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Changes for version 1.000000 - 2014-10-03

  • 00 - Important - Version Scheme Change
    • Using 1.xxxyyy ( mantissa=6 ) instead of 0.xxxyyyzz
    • This may affect hand-operated downstreams
    • This is the primary reason for the 1.x on the box.
  • 01 - Important - Toolkit Switch
    • Tooling now uses ExtUtils::MakeMaker
    • This may affect hand-operated downstreams
    • "Latest" Testing dependencies now merely recommendations.
    • https://questhub.io/realm/perl/quest/5388cc12bbd0be5b2500011f
  • Dependencies::Stats
    • Dependencies changed since 0.04000100, see misc/*.deps* for details
    • build: -1
    • configure: +1 -1 (recommends: +1)
    • develop: +46 -2 (recommends: -1, suggests: +1 ↑1)
    • runtime: +2 -1 (suggests: -2)
    • test: +2 ↓1 -2 (recommends: +3)
  • Internals
    • use lower level Exporter code instead of Sub::Exporter
    • Avoid need for builder method and bake implementation at USE
    • Newer technique for passing vivifable references around internally employed to make parameter passing more apparent.
  • Metadata
    • Specify email address in copyright data
    • Migrate repo to kentnl org.
  • Packaging
    • Smarter Handling of Win32 Prereqs

Modules

Capture Stdout/Stderr simultaneously as if it were one stream, painlessly.
Implementation of IPC::Run::Fused for POSIX-ish systems.
Implementation of IPC::Run::Fused for Win32