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Changes for version v3.0.5 - 2016-07-19

  • SECURITY
    • Fix: Stop dereference symbolic links: non-intuitive and potentially dangerous (possibly introduced in error intended to enable recursion). Sandro Mani++
  • Test Suite
    • Fix tighten rest-requirement on Software::License to versions supporting new_from_short_name().
  • Other
    • Avoid type constraints and all but one coercion, for a 30% speedup in script initialization.
    • Move find routine to library.
    • Stop call system command find in script (uses Path::Tiny::visit instead).
    • Tidy script to rename $file → $path and $files_count → $paths_count where not yet resolved as file.

Documentation

simple license checker for source files

Modules

functions for a simple license checker for source files