Merge 'trunk' into 'replication_dedux'

r8571@dev (orig r4363):  bricas | 2008-05-08 10:44:24 -0500
add Test::Exception to deps (RT #34256). move testing modules to test_requires().
r8572@dev (orig r4364):  bricas | 2008-05-08 15:08:18 -0500
add RT ticket number to changes
r8579@dev (orig r4371):  bricas | 2008-05-08 21:55:30 -0500
pod fix (RT #32988)

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Simple merge