Catalyst

Changes for version 5.49_02 - 2005-10-26

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.

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