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JPEACOCK / version-0.39 / Changes 
2004-04-13 21:15:32 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	M    util.c
	     Change scan_vstring to treat alpha versions like numeric if
	     appropriate (only one decimal)
	
	M    t/01base.t
	     Alter testing and add new tests for alpha version code
	
	M    lib/version.pm
	     Continue to improve (hopefully) POD including new alpha version
	     behavior
	
	M    README
	     Big red warnings about changing behavior
	
2004-04-12 20:53:52 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	New branch to fix alpha versions
	
2004-04-11 10:44:55 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	M    MANIFEST
	     Forgot to delete the version::AlphaBeta files from packing list
	
2004-04-11 10:43:34 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	D    lib/version
	D    t/02AlphaBeta.t
	     Delete these files and release independently on CPAN
	
	M    util.c
	     new() of version object makes copy
	
	M    t/01base.t
	     test new() on existing version object
	
	M    lib/version.pm
	M    README
	     Document new() and elimination of version::AlphaBeta from this distro
	
	M    version.xs
	     Only call vnumify() if a version object in UNIVERSAL::VERSION
	
2004-04-09 23:58:31 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Brnach for new version
	
2004-04-03 14:30:01 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    lib/version.pm
	     Change all uses of "new version" to "version->new()"
	     Check all examples against current code/behavior
	     Add doc warnings for edge cases
	
2004-03-27 22:45:18 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    util.c
	     quoted versions, e.g qv() and v-string, always get at least 3 terms 
	     change vstringify() to vnormal()
	     new vstringify() to display either vnumify() or vnormal() form
	
	*    util.h
	     Add #define for SVf (SV format) only needed for Perl 5.005_03
	
	*    version.xs
	     new XS class function normal()
	     UNIVERSAL::VERSION warning displays both numify() and normal() forms,
	     also returns exclusively numify() form
	
	*    lib/version.pm
	     Extensive POD rewrite to explain normal form and how stringify works
	
	*    t/01base.t
	     Altered tests to correspond to new stringify behavior
	
	*    README
	     Add warning about new stringify behavior
	
	*    ppport.h
	     Copied from recent bleadperl build
	
2004-03-23 21:07:08 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Create a new tag before changing anything
	
2004-02-01 20:30:01 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    README
	     Include a short blurb on the qv() operator
	
	*    lib/version.pm
	     Reformat the description of the qv() operator
	     Change the $VERSION for a release
	
	*    version.xs
	     Support using qv() with v-strings in Perl 5.8.1+
	
	*    t/01base.t
	     Tests for qv() and v-strings
	
2004-02-01 20:29:11 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Copy the files prior to updating to new version
	
2004-01-29 22:35:40 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Tag for 0.35.0 release
	
2004-01-29 21:46:15 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    lib/version.pm
	     Update the $VERSION prior to release
	
	*    MANIFEST
	     Remove Changes as it is now autocreated
	
	*    Makefile.PL
	     Autocreate Changes as part of 'dist' target
	
	*    util.c
	     Correct handling of v-strings in new_version()
	
	*    version.xs, util.c
	     Change use of SvPV_nolen() with SvPV() so that 5.005_03 works again
	
	*    t/01base.t
	     Add tests for v-string creation (skipped on Perl < 5.8.0)
	
2004-01-29 20:35:12 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    Create a branch from which to eventually release 0.35
	
2004-01-29 20:31:22 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    Belately create tag for version 0.34
	
2003-12-29 10:35:34 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    typemap
	     Stop automatically dereferencing input variable
	*    lib/version.pm
	     Update $VERSION for a change
	*    README
	     Include warning on memory leaks
	*    util.c
	     (new_version): use upg_version exclusively
	     (upg_version): move code from new_version here
	*    version.xs
	     Stop dereferencing input variables
	     Stop assuming that the PV has a value
	
2003-12-28 23:39:08 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*    t/01base.t
	     Replace postfix increment with prefix increment to prevent erroneous
	     "Attempt to free..." errors
	     Add test of CVS $Revision: $ style versions
	
	*    util.c
	     Rewrite new_version to free temporary string variable
	
	*    version.xs
	     Rewrite version->new() to eliminate temp string for CVS $Revision: $
	     Rewrite version->qv() to use scan_version instead of new_version
	
2003-12-21 13:00:05 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	M    version.xs
	     Go through code to ensure that there are no leaking scalars
	     Sadly, there are still leaks from version::VERSION of unknown origins
	
2003-12-20 19:27:00 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	M    t/02AlphaBeta.t
	M    lib/version/AlphaBeta.pm
	     Implement an alternate object representation
	     Overload stringify() with custom function
	
2003-10-25 21:17:52 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	M    t/02AlphaBeta.t
	     Add empty derived class and modify tests to run
	M    t/01base.t
	     Work around bug with postfix increment under all Perl < bleadperl
	
2003-09-10 15:05:07 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Fix for Ticket #3764 - need to strip final term before chop()
	Implement qv() function and document/test
	
	
2003-09-10 06:40:15 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Remove the changes file from the repository.
	Generate it before release:
	
		svn log file:///var/svn/modules/version/trunk
	
	and eventually by 'release.pl --changes'
	
	
2003-09-10 06:36:49 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Finish backporting bleadperl changes
	Special case test for 5.005_03
	Patch ppport.h to support IVSIZE for 5.005_03
	
	
2003-09-10 05:13:09 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	No, really delete the lines from MANIFEST
	Last bit of clean up in the POD
	
2003-09-10 04:59:31 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Delete version::Empty module and include in t/01base.t instead
	Correct MANIFEST (delete missing files and add ppport.h)
	Make version::stringify() return at least three subversions
	
2003-09-09 15:20:40 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Integrate changes from bleadperl
	Combine emptyclass.t test into 01base.t
	Use ppport.h instead of homebrewed #define's
	
	
2003-09-07 09:13:53 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Extend version::new() to handle derived classes
	Abstract t/01base.t into external file
	Create and test empty derived class
	
	FIX: "attempt to free unreferenced scalar" during testing
	
2003-07-09 10:11:57 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Merge changes made accidently on branch back to head
	
2003-06-13 21:34:50 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Forgot to commit this before releasing.
	
2003-06-13 15:02:11 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Correct the example code (again) to correct for CVS update problems
	
2003-06-13 14:56:27 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Reformatted POD's from <Matthew.Persico@Lazard.com>
	
2003-06-13 12:51:14 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Change reference from "beta" to "alpha" to follow PAUSE convention
	Add new function ->is_alpha() to test for alpha versions
	Add docs for all logical operations on version objects
	Fix example to have matching versions (old CVS issue)
	
2003-06-13 12:48:05 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Implement version::AlphaBeta module
	Copy repository history from CVS into subversion
	
2003-06-13 12:48:02 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	To prepare to load /home/jpeacock/tmp/version-0.28 into version/trunk,
	perform 2 renames.
	
	* version/trunk/t/1.t: Renamed from version/trunk/t/version.t.
	* version/trunk/lib/version.pm: Renamed from version/trunk/version.pm.
	
2003-01-05 17:45:41 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Extract most recent log messages for main file
	
2003-01-05 17:43:51 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Rewrite POD to call a v-string a v-string
	Reformat POD to look nicer
	
2003-01-05 17:42:16 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Make vnumify return an actual NV (instead of an SV which looks like one)
	
2003-01-05 17:40:50 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Make warnings even more dire
	
2003-01-05 17:37:32 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	change comment message to more accurately reflect the test
	
2002-12-27 10:15:29 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Rewrite to support new model of "Numeric Versions" and "String Versions"
	
2002-12-17 21:28:48 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	New version to cope with GSAR's vision of bare number versions
	
2002-12-05 06:51:34 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Make -w clean tests
	
2002-12-05 05:41:24 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Bring into sync with perl-current
	
2002-11-18 05:35:54 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Bring current with repository version
	
2002-11-18 05:33:23 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Fix compile errors under threaded Perl's
	Supress {Unquoted string version} warnings
	
2002-11-18 05:33:23 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	
	Fix compile errors under threaded Perls
	
2002-11-18 05:24:17 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Fix compile errors under threaded Perl's
	Supress {Unquoted string "version"} warnings
	
2002-10-14 21:27:00 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Fix typos
	Fix handling of null versions
	
2002-10-10 20:41:54 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	use Perl_croak from C code
	
2002-10-08 20:51:20 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Recover gracefully to null versions (rather than core)
	
2002-10-08 20:44:24 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Recover gracefully to null versions (rather than core)
	
2002-10-04 22:57:00 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Document extended decimal version parsing
	
2002-10-04 21:01:45 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Force all files to next major revision (so the version works)
	
2002-10-04 20:53:33 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Add tests for 1.002003 => 1.2.3
	
2002-10-04 20:53:10 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Add support for 1.002003 => 1.2.3
	
2002-10-04 20:31:01 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Remove dependency on Exporter.pm
	
2002-09-29 19:46:23 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Update with version from perl-current
	
2002-09-29 19:44:47 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Change vstringify and vnumify
	Reword main POD slightly
	
2002-09-28 14:38:15 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Final changes to release to CPAN
	Merged code into perl-current
	
2002-09-28 06:21:16 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Ready to release to CPAN
	
2002-09-28 06:15:34 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	POD changes
	
2002-09-28 06:15:16 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Cannot use SvPV_nolen in 5.005_03
	
2002-09-22 21:40:02 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Document the UNIVERSAL::VERSION replacement
	
2002-09-22 21:23:01 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Successfully create and test my own UNIVERSAL::VERSION replacement
	
2002-09-16 15:35:58 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Improve the testing of beta versions
	
2002-09-16 08:12:49 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	More POD changes
	
2002-09-16 07:52:08 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Add additional testing
	Add POD
	
2002-09-16 06:17:41 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Finally works in 5.005_03, 5.6.1, and 5.8.0
	
2002-09-15 06:13:51 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Doesn't work any more?
	
2002-09-14 16:08:23 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	working AV objects in 5.6.x only
	
2002-09-14 16:08:23 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	*** empty log message ***
	
2002-09-13 23:12:25 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Finished for the night
	
2002-09-13 22:28:39 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	almost working AV style version objects
	
2002-09-13 21:59:09 John Peacock <jpeacock@cpan.org>
	
	Initial revision