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Revision history for Pod-Readme

v1.2.1    2018-10-30 18:23:48+00:00 Europe/London
  [Documentation]
  - Added note about Github Flavoured Markdown (GFM) support
    to Changes for v1.2.0.

  [Other]
  - Restore license to "Perl_5" that was inadvertently changed
    in the conversion to use Dist::Zilla, GH#25.

v1.2.0    2018-10-29 19:24:01+00:00 Europe/London
  [Bug Fixes]
  - Specify minimum version of List::Util, GH#22.

  [Enhancements]
  - Added "md" as an alias for "markdown" in pod2readme.

  - Added "github" or "gfm" for Github Flavored Markdown in
    pod2readme, GH#15.

  [Incompatabilities]
  - Removed DistZilla type from Pod::Readme::Types, as it was not
    necessary.

  [Toolchain]
  - Remove use of Module::Install, fixes GH#21.

  - Use Dist::Zilla to build the distribution.

v1.1.2 2014-12-09 18:55 GMT
  [Bug Fixes]
  - Regex in changes plugin fixed to work with Perl 5.21 deprecated
    syntax [khwilliamson].

v1.1.1 2014-12-04 13:11 GMT
  [Bug Fixes]
  - The changes plugin will work with Dist::Zilla v1.2.1    2018-10-30 18:23:48+00:00 Europe/London tokens.

v1.1.0 2014-12-03 19:08 GMT
  [Documentation]
  - Fixed typos in POD for requires plugin.

  [Enhancements]
  - Pod::Readme::Filter has a zilla attribute for Dist::Zilla objects.

  - The requires plugin will use metadata from the Dist::Zilla object
    if it is set, rather than looking for a META.yml file (which will
    not exist, if this is used in a Dist::Zilla plugin).

v1.0.3 2014-11-07 18:58 GMT
  - Fixed bug with minimum version of Class::Method::Modifiers.

v1.0.2 2014-10-13 22:18 BST
  - No changes since v1.0.1_08, just a version bump for a release.

  - See the full list of changes since v1.0.0 for more details.

  [Enhancements]
  - This is a complete rewrite, using modern Perl with Moo.

  - Added support for plugins, along with plugins to insert the module
    version, prerequisites and the latest changes.

  - Added the ability to generate a README in a variety of formats,
    such as POD, Markdown, HTML, RTF, etc.

  - Added command-line options to the pod2readme script, including the
    ability to specify the output format.

  - Switched to semantic versioning.

  - The documentation has been updated accordingly.

  [Incompatabilities]
  - Perl v5.10.1 is required.

  - This is no longer a subclass of a POD parser, although it has some
    wrapper methods for compatability with software known to use it.

v1.0.1_08 2014-10-13
  [Documentation]
  - More documentation tweaks.

v1.0.1_07 2014-10-10 16:47 BST
  [Documentation]
  - More documentation tweaks.

  [Enhancements]
  - Added a depends_on method that returns a list of files that the
    README depends on.

  - Added dependencies_updated method to check if dependencies have
    been updated.

  - The README is only updated if dependencies have been updated.

  - Added a --force option to pod2readme to force updates.

  [Other Changes]
  - Moved pod2readme tests to xt directory for author tests, due to
    inconsistent behaviour on different platforms.

v1.0.1_06 2014-10-10
  [Documentation]
  - More documentation tweaks.

  - Changed pod2readme usage text to match abstract.

  [Bug Fixes]
  - Added minimum Perl version to Makefile.PL.

  - Removed use of Path::Class in pod2readme utility.

  [Other Changes]
  - Added rudimentary tests for pod2readme script.

  [Enhancements]
  - The requires plugin uses minimum module versions to check if a
    module is in the core-list.

v1.0.1_05 2014-10-09 19:36 BST
  [Documentation]
  - Corrected typos in POD.

  [Bug Fixes]
  - Disabled use of Test::Kit, since it seems to have problems with
    Test::Builder 1.301001_056.

v1.0.1_04 2014-10-08 23:27 BST
  [Documentation]
  - Changed abstract to make the module's purpose more obvious.

  [Bug Fixes]
  - Added missing IO::String prereq to tests.

v1.0.1_03 2014-10-08 22:42 BST
  [Documentation]
  - Added Acknowledgements section to POD.

  [Bug Fixes]
  - Added minimum version prereq of Moo to fix issue with undef
    defaults.

  [Enhancements]
  - Changed to use Path::Tiny instead of Path::Class.

  - Reverted back to using Exporter, since most core modules already
    use it.

v1.0.1_02 2014-10-08 00:49 BST
  [Documentation]
  - Added missing timestamp to Changes.

  - Updated README.pod.

  [Other Changes]
  - Changed how versions are defined in modules, to handle quirks of
    namespace::autoclean.

  - Changed to use Exporter::Lite.

v1.0.1_01 2014-10-08 00:26 BST
  [Bug Fixes]
  - Fixed argument name for include command.

  - Changed tests to compare files so they handle different Windows
    line endings.

  [Documentation]
  - Fixed POD errors and typos.

  [Enhancements]
  - Switched to use Type::Tiny-based types, with stricter constraints.

  - Switched to use Moo instead of Moose.

  [Other Changes]
  - Minor internal code tweaks.

v1.0.0_03 2014-09-24 21:14 BST
  [Bug Fixes]
  - The tests for the requires plugin handle non-author builds.

  - Fix for tests on some systems.

  [Enhancements]
  - Show path of missing META.yml file in requires plugin.

  [Documentation]
  - Consistent names in POD.

  - Fixed typos in Changes file.

  [Other Changes]
  - Added hooks for author tests in Makefile.PL.

  - Fixed license metadata error to make CPANTS happy, and to be
    consistent with license in the POD.

  - Tests use Exporter instead of Exporter::Lite.

  - Tests use Test::Kit rather than Test::Most, and explicitly import
    the tests modules that they use.

  - Removed redundant prereqs from Makefile.PL.

v1.0.0_02 2014-09-24 14:14 BST
  [Bug Fixes]
  - Fixed minimum version of some prerequisites for tests.

  [Enhancements]
  - Added parse_from_file and parse_from_filehandle methods for
    backwards compatability.

  [Other Changes]
  - Added more tests.

  - The bugtracker URL now refers to the GitHub issues list at
    https://github.com/bigpresh/Pod-Readme/issues
    instead of RT.

  - Added a version to all modules in the distribution, and a version
    QA test to the repo.

  [Documentation]
  - Added missing date to Changes.

  - Fixed typos in POD and README.

  - Added stub POD to Pod::Readme::Filter.

  - Fixed a daft typo in the Changes file.

  - Documented known issue in the requires plugin.

  - The README is now a POD document.

v1.0.0_01 2014-09-23 13:58 BST
  [Incompatabilities]
  - Major rewrite, using modern Perl v5.10.1.

  - This module is no longer a subclass of a POD parsing
    module. Instead, it is a simple POD filter.

  [New Features]
  - Added support for plugins.

  - Added a "changes" plugin for parsing Changes files.

  - Added a "version" plugin for including the current version.

  - Added a "requires" plugin for listing module requirements.

  - The pod2readme script has been rewritten to take a variety of
    options, and can generate various formats, such as HTML, Markdown,
    POD or RTF.

  [Documentation]
  - Changes rewritten to conform to CPAN::Changes::Spec.

  - README is now in Markdown format.

  [Other Changes]
  - Switched to semantic versioning.

  - Added MANIFEST.SKIP to distribution.

  - QA tests are no longer part of the distribution.

  - Makefile.PL uses Module::Install.

0.11  2010-12-09

  - Recognise the =encoding directive, rather than dying when it's
    encountered.
    TODO: actually take heed of it.
    Thanks to Ivan Bessarabov for bringing this to my attention!

0.10  2010-05-19

  - David Precious <davidp@preshweb.co.uk> taking over maintainership

  - Apply POD fix patch from RT #38328, thanks to David A. Desrosiers

0.09  2006-11-25

  - uses Regexp::Common for URI parsing for L<> tag

  - added separate check for https, ftps, and svn URIs (rt.cpan.org
    bugs 23585 and 23613)

0.081 2006-05-07

  - released package without signature, due to Module::Signature
    issues

0.08  2006-05-01

  - head3/4 headings not recognized

  - went back to using Pod::PlainText

0.07  2006-02-11

  - added min version to use Pod::Text statement in source

  - removed multiple plans from the podcover test

0.06  2006-02-09

  - eliminated a warning about uninitialized values

  - recognizes =head3 and =head4 headings (from Pod::Text)

  - uses Pod::Text instead of Pod::PlainText

  - added internal documentation

  - added various QA tests

  - added "test" and "tests" as a rejected format

0.05 2005-06-07

  - pod2readme will backup an existing README file

  - minor updates to the documentation

0.04  2005-05-18

  - known other formats such as "html" are rejected

  - added missing prereq IO::File in Build.PL

  - added debug option

  - typos and tweaks for documentation

0.03  2005-05-08

  - added documentation to pod2readme script

  - include file start/stop marks are now Regexps

  - added more tests

  - multiple readme types can be specified in a command

0.02  2005-05-06

  - added tests (much needed!)

  - fixed issue with links being changed to refer to manpages

0.01  2005-04-20

  - original version