1 2009-12-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
5 * bzip2 support should now be on par with gzip
7 * allow Foo/Bar.pm on the commandline to mean Foo::Bar (suggested by
10 * bugfix: quit, exit, and bye did not allow a trailing space
12 * address #51018: do not switch to default sites when we have a
13 user-configured urllist (reported by Marc Lehmann)
15 * bugfix for programming interface (shell did not suffer from this):
16 localize $CPAN::Distrostatus::something_has_failed_at properly so it
17 gets reset after each command (bug inspection by brian d foy)
19 * added lib/App/Cpan.pm from brian d foy and update cpan script to his
22 * major rewrite of the FirstTime experience for new users (including
23 auto-pick of download sites) (by David Golden)
25 * improved support for Perl core module deprecation (by David Golden)
27 2009-10-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
31 * address #48803: avoid 'unreached' if not following
32 configure_requires (David Golden)
34 * solaris tar gets more handholding to avoid solaris tar errors (David
37 * allow calling make/test/install with regexp if unambiguous (Andreas
40 * new config variable version_timeout used in
41 CPAN::Module::parse_version() (Jerry D. Hedden)
43 * streamline first time configuration to be more intuitive and less
46 * bugfix: eexpect in mode=anyorder with reuse=1 did not consume the
47 output (Andreas Koenig)
49 * now with 355 distroprefs files
51 2009-09-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
55 * bugfix: wrong diagnostic message on old Archive::Tar
57 * test fix: additional quoting in test t/31sessions.t for systems where
58 cwd contains whitespace (bug reported by Curtis Jewell)
60 * portability fix: By-pass alarm() calls if we're running under perl
61 5.6.x && $OS is Windows. (burak)
63 * address rt #47774: allow duplicate mention of modules in Makefile
66 * portability fixes to OS2 (Ilya Zakharevich)
68 * fix cpan -r (David Golden, ported back from 5.10.1)
70 * work around win32 URI::file volume bug (David Golden)
72 * portability fix: use dir() instead of path() on file URLs (David Golden)
74 * portability fix: removed my_dot_config as it doesn't exist in
75 File::HomeDir any more (Tomas Doran)
77 * bugfix: prerequisites declared with the string "==" now supported (bug
78 reported by Elliot Shank)
80 2009-06-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
82 * release 1.9402, nearly identical to 1.94_01 with these additions:
84 * protect build_dir_reuse to not process irrelevant yaml files;
85 addressing a bug report by Asif Iqbal on cpan-discuss mailing list
87 * doc fix by Dan Dascalescu
89 2009-06-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
91 * release 1.94_01, a candidate for the next stable release
93 * friendlier CPAN shell startup message (RT#46869 by ADAMK)
95 * sets $Archive::Tar::CHOWN=0 and $Archive::Tar::SAME_PERMISSIONS=0;
96 (RT#46384 reported by John Lightsey)
98 * fix CPAN Testers reports summary for new website YAML format
99 (RT#46652; David Golden)
101 * continuing to improve error handling on unplugged operation (tracked
104 * fix RT#46378: what happens when using 'o conf urllist' for reordering
106 2009-05-24 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
108 * this is release 1.94
110 * since 1.93_54 one test was changed that had been failing when
111 Text::Glob was not installed.
113 * since 1.93 (which was released 2008-10-12) changes are documented in
114 the release notes for 1.93_5[1234] below. Here is a quick summary:
115 SQLite dependency tracking fixed; packaging works around bugs in Solaris
116 tar; fixed ls on subdirectories; tested with YAML::XS; support for
117 MYMETA.yml; CPAN.pm file split into separate files; mega doc/English
118 corrections; negated match variables in distroprefs
120 * thanks to Gisle Aas, Tom Christiansen, Alexandr Ciornii, Nicholas
121 Clark, Jan Dubois, David Golden, Randy Kobes, Olivier 'dolmen' Mengué,
122 Steffen Müller, Slaven Rezić, Michael Schwern, Gábor Szabó, Frank
123 Wiegand and many others for providing patches, bugreports and valuable
126 2009-05-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
128 * this is release 1.93_54 (another release candidate for 1.94, I had
129 overlooked the github fork by Alexandr)
131 * Help Strawberry perl #41537: will prefer perl unpack modules (unless
132 it is bz2). (Alexandr Ciornii)
134 * address #43779: test failures when NFS involved (Alexandr Ciornii)
136 * adjust tests for 5.6.2 and when no yaml module is available
138 2009-05-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
140 * this is release 1.93_53 (release candidate for 1.94)
142 * address #45470: pod synopsis fix submitted by Olivier 'dolmen' Mengué
144 * bugfix: @$urllist could break on an undefined urllist, now protected
146 * bugfix: Work around the troubles posed by Acme::BadExample
148 * bugfix: address #43813: solaris tar cannot deal with long paths
150 2009-04-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
152 * this is release 1.93_52 (dev release towards 1.94)
154 * shake out missings after the split into many files
156 * Win32 fixes by Jan Dubois
158 * CPAN::SQLite support fixes by Randy Kobes
160 * completion on distros works now at least on the "d" command when using
161 pretty id ( eg. USERID/Foo-<TAB> )
163 * experimental support for deprecated.pm only enabled on perl 5.11
165 * address #37531: ls on subdirectories did not work as one would
166 expect (reported by Slaven Rezic)
168 * address #28438: do not create the author directory if we have a file
169 URL (reported by Schwern)
171 * all distroprefs now more YAML compliant
173 * tested with YAML::XS and documented as such
175 * patch by Gisle Aas to catch not compiling regexps in distroprefs
177 * patch by David Golden to support MYMETA.yml
179 * address #44549: support users who do not want to connect to the
180 internet but still configure us to run in an intranet or with a minicpan
181 on the local disk (reported by Nicholas Clark)
183 2009-02-28 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
185 * this is release 1.9304 (same as 1.93_03, just version changed to mark
188 2009-02-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
190 * this is release 1.93_51 (dev release towards 1.94)
192 * major surgery: split all packages within the CPAN.pm file into
193 separate files. Requested by Gabor Szabo who also submitted an initial
196 * major surgery: relocate the repository to github, adjust all SVN
197 related code in the Makefile.PL to git, and remove all files that are
198 not directly relevant to CPAN.pm. (David Golden and Andreas Koenig)
200 * mega doc and English patch by Tom Christiansen and David Golden
202 * chmod the build directories to be world readable (suggested by Slaven Rezic)
204 * fix broken perldoc command (Randy Kobes)
206 * Use Parse::CPAN::Meta not Parse::Metayaml (Steffen Mueller)
208 * Negated match variables in distroprefs (Gisle Aas)
210 * new batch signing key PAUSE2009.pub included
212 * this is release 1.93_03
214 2009-02-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
216 * this is release 1.93_03 (preparation of stable 1.9304)
218 * more backporting from trunk
220 * PAUSE2009.pub included
222 * s/cpantesters.perl.org/www.cpantesters.org/
224 2009-01-11 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
226 * this is release 1.93_02
228 * the underscore is there because it is the first git based release, it
229 as a test ballon for the merge with bleadperl. I expect it will become
232 * upgrade repo to github
234 * more caution when running in degraded mode
236 * default for connect-to-internet-ok to 0 again (for 5.8.9 a quick fix
237 against bootstrapping problems was to set it to 1; now the resulting
238 error message makes clear what's going on)
240 * typo corrections (Frank Wiegand, David Golden)
242 * backport Parse::CPAN::Meta patch from trunk (Steffen Mueller, David Golden)
244 2008-10-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
246 * this is release 1.9301
248 * tests, as always, badly written tests! (RT #39994, #40001)
250 2008-10-12 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
252 * this is release 1.93
254 * no changes against 1.92_66 except in the distroprefs directory (which
255 is not used by default)
257 * highlights include:
259 * selection of displayed modules during the 'r' command more intuitive
260 (at the same time order of modules changed because we run two passes)
262 * several relevant bugfixes, including one related to security
263 (setting $Archive::Tar::CHMOD=0 to prevent undesired world writable
264 directories and files)
266 * for details see below the changes entries for 1.92_51 to 1.92_66.
268 * thanks to the many contributors who have made this release possible
270 2008-09-30 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
272 * release 1.92_66 FEATURE FREEZE for 1.93
274 * if nothing serious happens this will become 1.93 in a few days
276 * security fix: Archive::Tar should not preserve permissions in the
277 tarball; extracted file permissions will be set from users umask instead
280 * improve on dealing with a tarball with zero permissions (thanks to
281 RPHANEY/openStatisticalServices-0.018.tar.gz)
283 2008-09-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
285 * release 1.92_65 (aiming at 1.93 once again)
287 * address #39243: signature test now skips when no SHA module available
288 (requested by M Schwern)
290 * adjust skip message formatting to Test::Harness 3.13 strictness
292 * now with 344 distroprefs files
294 2008-09-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
298 * workaround for tarballs containing a pax_global_header comment
299 (reported by David Cantrell and Jan Dubois)
301 * set the PERL5LIB also on the look command (suggested by Slaven Rezic)
303 * better protection against invalid index files
305 * fix esoteric bug in build_dir_reuse/reset_tested (David Golden)
307 * allow more than 100 commands in history (Rodrigo Marchant)
309 * preserve modification and owner bits when overwriting FTPstats.yml
312 * address #32841: Location of .cpan Inconsistent on Mac OS X (David Wheeler)
314 * updated the FAQ about choosing mirror sites
316 * now with 343 distroprefs files (the curve is flattening)
318 2008-06-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
322 * The CPAN::PERL5INC experiment didn't work and all related code was
323 removed. Because PERL5OPT "-M" switches are resolved after command line
324 "-M" switches, CPAN::PERL5INC sets @INC too late for any PL code or
325 tests that load prerequisite modules with "-M" on a command line.
327 * fixed some localization bugs seen on 5.6.2 (David Golden)
329 * added 'perl5lib_verbosity' config option to silence 'added to
330 PERL5LIB' messages (David Golden)
332 * now with 340 distroprefs files
334 2008-05-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
338 * fixed PERL5INC tempfile leak when running without lock file
341 * better prereq and distropref disabled support under build_dir_reuse
344 * distropref cache won't persist across sessions with build_dir_reuse
347 * patch from chocelateboy: found a FileHandle->new with an argument
349 * fix "exiting subroutine via last" bug (patch from Gisle Aas)
351 * finishing the CPAN::Distroprefs refactoring (Hans Dieter Pearcey)
353 * silence noisy tests
355 * now with 320 distroprefs files
357 2008-04-25 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
361 * regain 5.005 compat (Slaven Rezic)
363 * fixed PERL5INC/YAML::Syck tainting @INC issue (David Golden)
365 * major distroprefs code refactoring into new module CPAN::Distroprefs,
366 adding tests (Hans Dieter Pearcey)
368 * cpan script upgraded to 1.53 (brian d foy)
370 * rework the whole experimental "feature" thingie since the META.yml
373 * address #30464 (imacat): small refactoring and extend the loop
374 protection from install only on make_test
376 * repair broken smoke command
378 * now with 309 distroprefs files
380 2008-03-26 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
382 * release 1.92_60: gearing towards a new stable release
386 * documented that the support for optional_features is not yet ready for
389 * now with 297 distroprefs files
391 2008-03-16 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
393 * release 1.92_59: new distroprefs parameter match/env; bugfixing
395 * address #34104: add match/env into the distroprefs mix (suggested by
398 * add reset_tested() function to forget distributions previously tested
399 in a session, which resets the list of directories added to PERL5LIB
402 * address #34062: regain lost 'cpan .' command (reporter Slaven Rezic)
404 * shut up "exited subroutine via last" warning in an expect loop
406 * address #34102: wrong diagnostic message when no META.yml was there
407 (reporter Slaven Rezic)
409 * CPAN::PERL5INC now also used in available_file() so that testers that
410 do not install can continue to work as before this module was introduced
412 * new protection against subtly broken META.yml files (testcase provided
413 by Form-Processor-Model-DBIC-0.01)
415 * cleanup some files on whitespace, notably CRLF files that could
416 confuse some svn clients
418 * experimental support for optional_features in META.yml (pre-alpha)
420 * now with 287 distroprefs files
422 2008-03-12 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
424 * release 1.92_58: bugfix
426 * new module CPAN::PERL5INC repleaces the current PERL5INC stuff for
427 larger numers of directories involved
429 * force pragma can now override the effect of 'disabled' in distroprefs
432 * speed up find_perl by caching absolute path in $^X (discovered by
435 * new FAQ entries about the build directory
437 * now with 284 distroprefs files
439 2008-02-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
441 * release 1.92_57: getting closer to 1.93
443 * address #32823: fix a (rare) case where the make_args were appended to
444 the commandline on the call to ./Build (reported by David Golden and
447 * applied a patch from Randy Kobes to update index before a query when
448 CPAN::SQLite is active
450 * added 'halt_on_failure' config option to halt queue processing after
451 the first failure rather than processing all remaining items
452 (patch by David Golden; requested by Andrew Hampe and Matisse Enzer)
454 * address #33505: allow empty passwords in the config and pass proxy
455 data through to curl (suggestions by kevinarpe)
457 * new diagnostics when CPAN.pm is required a second time. Introduce a
458 sleep period when it is required several times because then a loop might
459 be the cause and this might provide a clue to the user.
461 * address #32525: when running the 'r' command, try to display the
462 module name that is best suited for the distribution name (suggestion
463 and prove of concept implementation by imacat)
465 * speed up distroprefs on eexpect/anyorder by reducing timeout to 1
466 second and retrying until full timeout reached
468 * address 32923: allow =head1 CONTENT without regard to case (David
471 * Now with 277 distroprefs files
473 2008-02-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
475 * release 1.92_56: unstable release both bugfixes and new features
477 * addressing #32841: fixing wrong usage of HOME vs File::HomeDir spotted
478 by Randy Kobes based on a bugreport by David Wheeler; with help from
479 Schwern and Adam Kennedy and I'm sure this will need more iterations.
481 * added 'trust_test_report_history' config option; when set, CPAN will
482 skip tests for a distribution and rely on test report results if a prior
483 test report is found; requires CPAN::Reporter 1.07_02
485 * protect against the infamous bug in Safe 2.13 that causes data
486 corruption and ugly error messages like unknown method version::("")) or
489 * let people disable the direct usage of gzip and tar by supplying a
490 whitespace config variable
492 * improvements to PPM support by Randy Kobes
494 * now with 274 distroprefs files
496 2007-12-30 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
498 * release 1.92_55: unstable release bugfix
500 * address #32003: if untar breaks we broke too much of the session
502 * regain 5.6.1 compatibility in the testsuite
504 * improve diagnostics in t/31sessions.t to understand better what's up
507 * fail gracefully on distroprefs parse error
509 * now with 267 distroprefs files
511 2007-12-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
513 * release 1.92_54: unstable release bugfix
515 * document how redirection in the shell works
517 * skip distros in the smoke command when they match m|/Bundle-| (quick
518 hack suggested by David Golden)
520 * address #31825: wrong location of MyConfig.pm in Config.pm on OS X
521 (patch by Michael Stillwell)
523 * address #31750: fix the logic when Compress::Zlib is not installed,
524 add a test to verify it
526 2007-12-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
528 * release 1.92_53: unstable release low priority
530 * now with 262 distroprefs files
532 * fix the bug where CPAN.pm refused to upgrade to Test::Harness 3
533 because Test::Harness was too old (Eric Wilhelm)
535 * skip tests when YAML too old
537 * default changed in Firsttime: prefer the conservative choice to NOT
540 * improve diagnostics when Tarzip believes that it must give up
542 * new config variable connect_to_internet_ok (requested by Merijn Brand)
544 2007-11-11 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
548 * backport the bugfix from 1.92_52
550 * straighten out a few whitespace changes that slipped into 1.9204
552 * release 1.92_52: unstable release (1.9205 will follow)
554 * bugfix: the endless loop fix that made it into 1.92_51 and 1.9204 was
555 buggy in itself. Fixing the fix and adding a test case.
557 * use chdir from Cwd.pm everywhere instead of the built-in chdir so that
558 we set $PWD simultaneously (requested by Slaven Rezic)
560 2007-11-06 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
562 * release 1.9204: stable subset of 1.92_51
564 * bugfix addressing #30464 endless loop with prereq resolution (Slaven
567 * protect the user from using File::Temp when it is too old
569 * applied a patch by Rich Paul to finally disable an undocumented, then
570 deprecated and then apparently broken feature
571 ($CPAN::Shell::ADVANCED_QUERY)
573 * applied a patch by Rich Paul that gains us a lot of speed lost in
574 unnecessary recomputations
576 * replaced all occurrences of $^X with findperl (bug reported by Slaven Rezic)
578 * several of many suggestsions by Mark Overmeer to improve the style of
579 the dialoges. There's more stuff left in several tickets...
581 * address #29754: Lockfile problem with perl 5.005_05 (Slaven Rezic)
583 * let containsmods cache negative results: Slaven Rezic found out that
584 distros without modules can be a performance killer without this measure
586 * no changes in the distroprefs directory
588 2007-11-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
590 * release 1.92_51: unstable release (I'll make a 1.9204 soonish)
592 * bugfix addressing #30464 endless loop with prereq resolution (Slaven
595 * applied a patch by Rich Paul to support redirection and pipes on shell
596 commands [undocumented!]
598 * bugfix wrong usage of kill 0 (Slaven Rezic)
600 * protect the user from using File::Temp when it is too old
602 * applied a patch by Rich Paul to finally disable an undocumented, then
603 deprecated and then apparently broken feature
604 ($CPAN::Shell::ADVANCED_QUERY)
606 * applied a patch by Rich Paul that gains us a lot of speed lost in
607 unnecessary recomputations
609 * replaced all occurrences of $^X with findperl (bug reported by Slaven Rezic)
611 * several of many suggestsions by Mark Overmeer to improve the style of
612 the dialoges. There's more stuff left in several tickets...
614 * address #29754: Lockfile problem with perl 5.005_05 (Slaven Rezic)
616 * let containsmods cache negative results: Slaven Rezic found out that
617 distros without modules can be a performance killer without this measure
619 * now with 242 distroprefs files
621 2007-09-28 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
623 * release 1.9203: stable release with one distroprefs file fixed
625 * release 1.9202: stable release
627 * bugfix: don't try to make/Build when Makefile/Build.PL fails to
628 generate a Makefile/Build (David Golden)
630 * now with 217 distroprefs files
632 2007-09-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
634 * release 1.9201: stable release
636 * bugfix: remove a compile time has_inst call from CPAN::Admin which
637 could cause a hang (Mike Brudenell, Slaven Rezic)
639 * address #29606: only warn once when we ignore locking issues (Steve Cooper)
641 * add CPAN::Reporter::* to the packages needed for "reload cpan" (David
644 * now with 214 distroprefs files
646 2007-09-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
648 * release 1.92: stable release
650 * fixed bug that kept "?" from being interpreted as "help" command
653 2007-09-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
655 * release 1.91_55: stable release candidate II
657 * Update one test to match the output of Test::Harness 2.99_02
659 2007-09-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
661 * release 1.91_54: stable release candidate
663 * highlights of 51-54: CPAN::Reporter support for reports on separate
664 phases; support for configure_requires in META.yml; now with 207
665 distroprefs files; see below for details.
667 * firsttime dialog now defaults prefer_installer to "MB" and offers a
668 third option (RAND) for a random choice.
670 * code beautification complete overhaul, whitespace only (Florian
673 * after a fail introduce a hint for using the reports command (suggested
676 * Enable code deserialisation for YAML. (Florian Ragwitz)
678 * Add CPAN::DeferedCode and make CPAN.pm use it. (Florian Ragwitz)
680 * Add a new config option: yaml_load_code. (Florian Ragwitz)
682 * turn a few myprint() into mywarn()
684 * make inhibit_startup_message a normal config variable like all others
686 * New manpage CPAN::API::HOWTO by David Cantrell
688 * now setting PERL5_CPAN_IS_EXECUTING as requested by Adam Kennedy
690 * ask once if we may try to connect to the internet when we try to use
691 @CPAN::Defaultsites (I think this was inspired by Steve Hay, then by
694 * address #28946: skip locking on platforms not supporting flock
696 * address #28915: CPAN::HandleConfig::home did not cope with getting
697 undef from File::HomeDir-> my_data()
699 * support 'help' with argument
701 * integrate all FirstTime questions into POD
703 * FirstTime::my_prompt_loop now has support for *_intro prompts
705 * simplified lots of the complicated FirstTime::init dialogues
707 * new config variable load_modules_verbosity
709 * support 'o conf /regex/' to selectivel display the state of config varibles
711 * prevent recursion into HandleConfig::load()
713 * PERL5*_CPAN_IS_RUNNING now points to the process number
715 * several commands were missing in @COMMANDS so were not supported for completion
717 * started deprecating term_is_latin config variable
719 2007-08-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
723 * added CPAN Testers reporting for failures of *.PL or make/Build
724 if CPAN::Reporter version is at least 0.99 (David Golden)
726 * new config option tar_verbosity
728 * added base_id() method to CPAN::Distribution; documented both
729 base_id() and pretty_id() (David Golden)
731 * bugfix: make install did not set the PERL5LIB environment
733 * bugfix: smoke command handles distros it can't find more graciously
735 * docfix: new FAQ entry about commit and auto_commit (bugged by Nicholas
738 * refactoring of the Queue objects for better readability
740 * address #28438: wording of the dialog for keep_source_where (Martin
741 Thurn,Michael Schwern)
743 * address #28439: did not report missing file URL when LWP not installed
744 (Martin Thurn,Michael Schwern)
746 * new parameter for eexpect: reuse (Slaven Rezic)
748 * bugfix 'reload cpan': make it less unintuitive (David Golden)
750 * bugfix in goto: did not formally say goodbye
752 2007-07-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
756 * When accessing the preconfigured default sites, reorder accessmethods
757 in favor of http access (suggested by Brandon Black)
759 * neutralize "force" on commands that have no support for it, e.g. turn
760 "force report" into "report" (bugged by Slaven Rezic)
762 * let SIGINT during recent mean LAST
764 * let SIGINT during smoke mean SKIP
766 * stop using any version.pm in test 10version.t below 0.7203 because it
767 broke on some older bleadperls between 23000 and 25000
769 * applied a patch by Jim Cromie to explicitly spit out the unparseable
770 and zero version numbers
772 * changed CPAN::Version to treat sequences of more than on trailing ".0"
773 in version strings as insignificant. This was relevant for
774 ANDYA/Set-IntSpan-Fast-v1.0.tar.gz. Bugreport about version.pm is
775 https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=28206
777 * now with 175 distroprefs files covering over 200 distributions
779 2007-07-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
783 * support configure_requires according to the META.yml spec
785 * support distroprefs for all three types of dependencies:
786 configure_requires, build_requires, requires
788 * new experimental commands C<recent> and C<smoke>
790 * increase the timeouts for the tests for really slow machines
792 * lots of new, updated, and consolidated distroprefs files
794 * tiny fix for very rare cases of wrong parsing of degenerate version
795 numbers in CPAN::Version (thanks to Julian Mehnle for the report)
797 * support for artistic license "2" (Allison Randal)
799 * fix color ornamenting to always end before a newline not after it to
800 prevent spurious reset escape sequences at the beginning of the next
801 line (discovered by Gregor Goldbach and Slaven Rezic)
803 2007-05-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
805 * release 1.9102 -- tiny bugfixes
807 * address #26664: probe for the version of the patch program before
808 using it and adjust the parameters accordingly
810 * bugfix: a recent bugfix to dot distros broke pip (reported by Adam Kennedy)
812 * compatibility with 5.00405 regained
814 * test fix: increase the timeouts (the dependency of test success on CPU
815 speed discovered by Slaven Rezic)
817 * work in progress: improve the output of CPAN.pm to improve
818 human/machine parseablility on several failure modes
820 2007-04-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
824 * bugfix: give all File::Temp using spots a tmpdir (bugged by Slaven Rezic)
826 * test fix: demand more YAML fu to run the kwalify test in 12cpan.t
828 * bugfix: work around a 5.8.0 overload bug (Slaven Rezic)
830 * cosmetics: turn on sorting for Data::Dumper conversions
832 * several new distropref files
834 * test fix: on failure use diag(STDERR) instead of mydiag (STDOUT)
836 2007-04-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
840 * new command C<reports> shows the reports sent to cpantesters
842 * bugfix: dot distros did not work with Module::Build
844 * several new and updated distroprefs
846 * bugfixes in testscripts (spotted by Slaven Rezic, Nigel Horne, David Cantrell)
848 * bugfix: Time::HiRes not a prereq anymore (Joshua ben Jore)
850 * speedup of the cleanup process in the build directory: do not compute
851 the size of directories to be deleted
853 * bugfix: scripts installation was broken
855 * bugfix: do not drop unknown config variables for the sake of forward
858 2007-04-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
862 * Changes against 1.88:
864 * enhanced integration of CPAN::Reporter
866 * distroprefs subsystem to store preferences on a per-distro basis
867 independently of the support provided by the individual distributions
869 * Support for CPAN::SQLite to gain significant memory savings and speedup
871 * new commands upgrade, is_tested, install_tested
873 * improved visual navigation by colorized output and improved diagnostic
876 * improved installation support for scripts without tarball
878 * improved config management of internal variables
880 * much more serialization of internal data into YAML, switchable between
883 * optional persistence between sessions
885 * support for pseudo "dot" distros (local directories having nothing to
888 * reworked force pragma and new fforce pragma
890 * new configuration variables auto_commit, build_requires_install_policy
892 * new optional Bundle::CPANxxl bringing all optional supporting modules
894 * Changes against 1.88_79:
896 * workaround YAML::Syck 0.84 bug
898 * bugfix: remove from the is_tested set what reaches "install already done"
900 * improve diagnostics when gpg fails
902 * bugfix persistence: do not restore pragmas
904 * do the eval $VERSION tango for $CPAN::VERSION only when needed
905 (allowing "1.90" with a trailing zero)
907 * bugfix: if a dependency has been installed successfully but did not
908 install the expected module, issue a warning and do not install again to
909 prevent endless loops.
911 2007-03-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
913 * release 1.88_79: stable release candidate VII
915 * make the failure mode on circular depencies just as the other failure
916 modes and let the rest of the modules continue; also improve diagnostics
917 for circular dependencies
919 * clean up a few places where STDERR leaked from underneath; others seem
920 unfixable so a few are left over
922 * protect better against lost build directories
924 * warn when YAML is too old and skip the 30shell test
926 2007-03-05 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
928 * release 1.88_78: stable release candidate VI
930 * set PERL5_CPANPLUS_IS_RUNNING (desparately; see RT#23735)
932 * prevent installation attempts for files named *.patch (inspired by
935 * allow refs in @INC by Nicholas Clark
937 * applied a patch by Slaven Rezic to support match/perlconfig in
938 distroprefs covering %Config::Config
940 * hint the Win32 users how to install nmake with YVES' download script
942 * catch typos in distroprefs that are not yet caught by kwalify
944 * several new and updated distroprefs files
946 * integrate brian d foy's cpan script from his 1.53 release
948 * address RT#25223 (JDHEDDEN) small fix to the cpan script
950 * fix installation of scripts which was broken
952 2007-02-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
954 * release 1.88_77: stable release candidate V
956 * another tweak to t/31sessions.t necessary after a cpantesters report
958 2007-02-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
960 * release 1.88_76: stable release candidate IV
962 * In t/31sessions.t set PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT to emulate testers behaviour
963 and have the same results for testers and everybody else.
965 2007-02-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
967 * release 1.88_75: stable release candidate III
969 * make t/31sessions.t more verbose in order to determine the problem it
970 has on testers machines
972 2007-02-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
974 * release 1.88_74: stable release candidate II
976 * fix t/31sessions.t to run without Archive::Tar installed
978 * updated and new prefs files
980 2007-02-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
982 * release 1.88_73: quick small fixes, stable release candidate I
984 * Win32 fix for 31sessions.t by Randy Kobes
986 * flush non-archival files when the mirror changes (thanks for the
987 suggestion to Adam Kennedy)
989 * fix recursion detection logic: when we have the module and it
990 satisfies the minimum required, do not take its recursive dependencies
993 * fix bug in getting PREREQ_PM out of Makefile when a value in PREREQ_PM
994 is undef (uncovered by Template::Plugin::Format::Number)
996 * couple of distroprefs files
998 * in the tests, when using POSIX::_exit make sure the 1..0 is flushed out
1000 2007-01-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
1002 * release 1.88_72: quick small fixes
1004 * fix completion for the two commands "failed" and "fforce"
1006 * fix support for test/args in distroprefs
1008 * stop scanning build_dir for sizes without lock because we are not
1011 * disable broken Archive::Tar 0.23
1013 * mitigate a too sharp test in 31sessions.t
1015 2007-01-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
1017 * release 1.88_71: this does not yet qualify as a release candidate for
1018 1.89 because it incorporates a major bugfix; but otherwise I think this
1019 is feature complete for a release
1021 * document treatment of requires and build_requires declarations
1023 * integrate the distroprefs README into the manpage
1025 * introduce negative distroprefs caching for the current command
1027 * new commands C<is_tested> and C<install_tested> (inspired by Ilya
1030 * fix completion bug with notest and fforce pragma
1032 * delete distro objects in memory that are cleaned up by the CacheMgr
1034 * fix a bug that only fired when prefer_installer was set to MB but
1035 Module::Build was not yet installed
1037 * fix a serious dependency resolution bug triggered by the new
1038 family of Compress::Zlib module distributions
1040 * limit recursion detection to those commands that need it and let
1041 others, like 'look', continue to work; at the same time make recursion
1042 detection a serious error that throws an exception and does not try to
1045 2007-01-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
1049 * fix a broken test (which tested with the wrong MyConfig.pm)
1051 2007-01-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
1055 * two bugfix patches from Randy Kobes for Win32
1057 * include new PAUSE2007.pub key
1059 * bugfix: make FTPstats writing atomic
1061 * new mandatory config variable 'auto_commit' to always save changed
1062 variables immediately to disk
1064 * address 22069: display a colortable before asking questions about
1067 * new config variable colorize_debug to colorize debugging output
1069 * bugfix: prepending to PERL5LIB contained the BUILDDIR literally
1071 * bugfix: when determining unsatisfied prereqs, honour is_tested area
1073 * improve documentation about has_inst and dontload_list
1075 * several distropref files finetuned
1077 2006-12-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
1081 * Redesigned 'force' pragma: only force at the level of the given
1082 command ('force test' only forces test, 'force make' only make etc.)
1084 * new fforce pragma ("fortissimo") that forces at 'get' level and then
1085 continues to the given command
1087 * persistence via 'build_dir_reuse' improved: also maintain the
1088 is_tested record between sessions
1090 * documentation and tests for the new force pragmas and for session
1093 * support for 'applypatch' via distroprefs
1095 * improved SQLite support for TAB completion courtesy Randy Kobes
1097 * lots of new and updated distroprefs files
1099 * Devel::Cover working again
1101 * address #24114 (Steve Peters): do not fail due to missing YAML
1103 * bugfix: handle gracefully when a build dir disappears
1105 * bugfix: improve dependency checking if a module has no version at all
1107 * bugfix: when a "goto" object is installed remove it from the queue
1109 * bugfix: test suite runnable again without Expect
1111 2006-12-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1115 * bugfix: protect FTPstats.yml from being truncated
1117 * bugfix: now really remove the dependency on YAML::Syck in the Makefile
1119 * distroprefs: deprecate expect-in-any-order and replace with eexpect
1121 * distroprefs: attach a Distrostatus object to disabled distros in
1124 * distroprefs: new keyword 'commandline'
1126 * sqlite: deprecate config variable sqlite_dbname
1128 * sqlite: make Bundle::Localbundle work
1130 2006-12-09 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1134 * make CPAN::SQLite configurable and tweak a few places to help SQLite
1137 * fixed an implicit dependency on YAML::Syck in the Makefile
1139 * distropref-goto: use the queue because after the goto new dependencies
1142 * fix dependency checking after make test: it did not work well together
1143 with a distropref-goto
1145 2006-12-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1149 * more of Randy Kobes' patches for CPAN::SQLite applied. Things start
1152 * CPAN::Kwalify as a bridge to Kwalify.pm verifies all distroprefs to be
1153 syntactically correct
1155 * address #23742: fix unini warning
1157 * another patch from Randy Kobes to canonize directory names
1159 * bugfix: force install of a local dot distro was doing weird things
1161 * bugfix: goto did not normalize the distro name
1163 2006-11-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1165 * release 1.88_63: nothing major, only bugfixes and tiny new features.
1166 Still a lot to do for 1.89.
1168 * address #23315: there were still some uncought exceptions in
1169 CPAN::Tarzip that broke megainstalls by Steve Peters; now hopefully all
1172 * address #22584: do not set VERSION to "undef" when 0
1174 * bugfix: delete backups during downloading of new index files
1176 * bugfix: repair all risky ->can with UNIVERSAL::can; thanks to Adriano
1177 Rodrigues for the report!
1179 * bugfix: dirname(undef) can die: protect against it when an entry in
1180 FTPstats has no associated file
1182 * the failed command now prints its rows sorted by command (as before)
1183 but within each command by time.
1185 * the prereq check under the Module::Build installer is now performed by
1186 reading the _build/prereqs file instead of calling Module::Build
1187 directly. (Suggested by Ken Williams)
1189 * cleanup of the cache directory is now disabled for batch jobs;
1190 documentation is updated about the lock file the shell is holding
1192 * now setting the environment variable PERL5_CPAN_IS_RUNNING; tentative
1193 patch for Module::Install in my CPAN homedirectory
1195 * support for fallback Data::Dumper and Storable files in the prefs_dir
1196 directory when YAML is not available (alpha)
1198 * new support for cpanconfig/check_sigs in distroprefs to temporarily
1199 switch signature checking on or off. See distroprefs/00.README for
1200 details and distroprefs/JESSE.HTTP-Server-Simple.yml for an example (alpha)
1202 * new keyword "goto" in distroprefs to nominate a delegate distro. See
1203 distroprefs/00.README for details and distroprefs/ABH.XML-RSS.yml for an
1206 * small portions of patches from Randy Kobes applied to support
1207 CPAN::SQLite (pre-alpha; see Makefile.PL how to invoke)
1209 2006-11-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1213 * bugfix in randomize_urllist introduced in 1.88_61: setting the value
1214 with C<o conf randomize_urllist> was broken
1216 * disallow C<o conf {commit,defaults}> in degraded mode
1218 * more programming tips in the manpage from Ilya Zakharevich
1220 * sanity check on path names with tilde suggested by Adam Kennedy
1222 * change the prettyprint of arrays to accommodate the user of splice
1224 * introduce C<expect-in-any-order> to distroprefs
1226 * add a new testdistro CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Expect
1228 * make the 00.README in the distroprefs directory more like a manpage
1229 for later inclusion into the CPAN.pm manpage
1231 * determine if a patch needs -p0 or -p1
1233 * fix downloads with lynx when the other end sends an unusual error page
1235 2006-11-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1239 * This release is dedicated to imacat.
1241 * address #22749: always download CHECKSUMS from the same host as the
1242 package file (Thanks to imacat for the report)
1244 * new command 'hosts' to display some recent download statistics
1246 * new config parameter 'randomize_urllist' brings some randomness into
1249 * if yaml_module not YAML and not available, fall back to YAML
1251 2006-11-02 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1255 * Note: the build_dir has got a major reworking with regard to how
1256 individual directories below it are being named. The names are now
1257 generated by File::Temp and contain a random part. This has the
1258 advantage that concurring users of CPAN.pm cannot disturb each other and
1259 the disadvantage that it is more difficult to identify which directory
1260 contains which build environment. If YAML is installed, then each
1261 directory is accompanied by a YAML file that stores a lot of state about
1264 The filename of the YAML file is C<< <directoryname>.yml >>
1266 * This release represents work in progress: new features marked as alpha
1267 below are still in flux and may change or be removed in the future.
1269 * Large chunk of documentation added about the many 'o conf' variants
1270 (after a smart kick From Marc Lehmann)
1272 * fix a bug reported by Sujith Emmanuel to survive when urllist contains
1275 * new bundle Bundle::CPANxxl with CPAN::Reporter, Module::Signature,
1278 * many new sample distroprefs files (alpha)
1280 * new keyword "disabled" in distroprefs (alpha)
1282 * sanitize the behaviour after an Expect.pm timeout (alpha)
1284 * make running concurrent batch jobs safe (alpha)
1286 * lock the shell more granular to let many CPAN shells coexist (alpha)
1288 * several small bugfixes to the persistent distro state feature
1289 introduced in 1.88_58 (alpha)
1291 * very early incarnation of new install_tested command (alpha)
1293 2006-10-28 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1297 * new config option build_dir_reuse for persistent distro state in
1298 build_dir inspired by Ilya Zakharevich. (alpha!)
1300 * a few new and rewritten distropref files.
1302 * add distribution name to every OK/NOT OK; also inspired by Ilya.
1304 * bugfix on a rare bug related to the deletion of metadata after using a
1305 pragma on a distribution.
1307 2006-10-24 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1311 * address #22396: add a diagnostic warning at cleanup time when people
1312 have changed their config but forgot to safe it (Tina Mueller, Alberto
1313 Manuel Brandao Simoes).
1315 * workaround for a weird interaction with a dated version.pm in
1316 a probably dated Module::Build and UNIVERSAL::VERSION.
1318 * document the config variables that are overridable via distroprefs.
1320 * add prefer_installer to the list of overridable config variables.
1322 * new and updated prefs files for DBI, Coro, etc.
1324 2006-10-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1328 * add the ability to patch random distros both with local patches and
1329 with patches from CPAN. Demo patches to UNIVERSAL::require, Expect,
1330 Math::Pari, etc. are uploaded to my CPAN directory, corresponding YAML
1331 files are in the distroprefs directory. Heavily inspired by an old patch
1332 from Ilya Zakharevich.
1334 * fixes from Ilya Zakharevich to the PERL5LIB environment handling for
1335 not yet installed modules from a 3 year old patch.
1337 * work around a Module::Build issue with Build.PL files that are
1338 subclassing Module::Build like Error.pm and HTML::Mason. For now we fall
1339 back to the META.yml file. Needs further discussion with Module::Build
1342 * in the distroprefs system allow for YAML files with an arbitrary
1345 * document how to integrate local distribution directories into the CPAN
1346 shell. See section 'Integrating local directories' in the manpage.
1348 * reporting of errors during unpacking is now integrated into the
1349 report section at the end of each command and the 'failed' command.
1351 * applied a patch by smpeters to silence an unini warning (RT #22277).
1353 * address #20979: trailing backslashes in MyConfig variables with test
1354 (Lars XXX via David Golden)
1356 2006-10-16 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1360 * new command 'report' as requested by Schwern in #22118.
1362 * extend the Distribution object to local directories. Gives a meaning
1363 to the 'cpan .' command. Suggested by Slaven Rezic.
1365 * removes the linux centric behaviour of t/30shell.t.
1367 * do not complain THAT often about uninstalled YAML or YAML::Syck; once
1368 is per distro enough.
1370 2006-10-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1374 * New option 'yaml_module' to switch between YAML.pm and YAML::Syck
1375 Try 'o conf init /yaml/' to use it.
1377 * New distroprefs system that lets the user store arguments, environment
1378 variables, individual answers to questions asked by Distributions when
1379 being built, and config overrides. Try 'o conf init /prefs/' for more
1382 * address #21144 major documentation bug: $obj->install is NOT the same
1383 as CPAN::Shell->install($obj) as soon as a queue of dependencies comes
1386 * fix "o conf defaults" which was broken in 1.88_53.
1388 * protect us against Module::Build errors with an eval around the
1389 requires() and build_requires() calls.
1391 2006-10-09 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1395 * wrapping Module::Build calls into an eval to catch external errors
1396 with the right consequences.
1398 * 'reload cpan' now based on timestamps and always jumps into a fresh
1401 * display the version during loading of our own modules.
1403 * address #21692: make the "isa perl" case less noisy (Gabor Szabo)
1407 2006-10-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1411 * now does the right thing with prereq "perl"
1413 * major speedup in parsing of index files
1415 * repair debugging aid to display the correct line number
1417 * fix bug introduced in _51 regarding Test::Harness version verification
1419 * fix old bug in CPAN::Version wrt installed developer versions
1421 2006-09-29 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1425 * dependencies declared as 'build_requires' are now treated according to
1426 a new policy option: try 'o conf init build_requires_install_policy' for
1427 more info. (Suggested/Requested by Johan Vromans)
1429 * fixed a bug where successful tests were repeated if things were not
1430 being installed like during the 'test' command itself.
1432 * address #21724: document that the 'r' command takes arguments; support
1433 the same arguments for the 'upgrade' command (Adam Kennedy)
1435 * address #21716: fix the broken 'recent' command (Phil Pennock)
1437 * fixed a rare but extremely unpleasant bug with deep recursion in
1438 AUTOLOAD during the 'reload cpan' command.
1440 2006-09-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1444 * trivial bugfix: init dialog had a tweak that made it impossible to set
1445 'ncftp' when 'ncftpget' was installed and configured.
1447 2006-09-21 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1451 * For detailed changes since 1.87 see the entries in the Changes file.
1452 For finer grained change log see the ChangeLog.svn file. The highlights
1453 of this release are:
1455 * convenient configuration: dialogs for individual items or groups of
1456 items can be accessed with a single command (Courtesy Jim Cromie)
1458 * experimental support for CPAN::Reporter: try
1460 (Courtesy David Golden)
1462 * make installation of scripts easier: try something like
1463 install SREZIC/pingomatic-1.012
1464 (Courtesy Slaven Rezic)
1466 * colored output for better separation of process output, messages from
1467 CPAN and warnings from CPAN: to turn colorization on/off try
1470 * formatting of lists of modules now features a column to indicate
1471 installed and updateable modules
1473 * signature checking can now be turned on and off with 'o conf check_sigs'
1475 * new command 'upgrade' installs newest version of all installed modules
1477 * Please note a minor incompatibility: the init dialog now has reversed
1478 semantics: it suggests automatic configuration that can be confirmed
1479 with 'yes' instead of suggesting manual configuration that can be denied
1482 2006-09-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1486 * Hunting missing documentation with Test::Pod::Coverage because my
1487 first try to use it started with a wrong copy&paste.
1489 * Forward compatibility: bzip2 via Archive::Tar not dying anymore
1491 2006-09-16 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1495 * added test for the urllist dialog
1497 * added License to all pm files and to the Makefile.PL
1499 * allow ranges in urllist dialog, as inspired by Andrew Strebkov
1501 * allow "o conf init WORD WORD2..."
1503 * address #21484: disable inactivity_timeout when d_alarm is not "define"
1505 * regex in "o conf init MATCH" must now be enclosed in slashes as in all
1506 other commands that allow regexes
1508 * again tested with 5.8.0, this time with an UTF8 locale and it did
1509 indeed not pass the 30test: turning LANG=C now for the 30shell test,
1512 * all supported config variables now documented in the POD and added a
1513 test to monitor changes in the future
1515 2006-09-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1519 * should run on 5.8.0 now
1521 * address #17973: always honour user defined URLs over default URLs
1523 2006-09-11 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1527 * make term_ornaments switchable while running (was only checked during
1530 * verify that color settings are applicable (bad colors were killing the
1531 shell process completely)
1533 * improve wording and logic when user is offline and tries to run
1534 the urllist dialog. (Address debian bug #380551)
1536 2006-09-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1540 * configuation of urllist uses a local urllist instead of the global
1541 configured one: prevents that ^C accidentally kills the currently
1544 * configuration of urllist: if there is already a previous pick, one can
1545 go through the dialog with RETURN only
1547 * new options to get colored output: colorize_output, colorize_print,
1550 2006-09-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1552 * release 1.87_59: "o conf init MATCH" finally works and can be used to
1553 jump into the configuration dialog and select an arbitrary subset of
1556 * perl -I. -MCPAN ... now works because we replaced C<no lib .> with
1557 rel2absing the INC (suggested by Slaven Rezic)
1559 2006-08-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1561 * release 1.87_58: work is still in progress to get "o conf init MATCH"
1562 working (finishing the epochal Jim Cromie patches) but all tests pass
1564 * initial configuration dialogue now has reversed meaning: automatic
1565 configuration can be confirmed with 'yes' instead of having to deny
1566 manual configuration with 'no'
1568 * fix a bug reported by David Golden, that Bundle::CPAN is never
1569 uptodate. Fixing it by special-casing readline.pm in the inst_file
1570 method. See also #17963.
1572 * Address #18196 once again because people have still MakeMaker < 6.18
1575 2006-08-26 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1579 * Added by David Golden: support for CPAN::Reporter.
1581 2006-08-24 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1585 * Tiny documentation improvements
1587 * Fix by David Golden to suppress warnings when using term_ornaments
1589 2006-07-29 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1593 * improve the heuristics when parsing PREREQ for scripts
1595 * document CPAN::Module::as_glimpse changes and fix the case where we
1596 have no author or no distro and added some tests for these cases
1598 2006-07-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1602 * fix #18165: new config option term_ornaments
1604 * fix #20272: FirstTime::init did not preserve the space that signifies
1607 2006-07-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1611 * make *scripts* (as opposed to modules) installable when the path of
1612 the distro is given: you can now 'install ANDK/keepcool-0.344' and it is
1613 stored as 'keepcool'
1615 * the m command displays one column more: an equals sign if we have this
1616 version installed, a less-than sign if our installed version of the
1617 module is smaller and a space if we do not have this thing installed
1619 * fix #18438: weird dependency chain issue that broke
1622 * fix #20168: when a user has neither Module::Signature nor gnupg, do
1625 * patch by Matisse Enzer to support authenticating proxies
1627 * new command "upgrade" installs newer versions of all installed modules
1628 if there are any (feature requested by Martin Sluka)
1632 * add support for check_sigs configuration option (turn signature
1633 checking on and off any time)
1635 * fix #18011: improved initial configuration according to suggestions by
1636 Vassilii Khachaturov
1638 2006-03-06 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1642 * patch by Max Maischein to quote commands that contain spaces as is
1643 often the case on Windows systems (addresses #17877)
1645 * do not display DSLIP_STATUS when it is empty; same thing for MANPAGE
1647 * add a security advice to the manpage
1649 * do not advertise Bundle::CPAN when a new CPAN is available, CPAN alone
1652 2006-02-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1656 * new method dslip_status for Module objects
1658 * no t/dot-cpan/ directory in the distro anymore and removed after test
1660 * bugfix: when make clean failed, we did not list this as a fail
1662 * more tests in t/30shell.t, sub coverage on CPAN.pm now >75%
1664 2006-02-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1668 * t/30shell emits two test headers (fixes #17816; Adam Kennedy)
1670 * make Tarzip work better on uncompressed files; fixes test failure of
1671 test t/12cpan.t work under some conditions
1673 * t/30shell now skips tests that need uninstalled prerequisites and so
1674 passes all tests on a bare 5.8.8 for me when CPAN_RUN_SHELL_TEST is set
1676 2006-02-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1680 * simplification of the concepts of home and of the CPAN/MyConfig.pm and
1681 the CPAN/Config.pm. There were too many places that tried to do the same
1682 thing. Should now be centralized and consistent.
1684 2006-02-21 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1688 * replace the concept of $ENV{HOME} with File::HomeDir (fixes #17759;
1691 * remove a spurious CARRIAGE RETURN in the Todo file: it broke
1692 Module::Signature on Windows (fixes #17746; Adam Kennedy)
1694 * return empty string instead of undef when HAVE_MAKE is false (fixes
1695 #17768; Adam Kennedy)
1697 * do not try to use $CPAN::Frontend before it exists (fixes #17770; Adam
1700 * t/12cpan.t now behaves on 5.004 and 5.005
1702 * t/30shell.t now can be run without Expect; needs to be enabled with
1703 environment variable CPAN_RUN_SHELL_TEST in this case
1705 * more testing in 30shell.t
1707 2006-02-20 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1711 * quick fix for a bug in the Checksums checking code: if the cache had
1712 an old copy, it was in some cases not updated and if the file-to-check
1713 was newer, a false alarm was triggered.
1715 * I expect a 1.87 soonish, because we have open bugs: test 12cpan.t not
1716 suited for old perls; test for the above bug missing.
1718 2006-02-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1722 * Fix for 'install Bundle:CPAN' on Windows machines (closes #17699; Adam
1725 * Make a separate distro for Bundle::CPAN (works around the bug for
1726 older versions of CPAN)
1728 * Another fix for bundles: in some cases CPAN.pm installed an older
1729 bundle than the most recent
1731 * more tests: CPAN.pm subroutine coverage now at 71.4%
1733 2006-02-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1737 * see detailed release notes for releases 1.83_51 upto 1.83_69 below
1739 * highlights of the changes between 1.83 and 1.84: better error handling
1740 with new "failed" command and in many other places; new config variable
1741 ftp_passive is on by default; new command mkmyconfig; Module::Build
1742 support should now work on Windows and work better on all platforms; new
1743 methods for programmers CPAN::Module::distribution and
1744 CPAN::Distribution::author; improved docs; prettier output; and last not
1745 least a heavy dose of refactoring, bugfixing, and testing
1747 * Thanks to the bunch of helpful contributors and bug reporters (you
1750 2006-02-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1754 * much more testing (70% sub coverage in CPAN.pm)
1756 * deprecated "dontload_hash" and introduced "donload_list" instead
1758 * better handling of errors during 'perl Makefile.PL'
1760 * turn on sorting for the dump command
1762 * turn on sorting for the CONTAINSMODS attribute of Distribution objects
1764 * env FTP_PASSIVE now set to true also when config variable ftp_passive
1765 does not exist (brought up by Jarkko)
1767 * patch by Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni to avoid a SEGV with 5.004_05
1768 which happens when exit is called within BEGIN
1770 2006-02-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1774 * bring 5.004 compatibility back
1776 * kick out a 5.8.1 warning (Ken Williams)
1778 * renaming all tests to NNxxx.t style
1780 * less noise when Digest::SHA is not installed (closes 17598; Adam Kennedy)
1782 2006-02-06 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1788 2006-02-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1792 * add a new method CPAN::Distribution::author
1794 * protect the usage of Text::Glob with a has_inst
1796 * document CPAN::Module::distribution
1798 * experimental and undocumented new method CPAN::Distribution::fast_yaml
1802 * much more testing in shell.t
1804 * bugfix: protect "make test" from outer environment variable MAKEFLAGS
1806 * bring "o conf help" back which was lost
1808 2006-02-02 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1810 * release 1.83_64 (potential release candidate for 1.84)
1812 * bugfix: when M:B specifies both requires AND build_requires AND then
1813 has no YAML to write the META.yml file, THEN we did not merge the two
1814 requiries. Seen in KCLARK/Text-RecordParser-v1.0.0.tar.gz.
1816 2006-02-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1820 * bugfix: when the CHECKSUMS file contains garbage, tell the user and
1821 default to aborting the process (bug reported by Linda W)
1823 2006-01-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1825 * release 1.83_62 came out today before this entry was written
1827 * rename the LC_ALL macro so that it does not infect the whole
1828 environment (Ken Williams)
1830 * new command mkmyconfig: patch supplied by Tyler MacDonald
1832 2006-01-30 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1836 * After a bugreport from Randy Kobes, another few small fixes to make
1837 sure that mbuild_install_build_command cannot make it through to be used
1842 * bugfix: Do not use ./Build directly on Windows, it must be called
1843 together with the perl (fixes #17313; thanks to carl at fireartist for
1844 the report and a patch skeleton)
1846 * feature: 'o conf commit' now drops unknown config variables
1848 * bugfix for very rare cases: do not use CPAN::Distrostatus object
1849 methods on strings left over from the current session before a 'cpan
1850 reload' introduces the CPAN::Distrostatus class
1852 * bugfix: better switches for the call to curl
1854 * bugfix: more checks after lynx if the command was successful or not
1856 * docs: revisited the FAQ section
1858 * bugfix: if a META.yml specified a prerequisite module that we do not
1859 know, the whole prereq_pm became undef; now issues a warning and skips
1862 2006-01-25 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1866 * new config variable ftp_passive which causes $ENV{FTP_PASSIVE} to be
1867 set; fixes #17266 (Adam Kennedy)
1869 * have 2 Default Hosts instead of one; fixes rt #17238 (Adam Kennedy)
1871 * be much more verbose when reaching the last ressort external ftp;
1872 fixes rt #17237 and #17241 (Adam Kennedy)
1874 * give the cwd command more flexibility (stimulated by Ashley M. Kirchner)
1876 * bugfix: honour build_requires
1878 2006-01-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1882 * command processor tweak on Win32 (Jan Dubois, Gisle Aas)
1884 * README production was broken
1886 * Ongoing heavy refactoring of FirstTime, currently still without
1887 becoming visible to the user (Jim Cromie)
1889 * More tests for CPAN::Version with output comparing the results with
1890 Sort::Versions and version.pm
1892 * bugfix: double check the "later" attribute before you excuse and unset
1893 it if it is obsolete; fixes a bug where a postponed distro could be lost
1896 * output of as_glimpse more space efficient
1898 2006-01-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1902 * bugfix rt #17131 (Lee Goddard): better error messages on two
1903 unrecoverable errors that require user intervention
1905 * shell.t improved again: now the output reads really similar to a shell
1906 session so we can determine which problems were leading to a failing
1909 2006-01-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1913 * bugfix rt #17089 (Adam Kennedy): the existance of a Build.PL without a
1914 Makefile.PL implies a Module::Build dependency
1916 * skipping the signature test now possible with "force"
1918 * more tests in shell.t
1920 * improved documentation
1922 * new method CPAN::Module->distribution
1924 2006-01-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1928 * improve error handling on Net::FTP connections (R. Hauser; fixes rt
1931 * shell.t starts working on installations that have a CPAN/Config.pm
1933 2006-01-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1937 * conveniently handle $Config->{make} on systems that often switch
1938 between dmake and nmake, like ActiveState's perl (Gisle Aas)
1940 * better choice for command processor on Win32 (Gisle Aas)
1942 * newest cpan script (1.51) from brian d foy
1944 * "force ls" now refetches the CHECKSUMS files
1946 * shell.t now conforming to Test-Anything-Protocol and hopefully working
1949 2006-01-12 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1953 * bugfix: if we have no YAML and no Makefile, we could not determine
1954 prereqs. Now fixed by using Module::Build.
1956 * bugfix: b command on unpublished bundles was broken due to wrong
1957 handling of missing RO elements.
1959 * bugfix: do not die when you cannot verify a signature, proceed with a
1962 * new command "failed" reports about failed invocations of make, test or
1963 install on CPAN::Distribution objects.
1965 * Jim's bold fight against the FirstTime dragons continues.
1967 2006-01-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1969 * release 1.83_52 is a work in progress: Jim is proceeding with the
1970 dressage of the FirstTime. It actually contains shell.t.
1972 2006-01-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1974 * release 1.83_51 brings
1976 * restructure FirstTime in a way to enable us to ask single questions RSN
1979 * shell.t that can test dialogues
1981 * bugfix: show_upload_date now asks yes/no instead of 1/0 (Ask B. Hansen)
1983 * envariable CPAN_SHELL_LEVEL now available for subshells (Slaven Rezic)
1985 * enable date/time warnings without the help of HTTP::Date (inspired by
1986 a bogus bugreport on perl monks that was only due to wrong system time)
1988 * bugfix: hide CPAN::Config from the indexer
1990 * provide a more traditional style ChangeLog and Changes file
1992 2006-01-05 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1994 * release 1.82 and 1.83 are quick bugfix releases.
1996 2006-01-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
1998 * release 1.81 adds on top of 1.80_58:
2000 * bugfix: completion of debug options was not case insensitive
2002 * bugfix: installation of distributions was broken for distros
2003 not mentioned in the index
2005 * include a hint that su might work as well as sudo in the dialog
2006 about make_install_make_command and mbuild_install_build_command
2008 * add Module::Signature to the Bundle and move Digest::SHA higher
2009 up so they start working as soon as possible
2011 * improve the dialog that ensues when bad signatures are
2014 2006-01-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
2016 * release 1.80_58 was a quick bugfix release
2018 2005-12-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
2020 * release 1.80_57 adds on top of 1.80_56 the following:
2022 * prerequisites fixed: File::Temp was missing in PREREQ_PM and
2025 * reduce noise when $Debug is on
2027 * improved handling of whitespace in filenames (Roland Bauer;
2030 * add the Module::Build configuration parameters to the required
2031 parameters (thus users are relayed to the init dialog)
2033 * import less symbols
2035 * enhanced robustness if cwd gets removed while we're running
2036 (Rhet Turnbull; rt.cpan.org #321)
2038 * add "notest" to the completion table
2040 * enhanced robustness when untar is failing or poses permission
2043 * iron out some buglets in the "ls GLOB" code
2045 * enhanced robustness on "reload cpan" when the path to CPAN.pm
2048 * replace some hash accesses with method calls for a cleaner
2049 interface (Work in Progress; no user-visible changes)
2051 * do not fail anymore when finding empty files left over from a
2052 previous unsuccessful download
2054 * uptodate message more descriptive (Adam Kennedy; rt.cpan.rg
2057 2005-12-17 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
2059 * release 1.80_56 is a release candidate for 1.81
2061 * integrate release 1.5 of brian's cpan script from
2062 http://sourceforge.net/projects/brian-d-foy/
2064 * Support for Module::Build: to set the preference for
2065 Module::Build over MakeMaker, run
2067 o conf prefer_installer MB
2070 * ls command supports globbing; these work nicely:
2075 this works too but is slow:
2079 * META.yml data replace the Makefile parsing code if YAML
2080 available (compensating for the frequent wrong usage of the
2083 * support SHA256; stop using MD5
2085 * support bzip2 compression; can be tested with 'install
2086 ARTURAZ/Net-Vypress-Chat-0.72.1.tar.bz2'; the CPAN indexer does
2087 not yet index bz2 distros but will probably start to do so as soon
2088 as CPANPLUS supports bzip2
2090 * tiny tweaks to make CPAN.pm run on a busybox (Guillaume Filion)
2092 * bugfix: major speedup on all commands that need expansion of
2093 regular expressions to module names
2095 * prettier r command output: the 4th column of the 'r' command
2096 drops the redundant X/XX/ prefix
2098 * tolerant when you type one colon instead of two on module names
2100 2005-12-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
2102 * this is release 1.80
2104 * support for Module::Signature courtesy Autrijus Tang
2106 * separated out new module CPAN::Version that has muchly improved
2107 support for multidot version notation that should make the
2108 deployment of version.pm easy for everybody. During the last weeks
2109 the indexer on PAUSE also got improved version.pm support and
2110 spits out numified versions. This release is optimized for the new
2111 version handling, regardless if used with or without version.pm
2112 (Thanks to John Peacock and to Graham Barr for their help)
2114 * new pragma 'notest' courtesy Slaven Rezic
2116 * support for sudo in the config variable
2117 'make_install_make_command' courtesy Michael Richardson
2119 * new commands 'recent' and 'perldoc' courtesy Toni Prug
2121 * improved wget support for Windows users courtesy Daniel
2123 * cleanup internal use of CPAN::Frontend courtesy David Storrs
2125 * fixes to distro bugs by Adriano Ferreira
2127 * runs under 5.004_05 courtesy Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni
2129 * new feature 'show_upload_date': if set to true, all 'm' and 'd'
2130 commands will display the upload date
2132 * fix bug in FirstTime causing endless loop under some conditions
2134 * better completion for config variables and a new warning if an
2135 unregistered config variable is being set
2137 * improved some error messages
2139 * improved help menu (Thanks to David Golden for the suggestion)
2144 change-log-default-name: "Changes"