1 This file documents the revision history for Perl extension Maypole.
2 For information about current developments and future releases, see:
3 http://maypole.perl.org/?TheRoadmap
6 Fixed some db_colinfo test bugs
7 Fixed typo in edit form template
8 Inheritence simpler and nicer and less hacked
9 add_model_superclass method moves @ISA munging into the model
10 new Class::DBI::DFV based model
11 new test to check everything compiles
12 Model inheritance re-organised
13 New config method : additional, for stashing additional info, especially from additional_data method
14 new warn method in maypole/request class/object, over-ridden by Apache::MVC, etc or own driver
15 AsForm fixes to stringification _to_select
16 new build_form_elements attribute for Maypole request and Maypole::Config, set it to 0 to avoid building cgi form if you don't need it
17 made DFV and FromCGI warn instead of die on unexpected cgi params
18 added CGI params to TT error template
19 small improvements to some factory templates
20 fix to path handling in mod_perl and CGI when location ends in /
21 fixed template path ordering so i.e. /tablename/list is used before /list when provided with a tablename
22 fixed template path with array refs
23 fix to template being reset from path in plain templates (i.e. where no model), may affect those relying on the bug ( bug 23722 )
24 added search_columns method to base cdbi model class, provides display_columns unless over-ridden
25 fix to display_line macro in factory templates (bug 22920)
26 fix to correct problem with LocationMatch and regex based Location directives in apache config.
27 change to view::base to only call display_columns, stringify_columns, to_cgi if model class can
28 changed template path to only look for custom, factory, etc on first/only path provided
29 fix to redirect_request
30 Fixed typo in _do_update_or_create (bug 26495)
31 added new hook - preprocess_location
32 added new attribute to Maypole::Config - request_options
34 2.111 Mon 30 April 2007
35 - forked - see 2.111 changelog
42 Directly accessing the attributes of the request object, or the parameters
43 in $r->params, or anything else, is DEPRECATED and likely to break in future
44 releases. Be good, and use proper method calls.
46 Maypole no longer uses Class::DBI::AsForm, instead Maypole::Model::CDBI::AsForm
49 $config->{$table}{required_cols} is deprecated, please use $class->required_columns instead
52 Incompatible API changes:
54 - is_applicable() deprecated for is_model_applicable(). is_applicable is
55 an alias for is_model_applicable now.
57 - ERROR constant now 500, previously -1 (bug #18901)
59 - delete and search actions are now deprecated - use do_search and do_delete
62 - table name rather than moniker is used to find templates
64 API additions and enhancements:
66 - -Init flag (wishlist 14123)
67 - recognises Maypole::HTTPD and installs Maypole::HTTPD::Frontend
70 add() alias to push() (wishlist 14142)
72 - get_session() method (no-op)
73 - get_user() method (no-op)
74 - get_session() is called during handler_guts() before authenticate()
75 - new preprocess_path() method added and called by parse_path(),
76 parse_path() will leave any properties set by preprocess_path() in
78 - start_request_hook() added
79 - status() attribute added (though only used by start_request_hook()
81 - setup() split into setup(), setup_model(), and load_model_subclass()
82 - added new path processing methods for ssl and default table/action
85 - improved exception handling
86 - now uses File::MMagic::XS to guess mime type of output unless already set
87 - new component method provides Maypole::Component functionality
88 - new object method gets/sets first/only object in objects
90 - do_delete, do_search in place of delete/search actions
92 - new report_error method
93 - new embedded error report page in __DATA__
95 - Improved pager macro/include
96 - Improved factory templates
97 - added the status() attribute, although it's not used in many places
99 - Changed factory edit/view to use object instead of objects
101 - improved error messages in do_edit action
102 - new required_columns mutator method
103 - new column_required accessor method
106 Fix to cgi_maypole.t (bug 11346)
107 Fix to TT error reporting (bug 13991)
108 Template xhtml validation (bug 13975)
109 Apache2 fixes in Apache::MVC (bug 13888)
110 Fixed inheritance issues in Mp::Application - Mp::App now manipulates the
111 caller's @ISA directly, and doesn't inject itself into the chain (bugs
113 Improved Template error reporting (14133)
114 Maypole::Session::generate_unique_id() now returns the id (bug 14124)
115 Moved ar accessor to Apache::MVC (bug 14014)
116 Refactored core to support further development in 2.11 and onwards
117 Fixed related_class() method (bug 14566)
118 Added a cgi() attribute in Maypole::CGI
119 Factory templates now less vulnerable to XSS (bug 16659)
120 Reduced risk of XSS in factory templates (bug 16659)
121 model search/delete methods in model and subclassing the cdbi mode (bug 16661)
122 fixed problems with stringify_self and untaint missing ignore columns (bug 15678)
123 fixed Maypole::Model::CDBI::Plain to JustWork(TM) with plain CDBI Classes (bug 16977)
124 some silent death scenarios resolved
125 Now initializes template_args, stash, parmas, objects and others to correct data type. (bug 15147)
128 Fix to documentation for CGI::Maypole (bug 7263)
129 Simplified Net::Amazon example (bug 14073)
130 Numerous major and minor updates to docs.
131 Renamed Maypole::Manual::Request to Maypole::Manual::Cookbook
132 Added Maypole::Manual::Install, with material removed from
133 Maypole::Manual::About
134 Added Maypole::Manual::Inheritance
135 Added Maypole::Manual::Terminology
136 - updated Maypole::Manual::View
137 - updated Maypole::View:TT
138 Examples of fancy forms and templates using new features
141 HTTP::Body now required
142 CGI::Untaint >= 1.26 now required rather than >= 0
146 Multiple Template Paths added ( http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=13447 )
147 Small fix to templates/factory/frontpage ( http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=11236 )
148 MasonX support in Maypole::Application ( https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=12383 )
149 Maypole::Model::CDBI::Plain / Maypole Config issue ( http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bug.html?id=11530 )
150 Repeat Submission detection support ( Bug #6500 )
151 Fix to setup_database in Maypole::Model::CDBI ( Bug #12384 )
152 Fix to plugin to allow Maypole::Plugin::Config::YAML to work
153 Fix to Maypole::Model::CDBI order sub from list
154 Improvement to primary display column using CDBI
155 Improved efficiency of finding stringified columns using new classmetadata field
156 Fixed BeerDB to untaint pub fields
158 Additional Requirements : Digest::MD5
160 2.09 Mon Jan 25 22:00:00 2005
162 - Fixed plugin inheritance set up by Maypole::Application, added tests
165 - factory/addnew will only prefill values when there's a row creation error
168 2.08 Mon Jan 24 20:45:00 2005
169 - Added $r->config->template_extension() to set optional file extension
170 for templates (Dave Howorth)
173 - Maypole::Application adds plugin classes to caller's @ISA (Marcus Ramberg)
174 - FETCH_CODE_ATRIBUTES in M::M::Base should return an empty list if there
176 - M::M::CDBI will warn() about Class::DBI::FromCGI errors
179 2.07 Sun Jan 16 18:45:00 2005
180 (This version was not uploaded to CPAN)
183 - Removed Maypole::Model->description. It didn't work as expected and
184 clashed with 'description' columns in the database
187 - Model->process() shouldn't set $r->objects() to a list with a single,
189 - Fixed overriding $r->template_args->{classmetadata} in M::V::Base
190 (Thanks to Dave Howorth for spotting the mistake)
191 - #9473: Maypole::Model::CDBI->related_class (Thanks David Baird)
192 - #9434: M::M::CDBI->search generated "uninitialized value" warnings
195 - The addnew template will attempt to prefill form fields with request
197 - edit template includes 'addnew' if there is no object to edit
199 2.06 Wed Dec 29 01:30:00 2004
201 - Minor restructuring of the manual so search.cpan.org indexes it better
202 - #9129: Skip t/apache_mvc.t if Apache::Request isn't installed
205 2.05 Fri Dec 24 03:20:00 2004
206 - Revised and updated documentation. Many thanks to Dave Howorth for his
207 hard work and 120kb documentation patches.
208 - Added support for request and response HTTP headers with
209 $r->headers_in & $r->headers_out (Maypole::Headers)
210 - Support for compound primary keys for Maypole::Model::CDBI classes
211 - Template toolkit objects are configurable with M::Config->view_options
212 - Templating performance should be improved when running Maypole with
213 mod_perl since compiled templates remain in memory. CGI users can use
214 TT2's COMPILE_DIR or COMPILE_EXT options with
215 Maypole::Config->view_options to improve performance
218 - Added a new override for the model: fetch_objects().
219 - 'classmetadata' template variables can now be overriden individually
220 - New unit tests for Maypole, CGI::Maypole, Maypole::Headers, and others.
224 - Maypole::CLI is more tolerant of trailing slashes in the request/uri_base
225 - fixed a bug in CGI::Maypole::parse_location() (Dave Howorth)
226 - Also applied that fix to Apache::MVC (Marcus Ramberg)
227 - some fixes for Maypole::Config, Maypole::Model::Base and
228 Maypole::Model::CDBI::Plain (Dave Howorth)
229 - Documented adding new accessors to Maypole::Config
230 - Added Apache::RequestIO to Apache::MVC (michael#diaspora.gen.nz)
231 - Applied patch to fix length of utf8 documents.
232 - support compound primary keys in CDBI fetch_objects.
233 - Check if has_a actually points to a Maypole::Model (Dave Howorth)
234 - Make test suite work with DBD::SQLite2
235 - default search() action removes empty fields from search parameters
236 - #6622 - Maypole::Application will create a separate Maypole::Config for
237 each application (instead of the current workaround for multiple apps
239 - #7643 - improve M::V::Base's error() messages. prefix error with label,
241 - #7651 - minor POD improvements in M::M::CDBI (Dave Howorth)
242 - #7834 - minor POD update in M::M::CDBI (Kevin Connor)
243 - #7917 - if do_edit fails for object creation, try again with the correct
245 - #7930 - handle Class::DBI constraint failures in do_edit.
248 - add support for compound primary keys in factory templates
249 (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
250 - Only show buttons for public actions.
251 (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
252 - Split the meat of the view template off to a view_item macro.
254 - Other assorted css/template fixes
257 2.04 Tue Oct 27 14:00:00 2004
258 - fixed Apache::MVC version (Randal Schwartz)
259 - fixed template_args (Dave Howorth)
260 - new Maypole::Config documentation (Dave Howorth)
261 - Maypole::Model::Base::process() no more steals you the first
262 arg after fetching objects
264 2.03 Tue Oct 26 13:00:00 2004
265 - increased version number of Apache::MVC
266 - fixed display_tables bug (Steve Simms)
267 - fixed templates, now again XHTML compliant
268 - documentation fix (Dave Howorth)
269 - only set charset for text/*
271 2.02 Mon Oct 25 13:00:00 2004
272 - Fixed charset in http header.
273 - replaced action links with forms in factory templates
275 2.01 Sun Oct 24 14:50:00 2004
276 - documentation fix to make t/03podcoverage happy
278 2.0 Fri Oct 22 20:00:00 2004
279 - added parse_args() (Simon Flack)
280 - call additional_data() and authenticate() for plain templates
281 - merged Apache2::MVC (mod_perl2 support) into Apache::MVC
282 - added Maypole::Application universal front-end
283 - config parameter handling for Maypole::Model::CDBI
284 - $r->{query} is now deprecated, use $r->{params} for GET and POST
285 - fixed multiple value handling (Simon Flack)
286 - added exception handling (Simon Flack)
287 - fixed documentation bugs
288 - changed default documentencoding to utf8. Change with
289 $r->config->{document_encoding}
290 - removed Maypole::View::Mason as it's distributed separately on CPAN.
291 - factory templates are now XHTML 1.1 compliant.
292 - made the config hash into -> Maypole::Config
293 - accessors for everything
295 - new documentation for Maypole.pm (Simon Flack)
296 - moved doc/*.pod to lib/Maypole/Manual
297 - added Maypole::Model::Base::is_public() to make it simple to overload
299 - added support for replacing use base qw/All My Modules/ with
300 use Maypole::Application qw/Redirect AnotherPlugin/; note that this
301 will only triggers with parameters to import, to preserve backwards
303 - fixed search ordering in Maypole::Model::CDBI and parameter
304 handling in CGI::Maypole (Dave Slack)
305 - sweet new factory templates (Danijel Milicevic)
306 - zero search fix (Dave Slack)
308 1.7 Sat Jul 17 20:15:26 BST 2004
309 - Emergency release - we lost the "use Maypole::Constants" from
312 1.6 Fri Jul 16 23:51:21 BST 2004
313 - Two very trivial fixes:
314 - Put ::Plain in the MANIFEST, so it actually ships this time
315 - Make CLI test == OK, not just true
317 1.5 Mon Jun 21 14:36:54 BST 2004
318 - CLI mode correctly uses Constants module
319 - Template footers as well as headers (Markus Ramberg)
320 - Fix problems on failed object create (Jesse Sheidlower)
321 - Fix related() to deal with latest version of Class::DBI (Markus)
322 - Add sample CSS to distribution
323 - Maypole::Model::CDBI::Plain, for those who already have a CDBI set
325 - Friendlier errors when a template can't be found
326 - Don't authenticate without a model class
327 - #6569 Passing DBI options in setup() (Mickael Joanne)
328 - #6571 User-defined ok_tables: patch
329 - #6572 Makefile patch: require up-to-date CBDI::AsForm (Markus Ramberg)
330 - #6573 Set empty params to '' instead of undef (Jody Belka)
331 - #6617 Required cols patch in CDBI.pm (Jesse Sheidlower)
333 1.4 Fri Apr 16 18:11:41 BST 2004
334 - Much, much more documentation
336 - CGI frontend (CGI::Maypole)
337 - Beginnings of a test suite
338 - Maypole::Constants module to remove dependency on Apache
339 - Refactoring of view classes to base/module-specific modules
340 - HTML::Mason view class
341 - Various small template bug fixes and enhancements
343 1.3 Fri Mar 26 19:16:33 GMT 2004
344 - Fix serious order/CDBI::Page interaction bug.
345 - Die if model/view class can't be compiled.
347 1.2 Thu Mar 25 12:35:21 GMT 2004
348 - Ensure safety when dereferencing any ->objects
349 - Support for the "frontpage" template
350 - Maypole itself no longer uses ->{ar}, which is now completely
351 refactored into the Apache::MVC class
352 - The beginnings of the documentation framework
353 - Support for paging and ordering in searches
354 - Stringify column changed from magic "name" to customizable
357 - Fix SQLite dependency
359 1.1 Wed Feb 25 10:29:25 GMT 2004
360 - Update CDBIL dependency
361 - Don't stringify to "name" if there isn't one
362 - Better support for authentication and template changes
363 - Full set of templates
364 - Allow passing of username and password to ->setup
365 - display_columns method
367 1.0 Wed Feb 11 17:34:12 GMT 2004
368 - Renamed from Apache::MVC to Maypole.
369 - Clearer separation of model and view classes from controller
370 - Factoring out of Apache-specific code back into Apache::MVC
372 0.2 Thu Feb 5 18:03:33 GMT 2004
373 - This release adds paging of list results and ordering by column
374 (ascending and descending)
376 0.01 Thu Jan 8 15:50:17 2004
377 - original version; created by h2xs 1.22 with options
378 -AX -b 5.6.0 -n Apache::MVC