix ->config failing to copy _config for subclassing
- Updated log format
- Updated debug dump
5.6902 2006-05-04 13:00:00
- Remove tarballs and OSX metadata files.
5.6901 2006-05-03 11.17:00
- Module::Install didn't overwrite META.yml.
5.6900 2006-05-03 11.17:00
- Stupid pause indexer can't count.
- Better fix for Catalyst::Test
- more tests.
5.682 2006-04-27 13:51:00
- Damn OSX attributes again :(
5.681 2006-04-27 08:47:00
- Updated manifest.
- Add basename to core . (Deprecates Catalyst::Plugin::Basename)
5.68 2006-04-26 12:23:00
- ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.06
- fixed undef warnings in uri_for() and uri_with()
- Fixed Catalyst::Test to report errors on failed Class load
5.678 2006-04-24 12:30:00
- Re-release of 5.67 without OSX metadata files.
5.67 2006-04-23 08:50:00
- Added $c->req->uri_with() helper
- ConfigLoader: Updated to version 0.05
- Fix up Engine to avoid a new 5.8.8 warning
- Added app name with :: support for PAR
- Added $c->models/views/controllers
- Static::Simple: Unescape the URI path before looking for the file.
This fixes issues with files that have spaces.
- Looping and recursion tests plus a fix
- Added lots of API documentation. Refactored main pod.
- Changed default behaviors for $c->model/$c->controller/$c->view
to more sane settings.
- added the clear_errors method - an alias for error(0)
- Added tmpdir option for uploads (woremacx)
- Applied patch from GEOFFR to allow normal filehandles.
- Refactored Dispatcher internals for better readability and speedup
(stress tests run 12% faster)
- Allow $c->error to run as a class method
5.66 2006-03-10 17:48:00
- Added Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst support
- Cleaned generated tests
- Added Root controller concept
- Updated ConfigLoader plugin to version 0.04
5.65 2006-02-21 10:34:00
- Added plugin introspection.
- Support optional hashref as last param for parameters in uri_for.
- Updated tutorial to be more complete.
- Applied args patch from antirice (Fixes Ticket #67)
5.64 2006-02-07 20:29:00
- Fixed bug in FastCGI proc manager mode where pm_post_dispatch
was not run. (Eric Wong)
- Cleaned up generated tests
- Updated YAML support to use ConfigLoader
- Fixed path dispatch to canonicalise correctly
(see http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ticket/62)
- Added Catalyst::Manual::About
5.63 2006-01-22 00:00:00
- Updated prereq versions
5.62 2006-01-17 16:30:00
- Large update to the tutorial (castaway)
- Added YAML config support
- Added COMPONENT() and ACCEPT_CONTEXT() support
- Action list in debug mode is now displayed as a tree in the
correct execution order.
- Fixed engine detection to allow custom mod_perl engines.
- Static::Simple: Fixed bug in ignore_dirs under win32.
- Display version numbers of loaded plugins. (Curtis Poe)
- Added class and method for caught exception messages.
- Updated PAR support to use "make catalyst_par",
packages are no longer written by Makefile.PL.
- Automatically determine Content-Length when serving a
filehandle.
- Exceptions now return status 500.
- Updated for Module::Install 0.44.
- Fixed additional file installation for multi level app names.
- Added REDIRECT_URL support for applications running behind
a RewriteRule in Apache. (Carl Franks)
- Fixed FastCGI engine under win32. (Carl Franks)
- FastCGI doc updates (Bill Moseley)
- Bugfix for $c->model and friends (defined).
5.61 2005-12-02 00:00:00
- Fixed ExtUtils::AutoInstall Bootstrap Code in Makefile.PL
5.60 2005-12-01 22:15:00
- Fixed Path and index actions in the appclass,
including those that attach to /
- Index is now weighted higher than Path
- Fixed restarter and -d debug switch in server.pl.
- Added a warning if you attempt to retrieve a parameter
using $c->req->params('foo').
- Fixed the Module::Install::Catalyst @ISA bug
5.59 2005-11-30 13:25:00
- Fixed shebang line for generated scripts
- Fixed forward to classes ($c->forward(qw/MyApp foo/))
- Wrap use block in begin to quelch C:C3 warnings
- Removed scrollbar from debug output
- Fixed catalyst_par_core() and catalyst_par_multiarch()
5.58 2005-11-24 10:51:00
- Added ExtUtils::AutoInstall support
- Allow overriding path in Catalyst::Helper.
- Added -makefile to catalyst.pl to generate a new Makefile.PL.
- Restored Catalyst::Build with a deprecation notice.
- Improved PAR support
- Replaced -short with auto-detection
- Fixed prereqs, added File::Copy::Recursive
- Static::Simple changes:
- Made prepare_action play nice with other plugins by not short-
circuiting.
- Added tmpl to the ignored extensions.
- Fixed security problem if req->path contained '..'.
5.57 2005-11-20 22:45:00
- Updated uri_for to accept undef actions
- Switched to Module::Install
- Renamed tests for easier editing
- Reformatted documentation
- Renamed -nonew to -force
- Added PAR support
- Added keep-alive support and bug fixes to HTTP engine.
(Sascha Kiefer)
- Added daemonize option to FastCGI engine. (Sam Vilain)
5.56 2005-11-16 10:33:00
- Fixed FastCGI engine to not clobber the global %ENV on each
request. (Sam Vilain)
- Updated benchmarking to work with detach
- Fixed dispatcher, so $c->req->action(undef) works again
- Updated Catalyst::Test to use HTTP::Request::AsCGI
- Added -pidfile to external FastCGI server.
5.55 2005-11-15 12:55:00
- Fixed multiple cookie handling
5.54 2005-11-14 22:55:00
- Fixed a Module::Pluggable::Fast related bug
5.53 2005-11-14 15:55:00
- Removed t/04prereq.t that was testing for non-required
modules.
5.52 2005-11-14 10:57:00
- Strip '..'s in static urls to fix security issue.
5.51 2005-11-14 00:45:00
- Changed uri_for to use namespace instead of match.
5.50 2005-11-13 20:45:00
- Fixed minor bugs.
- Updated docs.
5.49_05 2005-11-12 20:45:00
- Large update to the documentation. (David Kamholz)
- Fixed args handling in forward()
- Fixed forwarding to classes
- Fixed catalyst.pl-generated Build.PL Makefile section.
- Fixed relative forwarding
- Fixed forward arrows in debug output
5.49_04 2005-11-09 23:00:00
- Made context, dispatcher, engine, request and response classes
configurable.
- Added $c->stack.
- Fixed dispatcher to ignore unknown attributes.
- Improved format of startup debug log.
- Updated built in server to restart on win32. (Will Hawes)
- Fixed streaming write from a filehandle to stop writing
if the browser is closed.
- Added $c->controller, $c->model and $c->view shortcuts.
- Switched to Text::SimpleTable.
5.49_03 2005-11-03 12:00:00
- Fixed $c->req->{path} for backwards-compatibility.
- Allow debug to be disabled via ENV as well as enabled.
- Added -scripts option to catalyst.pl for script updating
- Changed helpers to default to long types, Controller instead of C
- Added Catalyst::Controller, Catalyst::Model and Catalyst::View
base classes
- Added JavaScript to debug screen to show and hide specific dumps
- Added _DISPATCH, _BEGIN, _AUTO, _ACTION and _END actions
- Added multi process external FastCGI support
(see myapp_fastcgi.pl -help) (Sam Vilain)
- Restarter process in HTTP engine now properly exits when the
parent app is shut down.
- Improved performance of restarter loop while watching for
changed files.
- Restarter will now detect new files added to an app on systems
that change directory mtimes when new files are created.
- Restarter now properly handles modules that are deleted from an
application.
- Fixed memory leak in TestApp.
5.49_02 2005-10-26 12:39:00
- Whole new dispatcher!
- Added index action
- Added path_to method
- Added support for passing an IO::Handle object to $c->res->body.
(Andrew Bramble)
- Added a new welcome screen.
- Included Catalyst buttons and icons in helper.
- Added Static::Simple plugin to core.
- Added self restarting test server
- Added filename to debug output for uploaded files.
- Fixed forwarding with embedded arguments.
- Fixed handling of escaped query strings.
- Added upload parameters back into $c->req->params.
- Added multiple paths support to dispatcher
- Fixed bug in req->path where changing the path added a trailing
slash.
- Removed req->handle and res->handle
- Added prepare_body_chunk method as a hook for upload progress.
- Fixed bug in uri_for method when base has no path.
- Added automated tests for HTTP, CGI, and FastCGI servers.
5.49_01 2005-10-10 10:15:00
- Refactored all internals, should be 99% compatible to previous
versions.
- *IMPORTANT* The Apache engines have been moved to a separate package
for this release. Please install Catalyst::Engine::Apache if you
need Apache support.
- Added support for calling forward with arguments in the path, i.e.
$c->forward('/foo/bar/arg1/arg2')
- Made $c->req->uri a URI object, added req->path_info for CGI compat.
Raw query string is available as $c->req->uri->query.
- Made $c->req->base a URI object.
- Parameters with multiple values (?a=1&a=2) now display properly
in the debug output.
- Semi-colon separators in query strings now work properly.
- Expanded documentation of catalyst.pl (Andrew Ford)
- Added support for running as a backend server behind a frontend
proxy so req->base and req->address are set properly.
- Added an 'abort' method to the Log api, so that you can
kill loggging for a whole request.
- Added $c->uri_for method to simplify url handling.
- Added more tests and reorganized the t directory.
- Reimplemented core engines, all are now CGI based for better test
coverage and maintainability.
- Added fork support to built in test server.
- Fixed all memory leaks.
- Thread-related bug fixes and tests. We now believe the Catalyst
core to be thread-safe.
- Added streaming IO support through $c->req->read() and
$c->res->write()
- Added MyApp->config->{parse_on_demand} (streaming input)
- Added $c->req->handle and $c->res->handle
- Improved documentation
- Fixed mkpath in Catalyst::Helper (Autrijus Tang)
- Fixed bug in dispatcher where an invalid path could call a valid
action. (Andy Grundman)
- Fixed Helper so it works with CRLF line-endings. (Andy Grundman)
5.33 2005-08-10 15:25:00
- Now with updated manifest.
5.32 2005-08-10 15:10:00
- Dispatcher might fail if object returns false. (Florian Ragwitz)
5.31 2005-06-04 12:35:00 (never released to CPAN)
- helpers now create .new files where files already exist and differ
- fixed $Data::Dumper::Terse (Robin Berjon)
- added arguments for detach
- new credits section in pod
- fixed detach to allow relative action names (Matt and Robert)
- added the ability to have whitespaces in Path( '' ) and Regex( '' )
5.30 2005-06-04 12:35:00
- Fixed a bug where it was not possible to $c->forward to a
component
that was not inheriting from Catalyst::Base.
- Fix for inheritance bug.
- Allow forward with arguments.
- Updated cookbook
- Allow overriding home/root in config.
- make module build cons README automatically.
- prettify home path by resolving '..' (Andy Grundman)
- improved helper templates a bit, new naming scheme for tests.
- added support for case sensitivity, MyApp->config->{case_sensitive}
- added $c->detach for non-returning forwards
- added unified error handling, Catalyst::Exception
- added section on param handling in Intro.pod
- added $c->request->cookie
- added Catalyst::Setup
- refactored Catalyst::import()
- improved rendering of error messages in debug mode
- fixed a bug in Catalyst::Helper::mk_dir
- further doc changes, esp. to Intro.pod
5.23 2005-06-03 02:30:00
- added support for non Catalyst::Base components to live in namespace
- improved concurrency connections in Catalyst::Engine::HTTP::Daemon
5.22 2005-05-26 14:24:00
- improved base locating in MP engines
- improved error messages in C::E::HTTP::Daemon
- hostnames are now resolved on demand unless provided by engine
- fixed memory leak in $c->execute (Michael Reece, Matt S Trout)
5.21 2005-05-24 14:56:00
- fixed a bug in https detection
- fixed auto chain finally
- added MYAPP_HOME and CATALYST_HOME environment variables
5.20 2005-05-18 19:52:00
- improved uploads and parameters
- added $c->req->protocol and $c->req->secure
- added $c->req->user and $c->req->uri
- improved error message when forwarding to unknown module
- fixed win32 installer
- added deep recursion detection
- fixed auto actions
- fixed inheritance in dispatcher
- allow whitespaces between brackets and quoted string
in Path and Regex attributes
- new helper templates
- installer now supports install_base and destdir
- allow multiple Catalyst apps to run on the same mod_perl
instance (not the same app!)
- fixed MP2 engines
- removed apreq dependency from all MP engines
- added support for MP registry scripts
- added support for LocationMatch and ScriptAliasMatch in MP engines
- added SpeedyCGI engine
5.10 2005-04-23 11:16:00
- updated dependencies to require latest module::pluggable::fast
- new installer for templates and stuff using Module::Build
- scripts are now prefixed, for being installable
IMPORTANT: You have to regenerate the script directory,
remove Makefile.PL and add Build.PL
- Added compat to install Module::Build if required.
- Improved: Params handling with MP engines
- Fixed: Params handling on POST with CGI engine (Andy Grundman)
- Fixed: Helper.pm on Win32 (Matt S Trout)
5.03 2005-04-19 20:35:00 (Revision 462)
- fixed Test example (Torsten Seeman)
- added Plugins chapter to manual
- applied doc patch from Robert Boone <robert@rlb3.com>
- improved Dispatcher error messages.
- refactored so we don't need to include helper from
Catalyst.pm - Fixes issues with FindBin
- applied HTTP.pm patch from Andy Grundman <andy@hybridized.org>
- added plugin() method for instant plugins
- FCGI is no more considered experimental
5.02 2005-04-18 10:00:00
- fixed manifest
5.01 2005-04-17 23:00:00
- some documentation bugs fixed
- added Catalyst::Utils
- fixed regexp bug (Matt S Trout)
- fixed upload bug with MP19
- added $c->req->body
- aliased $c->res->output to $c->res->body
- Read AUTHOR from passwd or $ENV{AUTHOR} when
generating code.
- extended attribute handling
- added global config for components
5.00 2005-04-15 18:00:00
- new core to support inheritance trees
- new syntax for action declaration
- new helper system using TT2
- problems with mod_perl2 fixed
- added Test::Pod support
- added new server backend with HTTP/1.1 support
- added option to run tests against a remote server
- renamed errors() to error()
- more better docs
- countless minor improvements
IMPORTANT: This release is very incompatible to previous ones
and you have to regenerate the helper scripts again...
4.34 2005-03-23 07:00:00 2005
- added some messages to Makefile.PL
- added Catalyst::Engine::Test
- added Catalyst::Engine::CGI::NPH
- simplified Catalyst::Log to be easier to implement/subclass
- added cgi.pl
- updated Catalyst::Test to use Catalyst::Engine::Test
- updated helper scripts
IMPORTANT: this will be the last time you'll have to regenerate
the script directory. We promise!
4.33 2005-03-23 01:00:00 2005
- documented the log() accessor method in Catalyst (Andrew Ford)
- added optional arguments to Catalyst::Log methods (Andrew Ford)
- removed cgi-server.pl
- added fcgi.pl and Catalyst::Engine::FCGI
- fixed an undef durng make test (Dan Sully)
- new path test (Christian Hansen)
IMPORTANT: you have to regenerate the script directory again
4.32 2005-03-22 02:10:00 2005
- made a damn typo *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!*
4.31 2005-03-22 02:00:00
- fixed inheritance (Christian Hansen)
- previous release was borked!
fixed that, but you have to regenerate the scripts again :(
4.30 2005-03-21 23:00:00
- more documentation (Andrew Ford)
- added connection informations (Christian Hansen)
- HTTP::Request support in Catalyst::Test (Christian Hansen)
- moved cgi.pl to nph-cgi.pl
- added Catalyst::Engine::Server (Christian Hansen)
- removed Catalyst::Test::server
- updated helper scripts
IMPORTANT: note that you have to regenerate script/server.pl,
script/cgi-server.pl and script/cgi.pl (now nph-cgi.pl)
4.28 2005-03-19 22:00:00
- fixed isa tree (Christian Hansen)
- added script/cgi-server.pl, so no more server restarting after
code changes
- reworked documentation (Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>)
4.27 2005-03-19 01:00:00
- debug message for parameters
- Fix redirects (Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>)
- some random fixes
- new helper api for Catalyst::Helper::* support
you have to update script/create.pl to use it
4.26 2005-03-16 10:00:00
- fixed the weird bug that caused regex actions to fail on every
second request
- more debug messages
- 100% pod coverage.
4.25 2005-03-12 18:00:00
- correct perl pathes for helper generated scripts (Tatsuhiko Miyagawa)
- improved cgi engine docs (Christoper Hicks)
4.24 2005-03-12 01:00:00
- updated cookbook example
- fixed base for apache and https (Andrew Ruthven)
4.23 2005-03-09 20:00:00
- no more regex actions in forward
- added support for test directories t/m, t/v and t/c
4.22 2005-03-08 20:00:00
- catch errors in application class
- handle die properly.
4.21 2005-03-05 17:00:00
- fixed docs
4.20 2005-03-04 22:00:00
- moved bin to script
4.13 2005-03-03 11:00:00
- improved documentation
- pod coverage test for helper generated apps
- new helper api
4.12 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
- server_base sucks, removed
- added $c->log->dump()
4.11 2005-03-02 11:00:00 2005
- removed some warnings
- improved docs
- private prefixed actions override private non prefixed actions
- added server_base
- updated Catalyst::Manual::Intro
4.10 2005-03-02 10:00:00 2005
- improved documentation
- fixed upload bug
- fixed prefixed private actions bug
- fixed more little bugs
4.01 2005-03-01 10:00:00 2005
- improved documentation
- documentation fixes (Johan Lindstrom)
4.00 2005-02-27 22:00:00
- more verbose debug messages, especially for forward()
- implemented prefixed prvate actions, icluding built in
!?default, !?begin and !?end
- new Catalyst::Manual::Intro
- new helpers, bin/catalyst
- helper api
3.11 2005-02-23 21:00:00
- added dependency to UNIVERSAL::require (Marcus Ramberg)
- added a little workaround for a warning in Catalyst::Test
(Marcus Ramberg)
- improved documentation for actions
3.10 2005-02-19 20:00:00
- removed roles management from Catalyst::Engine
and added it to Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::CDBI
3.04 2005-02-17 21:00:00
- error reporting for app class
- no more engine debug messages
- class->method forwards get resolved now
3.03 2005-02-16 23:00:00
- friendlier statistics
3.02 2005-02-16 22:00:00
- fixed unintialized actions (Marcus Ramberg)
3.01 2005-02-16 20:30:00
- better statistics
3.00 2005-02-16 20:00:00
- real version number for CPAN.pm
- fixed redirect in CGI engine
- more statistics in debug logs
- ? prefix for forward()
2.99_15 2005-02-02 22:00:00
- support for short namespaces, MyApp::M, MyApp::V and MyApp::C
- Replaced "Catched" with "Caught" in Catalyst::Engine
(Gary Ashton Jones)
- replaced _ with ! for private actions
- added ? for prefixed actions
- misc improvememts
2.99_14 2005-01-31 22:00:00 2005
- arguments for _default
- $c->entrance removed for more flexibility
- added $c->req->method
2.99_13 2005-01-30 18:00:00 2005
- POD fixes and improvements
2.99_12 2005-01-28 22:00:00 2005
- first development release