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 Revision history for Perl extension Moose
 
-0.56
+0.56 Mon September 1, 2008
+    For those not following the series of dev releases, there are
+    several major changes in this release of Moose.
+      ! Moose::init_meta should now be called as a method. See the
+        docs for details.
+
+      - Major performance improvements by nothingmuch.
+
+      - New modules for extension writers, Moose::Exporter and
+        Moose::Util::MetaRole by Dave Rolsky.
+
+      - Lots of doc improvements and additions, especially in the
+        cookbook sections.
+
+      - Various bug fixes.
+
+    * Removed all references to the experimental-but-no-longer-needed
+      Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToMetaclassInstance.
+
+    * Require Class::MOP 0.65.
+
+0.55_04 Sat August 30, 2008
     * Moose::Util::MetaRole
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe2
       - This simplifies the application of roles to any meta class, as
         well as the base object class. Reimplemented metaclass traits
         using this module. (Dave Rolsky)
 
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe1
+      - This a new recipe, an overview of various ways to write Moose
+        extensions (Dave Rolsky)
+
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe3
+    * Moose::Cookbook::Extending::Recipe4
+      - These used to be Extending::Recipe1 and Extending::Recipe2,
+        respectively.
+
+0.55_03 Fri August 29, 2008
+    * No changes from 0.55_02 except increasing the Class::MOP
+      dependency to 0.64_07.
+
 0.55_02 Fri August 29, 2008
     * Makefile.PL and Moose.pm
       - explicitly require Perl 5.8.0+ (Dave Rolsky)