Revision history for Perl extension Parallel::Forker
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* Parallel::Forker 1.260 2020-05-23
**** Add poll_interval function.
* Parallel::Forker 1.258 2020-05-16
**** Fix 10_forker.t skip count, rt132640. [Slaven Rezic]
* Parallel::Forker 1.256 2020-05-15
**** Add run_pre_start option.
* Parallel::Forker 1.254 2020-03-07
**** Speed up non-author tests.
* Parallel::Forker 1.252 2019-10-25
**** Documentation cleanups for github release.
* Parallel::Forker 1.250 2019-09-17
**** Fix CPAN missing tarball, no functional change.
* Parallel::Forker 1.236 2019-03-10
**** Remove texinfo dependency on building README.
* Parallel::Forker 1.234 2017-04-26
**** Fix tests '.' for Perl 5.26.0, rt121025. [Dan Collins]
* Parallel::Forker 1.232 2010-11-02
*** Add ::Forker process method. [by Niels van Dijke]
*** Add ::Process state and state_stats methods. [by Niels van Dijke]
* Parallel::Forker 1.231 2010-07-01
**** Fix rsh test failure.
**** Use Test::More to simplify test failure debugging.
* Parallel::Forker 1.230 2010-06-16
** Add reap_processes and reap to reclaim memory. [by Muir Manders]
*** Fix memory leak. [by Muir Manders]
**** Fix Pod::Usage dependency, rt51024. [Andreas Koenig]
* Parallel::Forker 1.225 2010-01-12
**** Documentation updates.
* Parallel::Forker 1.224 2009-05-19
** This package is now licensed under LGPL v3 and/or Artistic v2.0.
**** Fix ignore files to support GIT.
* Parallel::Forker 1.223 2008-11-14
*** Add in_parent method and recommend usage, rt40886. [Ton Voon]
* Parallel::Forker 1.222 2008/1/29
*** Run processes in sorted rather than hash order. [Bryce Denney]
**** Reorganize kit to use lib directory, for easier standalone use.
* Parallel::Forker 1.221 2007/6/12
*** Warn, but allow users to set SIG{CHLD}='IGNORE'. [Kevin Montuori]
**** Warn if use_sig_child is undefined, as need to know if on or off.
**** Report error if create or schedule a task, and the same name exists.
**** Documentation cleanups. [Bryce Denney]
* Parallel::Forker 1.220 2007/2/2
**** Add use_sig_child method, and accelerate poll. [Darrell Bishop]
* Parallel::Forker 1.214 2007/2/1
**** Fix hang in applications that call poll without sig_child.
This broke in 1.212 and 1.213. [Venkataramana Mokkapati]
* Parallel::Forker 1.213 2007/1/28
**** Internal refactoring of poll and wait_all routines.
**** Documentation cleanups. [Darrell Bishop]
* Parallel::Forker 1.212 2007/1/23
**** Extend poll() to allow multiple processes to complete. [Darrell Bishop]
This means poll() has no return value; the old return was undocumented.
* Parallel::Forker 1.211 2006-10-03
**** Fix kill_tree causing _subprocesses error message
* Parallel::Forker 1.210 2006-05-19
*** Internal reorganization of modules and comments.
* Parallel::Forker 1.202 2006-04-05
**** Remove Schedule::Load dependency. [Alan Burlison]
* Parallel::Forker 1.201 2006-03-30
*** Add last-run PID number to write_tree output file. [Jeff Dutton]
*** Fix poll() setting activity with no runnable processes. [Jeff Dutton]
* Parallel::Forker 1.200 2005-10-19
** First public release.
* Parallel::Forker 1.100 2002-10-27
** Support running processes when other processes fail.
* Parallel::Forker 1.000 2002-07-26
** First created
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