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Changes for version 1.0001 - 2010-04-24

  • Make this 1.0!

Changes for version 0.999_05 - 2010-04-21

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed the timing to make -l and -L an abstract path (ash)

Changes for version 0.999_04 - 2010-04-19

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed installationg from arbitrary URLs or file paths

Changes for version 0.999_03 - 2010-04-14

  • Improvements
    • Fixed a problem when uninstalling shadows fail with an old ExtUtils::Install by bootstrapping it to require 1.46

Changes for version 0.999_02 - 2010-04-13

  • Improvements
    • Improved --skip-installed so sub packages version in a distribution can be compared correctly
    • --look command is now back, per popular demands
  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed broken configure_requires in 0.999_01

Changes for version 0.999_01 - 2010-04-12

  • This is the first release candidate for 1.00
  • INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES
    • Do not support (undocumented) CPANMINUS_* environment variable anymore. Use PERL_CPANM_* instead
    • Plugins are not supported anymore. They will be available as part of a new client!
    • Deleted --look command
    • Deleted --recent command
  • Improvements
    • Get metadata from search.cpan.org before fetching tarballs, which makes commands like --info or --skip-installed much faster. #3, #8, #9
    • Added --mirror option where you can specify the mirror base URL
    • Added --prompt option that asks users to skip, force install, retry or look when test fails #23
    • When one of the dependencies fail to install, cpanm bails out the installation of source dist by default. --prompt will ask if you want to install anyway
    • Added a man page for cpanm
  • Developer Fixes
    • Do not display 'Already tried...' message by default
    • Set non-zero exit code if one or more modules failed to build

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