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+2009-09-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+
+ * release 1.94_51
+
+ * bugfix: wrong diagnostic message on old Archive::Tar
+
+ * test fix: additional quoting in test t/31sessions.t for systems where
+ cwd contains whitespace (bug reported by Curtis Jewell)
+
+ * portability fix: By-pass alarm() calls if we're running under perl
+ 5.6.x && $OS is Windows. (burak)
+
+ * address rt #47774: allow duplicate mention of modules in Makefile
+ prelude
+
+ * portability fixes to OS2 (Ilya Zakharevich)
+
+ * fix cpan -r (David Golden, ported back from 5.10.1)
+
+ * work around win32 URI::file volume bug (David Golden)
+
+ * portability fix: use dir() instead of path() on file URLs (David Golden)
+
+ * portability fix: removed my_dot_config as it doesn't exist in
+ File::HomeDir any more (Tomas Doran)
+
+ * bugfix: prerequisites declared with the string "==" now supported (bug
+ reported by Elliot Shank)
+
+2009-06-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+
+ * release 1.9402, nearly identical to 1.94_01 with these additions:
+
+ * protect build_dir_reuse to not process irrelevant yaml files;
+ addressing a bug report by Asif Iqbal on cpan-discuss mailing list
+
+ * doc fix by Dan Dascalescu
+
+2009-06-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+
+ * release 1.94_01, a candidate for the next stable release
+
+ * friendlier CPAN shell startup message (RT#46869 by ADAMK)
+
+ * sets $Archive::Tar::CHOWN=0 and $Archive::Tar::SAME_PERMISSIONS=0;
+ (RT#46384 reported by John Lightsey)
+
+ * fix CPAN Testers reports summary for new website YAML format
+ (RT#46652; David Golden)
+
+ * continuing to improve error handling on unplugged operation (tracked
+ in RT#44549)
+
+ * fix RT#46378: what happens when using 'o conf urllist' for reordering
+
+2009-05-24 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+
+ * this is release 1.94
+
+ * since 1.93_54 one test was changed that had been failing when
+ Text::Glob was not installed.
+
+ * since 1.93 (which was released 2008-10-12) changes are documented in
+ the release notes for 1.93_5[1234] below. Here is a quick summary:
+ SQLite dependency tracking fixed; packaging works around bugs in Solaris
+ tar; fixed ls on subdirectories; tested with YAML::XS; support for
+ MYMETA.yml; CPAN.pm file split into separate files; mega doc/English
+ corrections; negated match variables in distroprefs
+
+ * thanks to Gisle Aas, Tom Christiansen, Alexandr Ciornii, Nicholas
+ Clark, Jan Dubois, David Golden, Randy Kobes, Olivier 'dolmen' Mengué,
+ Steffen Müller, Slaven Rezić, Michael Schwern, Gábor Szabó, Frank
+ Wiegand and many others for providing patches, bugreports and valuable
+ feedback.
+
+2009-05-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+
+ * this is release 1.93_54 (another release candidate for 1.94, I had
+ overlooked the github fork by Alexandr)
+
+ * Help Strawberry perl #41537: will prefer perl unpack modules (unless
+ it is bz2). (Alexandr Ciornii)
+
+ * address #43779: test failures when NFS involved (Alexandr Ciornii)
+
+ * adjust tests for 5.6.2 and when no yaml module is available
+
+2009-05-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+
+ * this is release 1.93_53 (release candidate for 1.94)
+
+ * address #45470: pod synopsis fix submitted by Olivier 'dolmen' Mengué
+
+ * bugfix: @$urllist could break on an undefined urllist, now protected
+
+ * bugfix: Work around the troubles posed by Acme::BadExample
+
+ * bugfix: address #43813: solaris tar cannot deal with long paths
+
+2009-04-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andk@cpan.org>
+
+ * this is release 1.93_52 (dev release towards 1.94)
+
+ * shake out missings after the split into many files
+
+ * Win32 fixes by Jan Dubois
+
+ * CPAN::SQLite support fixes by Randy Kobes
+
+ * completion on distros works now at least on the "d" command when using
+ pretty id ( eg. USERID/Foo-<TAB> )
+
+ * experimental support for deprecated.pm only enabled on perl 5.11
+
+ * address #37531: ls on subdirectories did not work as one would
+ expect (reported by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * address #28438: do not create the author directory if we have a file
+ URL (reported by Schwern)
+
+ * all distroprefs now more YAML compliant
+
+ * tested with YAML::XS and documented as such
+
+ * patch by Gisle Aas to catch not compiling regexps in distroprefs
+
+ * patch by David Golden to support MYMETA.yml
+
+ * address #44549: support users who do not want to connect to the
+ internet but still configure us to run in an intranet or with a minicpan
+ on the local disk (reported by Nicholas Clark)
+
+2009-02-28 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * this is release 1.9304 (same as 1.93_03, just version changed to mark
+ as stable)
+
+2009-02-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * this is release 1.93_51 (dev release towards 1.94)
+
+ * major surgery: split all packages within the CPAN.pm file into
+ separate files. Requested by Gabor Szabo who also submitted an initial
+ implementation.
+
+ * major surgery: relocate the repository to github, adjust all SVN
+ related code in the Makefile.PL to git, and remove all files that are
+ not directly relevant to CPAN.pm. (David Golden and Andreas Koenig)
+
+ * mega doc and English patch by Tom Christiansen and David Golden
+
+ * chmod the build directories to be world readable (suggested by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * fix broken perldoc command (Randy Kobes)
+
+ * Use Parse::CPAN::Meta not Parse::Metayaml (Steffen Mueller)
+
+ * Negated match variables in distroprefs (Gisle Aas)
+
+ * new batch signing key PAUSE2009.pub included
+
+ * this is release 1.93_03
+
+2009-02-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * this is release 1.93_03 (preparation of stable 1.9304)
+
+ * more backporting from trunk
+
+ * PAUSE2009.pub included
+
+ * s/cpantesters.perl.org/www.cpantesters.org/
+
+2009-01-11 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * this is release 1.93_02
+
+ * the underscore is there because it is the first git based release, it
+ as a test ballon for the merge with bleadperl. I expect it will become
+ 1.9303
+
+ * upgrade repo to github
+
+ * more caution when running in degraded mode
+
+ * default for connect-to-internet-ok to 0 again (for 5.8.9 a quick fix
+ against bootstrapping problems was to set it to 1; now the resulting
+ error message makes clear what's going on)
+
+ * typo corrections (Frank Wiegand, David Golden)
+
+ * backport Parse::CPAN::Meta patch from trunk (Steffen Mueller, David Golden)
+
+2008-10-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * this is release 1.9301
+
+ * tests, as always, badly written tests! (RT #39994, #40001)
+
+2008-10-12 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * this is release 1.93
+
+ * no changes against 1.92_66 except in the distroprefs directory (which
+ is not used by default)
+
+ * highlights include:
+
+ * selection of displayed modules during the 'r' command more intuitive
+ (at the same time order of modules changed because we run two passes)
+
+ * several relevant bugfixes, including one related to security
+ (setting $Archive::Tar::CHMOD=0 to prevent undesired world writable
+ directories and files)
+
+ * for details see below the changes entries for 1.92_51 to 1.92_66.
+
+ * thanks to the many contributors who have made this release possible
+
+2008-09-30 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_66 FEATURE FREEZE for 1.93
+
+ * if nothing serious happens this will become 1.93 in a few days
+
+ * security fix: Archive::Tar should not preserve permissions in the
+ tarball; extracted file permissions will be set from users umask instead
+ (David Golden)
+
+ * improve on dealing with a tarball with zero permissions (thanks to
+ RPHANEY/openStatisticalServices-0.018.tar.gz)
+
+2008-09-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_65 (aiming at 1.93 once again)
+
+ * address #39243: signature test now skips when no SHA module available
+ (requested by M Schwern)
+
+ * adjust skip message formatting to Test::Harness 3.13 strictness
+
+ * now with 344 distroprefs files
+
+2008-09-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_64
+
+ * workaround for tarballs containing a pax_global_header comment
+ (reported by David Cantrell and Jan Dubois)
+
+ * set the PERL5LIB also on the look command (suggested by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * better protection against invalid index files
+
+ * fix esoteric bug in build_dir_reuse/reset_tested (David Golden)
+
+ * allow more than 100 commands in history (Rodrigo Marchant)
+
+ * preserve modification and owner bits when overwriting FTPstats.yml
+ (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * address #32841: Location of .cpan Inconsistent on Mac OS X (David Wheeler)
+
+ * updated the FAQ about choosing mirror sites
+
+ * now with 343 distroprefs files (the curve is flattening)
+
+2008-06-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_63
+
+ * The CPAN::PERL5INC experiment didn't work and all related code was
+ removed. Because PERL5OPT "-M" switches are resolved after command line
+ "-M" switches, CPAN::PERL5INC sets @INC too late for any PL code or
+ tests that load prerequisite modules with "-M" on a command line.
+
+ * fixed some localization bugs seen on 5.6.2 (David Golden)
+
+ * added 'perl5lib_verbosity' config option to silence 'added to
+ PERL5LIB' messages (David Golden)
+
+ * now with 340 distroprefs files
+
+2008-05-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_62
+
+ * fixed PERL5INC tempfile leak when running without lock file
+ (David Golden)
+
+ * better prereq and distropref disabled support under build_dir_reuse
+ (David Golden)
+
+ * distropref cache won't persist across sessions with build_dir_reuse
+ (David Golden)
+
+ * patch from chocelateboy: found a FileHandle->new with an argument
+
+ * fix "exiting subroutine via last" bug (patch from Gisle Aas)
+
+ * finishing the CPAN::Distroprefs refactoring (Hans Dieter Pearcey)
+
+ * silence noisy tests
+
+ * now with 320 distroprefs files
+
+2008-04-25 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_61
+
+ * regain 5.005 compat (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * fixed PERL5INC/YAML::Syck tainting @INC issue (David Golden)
+
+ * major distroprefs code refactoring into new module CPAN::Distroprefs,
+ adding tests (Hans Dieter Pearcey)
+
+ * cpan script upgraded to 1.53 (brian d foy)
+
+ * rework the whole experimental "feature" thingie since the META.yml
+ spec was fixed
+
+ * address #30464 (imacat): small refactoring and extend the loop
+ protection from install only on make_test
+
+ * repair broken smoke command
+
+ * now with 309 distroprefs files
+
+2008-03-26 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_60: gearing towards a new stable release
+
+ * minor bugfixing
+
+ * documented that the support for optional_features is not yet ready for
+ prime time.
+
+ * now with 297 distroprefs files
+
+2008-03-16 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_59: new distroprefs parameter match/env; bugfixing
+
+ * address #34104: add match/env into the distroprefs mix (suggested by
+ Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * add reset_tested() function to forget distributions previously tested
+ in a session, which resets the list of directories added to PERL5LIB
+ (David Golden)
+
+ * address #34062: regain lost 'cpan .' command (reporter Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * shut up "exited subroutine via last" warning in an expect loop
+
+ * address #34102: wrong diagnostic message when no META.yml was there
+ (reporter Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * CPAN::PERL5INC now also used in available_file() so that testers that
+ do not install can continue to work as before this module was introduced
+
+ * new protection against subtly broken META.yml files (testcase provided
+ by Form-Processor-Model-DBIC-0.01)
+
+ * cleanup some files on whitespace, notably CRLF files that could
+ confuse some svn clients
+
+ * experimental support for optional_features in META.yml (pre-alpha)
+
+ * now with 287 distroprefs files
+
+2008-03-12 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_58: bugfix
+
+ * new module CPAN::PERL5INC repleaces the current PERL5INC stuff for
+ larger numers of directories involved
+
+ * force pragma can now override the effect of 'disabled' in distroprefs
+ (David Golden)
+
+ * speed up find_perl by caching absolute path in $^X (discovered by
+ Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * new FAQ entries about the build directory
+
+ * now with 284 distroprefs files
+
+2008-02-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_57: getting closer to 1.93
+
+ * address #32823: fix a (rare) case where the make_args were appended to
+ the commandline on the call to ./Build (reported by David Golden and
+ Michael Schwern)
+
+ * applied a patch from Randy Kobes to update index before a query when
+ CPAN::SQLite is active
+
+ * added 'halt_on_failure' config option to halt queue processing after
+ the first failure rather than processing all remaining items
+ (patch by David Golden; requested by Andrew Hampe and Matisse Enzer)
+
+ * address #33505: allow empty passwords in the config and pass proxy
+ data through to curl (suggestions by kevinarpe)
+
+ * new diagnostics when CPAN.pm is required a second time. Introduce a
+ sleep period when it is required several times because then a loop might
+ be the cause and this might provide a clue to the user.
+
+ * address #32525: when running the 'r' command, try to display the
+ module name that is best suited for the distribution name (suggestion
+ and prove of concept implementation by imacat)
+
+ * speed up distroprefs on eexpect/anyorder by reducing timeout to 1
+ second and retrying until full timeout reached
+
+ * address 32923: allow =head1 CONTENT without regard to case (David
+ Wheeler)
+
+ * Now with 277 distroprefs files
+
+2008-02-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_56: unstable release both bugfixes and new features
+
+ * addressing #32841: fixing wrong usage of HOME vs File::HomeDir spotted
+ by Randy Kobes based on a bugreport by David Wheeler; with help from
+ Schwern and Adam Kennedy and I'm sure this will need more iterations.
+
+ * added 'trust_test_report_history' config option; when set, CPAN will
+ skip tests for a distribution and rely on test report results if a prior
+ test report is found; requires CPAN::Reporter 1.07_02
+
+ * protect against the infamous bug in Safe 2.13 that causes data
+ corruption and ugly error messages like unknown method version::("")) or
+ some such
+
+ * let people disable the direct usage of gzip and tar by supplying a
+ whitespace config variable
+
+ * improvements to PPM support by Randy Kobes
+
+ * now with 274 distroprefs files
+
+2007-12-30 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_55: unstable release bugfix
+
+ * address #32003: if untar breaks we broke too much of the session
+
+ * regain 5.6.1 compatibility in the testsuite
+
+ * improve diagnostics in t/31sessions.t to understand better what's up
+ in #31750
+
+ * fail gracefully on distroprefs parse error
+
+ * now with 267 distroprefs files
+
+2007-12-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_54: unstable release bugfix
+
+ * document how redirection in the shell works
+
+ * skip distros in the smoke command when they match m|/Bundle-| (quick
+ hack suggested by David Golden)
+
+ * address #31825: wrong location of MyConfig.pm in Config.pm on OS X
+ (patch by Michael Stillwell)
+
+ * address #31750: fix the logic when Compress::Zlib is not installed,
+ add a test to verify it
+
+2007-12-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_53: unstable release low priority
+
+ * now with 262 distroprefs files
+
+ * fix the bug where CPAN.pm refused to upgrade to Test::Harness 3
+ because Test::Harness was too old (Eric Wilhelm)
+
+ * skip tests when YAML too old
+
+ * default changed in Firsttime: prefer the conservative choice to NOT
+ use build_dir_reuse
+
+ * improve diagnostics when Tarzip believes that it must give up
+
+ * new config variable connect_to_internet_ok (requested by Merijn Brand)
+
+2007-11-11 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.9205
+
+ * backport the bugfix from 1.92_52
+
+ * straighten out a few whitespace changes that slipped into 1.9204
+
+ * release 1.92_52: unstable release (1.9205 will follow)
+
+ * bugfix: the endless loop fix that made it into 1.92_51 and 1.9204 was
+ buggy in itself. Fixing the fix and adding a test case.
+
+ * use chdir from Cwd.pm everywhere instead of the built-in chdir so that
+ we set $PWD simultaneously (requested by Slaven Rezic)
+
+2007-11-06 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.9204: stable subset of 1.92_51
+
+ * bugfix addressing #30464 endless loop with prereq resolution (Slaven
+ Rezic) [untested!]
+
+ * protect the user from using File::Temp when it is too old
+
+ * applied a patch by Rich Paul to finally disable an undocumented, then
+ deprecated and then apparently broken feature
+ ($CPAN::Shell::ADVANCED_QUERY)
+
+ * applied a patch by Rich Paul that gains us a lot of speed lost in
+ unnecessary recomputations
+
+ * replaced all occurrences of $^X with findperl (bug reported by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * several of many suggestsions by Mark Overmeer to improve the style of
+ the dialoges. There's more stuff left in several tickets...
+
+ * address #29754: Lockfile problem with perl 5.005_05 (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * let containsmods cache negative results: Slaven Rezic found out that
+ distros without modules can be a performance killer without this measure
+
+ * no changes in the distroprefs directory
+
+2007-11-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92_51: unstable release (I'll make a 1.9204 soonish)
+
+ * bugfix addressing #30464 endless loop with prereq resolution (Slaven
+ Rezic) [untested!]
+
+ * applied a patch by Rich Paul to support redirection and pipes on shell
+ commands [undocumented!]
+
+ * bugfix wrong usage of kill 0 (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * protect the user from using File::Temp when it is too old
+
+ * applied a patch by Rich Paul to finally disable an undocumented, then
+ deprecated and then apparently broken feature
+ ($CPAN::Shell::ADVANCED_QUERY)
+
+ * applied a patch by Rich Paul that gains us a lot of speed lost in
+ unnecessary recomputations
+
+ * replaced all occurrences of $^X with findperl (bug reported by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * several of many suggestsions by Mark Overmeer to improve the style of
+ the dialoges. There's more stuff left in several tickets...
+
+ * address #29754: Lockfile problem with perl 5.005_05 (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * let containsmods cache negative results: Slaven Rezic found out that
+ distros without modules can be a performance killer without this measure
+
+ * now with 242 distroprefs files
+
+2007-09-28 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.9203: stable release with one distroprefs file fixed
+
+ * release 1.9202: stable release
+
+ * bugfix: don't try to make/Build when Makefile/Build.PL fails to
+ generate a Makefile/Build (David Golden)
+
+ * now with 217 distroprefs files
+
+2007-09-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.9201: stable release
+
+ * bugfix: remove a compile time has_inst call from CPAN::Admin which
+ could cause a hang (Mike Brudenell, Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * address #29606: only warn once when we ignore locking issues (Steve Cooper)
+
+ * add CPAN::Reporter::* to the packages needed for "reload cpan" (David
+ Golden)
+
+ * now with 214 distroprefs files
+
+2007-09-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.92: stable release
+
+ * fixed bug that kept "?" from being interpreted as "help" command
+ (David Golden)
+
+2007-09-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.91_55: stable release candidate II
+
+ * Update one test to match the output of Test::Harness 2.99_02
+
+2007-09-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.91_54: stable release candidate
+
+ * highlights of 51-54: CPAN::Reporter support for reports on separate
+ phases; support for configure_requires in META.yml; now with 207
+ distroprefs files; see below for details.
+
+ * firsttime dialog now defaults prefer_installer to "MB" and offers a
+ third option (RAND) for a random choice.
+
+ * code beautification complete overhaul, whitespace only (Florian
+ Ragwitz)
+
+ * after a fail introduce a hint for using the reports command (suggested
+ by Gabor Szabo)
+
+ * Enable code deserialisation for YAML. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+ * Add CPAN::DeferedCode and make CPAN.pm use it. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+ * Add a new config option: yaml_load_code. (Florian Ragwitz)
+
+ * turn a few myprint() into mywarn()
+
+ * make inhibit_startup_message a normal config variable like all others
+
+ * New manpage CPAN::API::HOWTO by David Cantrell
+
+ * now setting PERL5_CPAN_IS_EXECUTING as requested by Adam Kennedy
+
+ * ask once if we may try to connect to the internet when we try to use
+ @CPAN::Defaultsites (I think this was inspired by Steve Hay, then by
+ Gabor Szabo)
+
+ * address #28946: skip locking on platforms not supporting flock
+
+ * address #28915: CPAN::HandleConfig::home did not cope with getting
+ undef from File::HomeDir-> my_data()
+
+ * support 'help' with argument
+
+ * integrate all FirstTime questions into POD
+
+ * FirstTime::my_prompt_loop now has support for *_intro prompts
+
+ * simplified lots of the complicated FirstTime::init dialogues
+
+ * new config variable load_modules_verbosity
+
+ * support 'o conf /regex/' to selectivel display the state of config varibles
+
+ * prevent recursion into HandleConfig::load()
+
+ * PERL5*_CPAN_IS_RUNNING now points to the process number
+
+ * several commands were missing in @COMMANDS so were not supported for completion
+
+ * started deprecating term_is_latin config variable
+
+2007-08-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.91_53:
+
+ * added CPAN Testers reporting for failures of *.PL or make/Build
+ if CPAN::Reporter version is at least 0.99 (David Golden)
+
+ * new config option tar_verbosity
+
+ * added base_id() method to CPAN::Distribution; documented both
+ base_id() and pretty_id() (David Golden)
+
+ * bugfix: make install did not set the PERL5LIB environment
+
+ * bugfix: smoke command handles distros it can't find more graciously
+
+ * docfix: new FAQ entry about commit and auto_commit (bugged by Nicholas
+ Clark)
+
+ * refactoring of the Queue objects for better readability
+
+ * address #28438: wording of the dialog for keep_source_where (Martin
+ Thurn,Michael Schwern)
+
+ * address #28439: did not report missing file URL when LWP not installed
+ (Martin Thurn,Michael Schwern)
+
+ * new parameter for eexpect: reuse (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * bugfix 'reload cpan': make it less unintuitive (David Golden)
+
+ * bugfix in goto: did not formally say goodbye
+
+2007-07-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.91_52:
+
+ * When accessing the preconfigured default sites, reorder accessmethods
+ in favor of http access (suggested by Brandon Black)
+
+ * neutralize "force" on commands that have no support for it, e.g. turn
+ "force report" into "report" (bugged by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * let SIGINT during recent mean LAST
+
+ * let SIGINT during smoke mean SKIP
+
+ * stop using any version.pm in test 10version.t below 0.7203 because it
+ broke on some older bleadperls between 23000 and 25000
+
+ * applied a patch by Jim Cromie to explicitly spit out the unparseable
+ and zero version numbers
+
+ * changed CPAN::Version to treat sequences of more than on trailing ".0"
+ in version strings as insignificant. This was relevant for
+ ANDYA/Set-IntSpan-Fast-v1.0.tar.gz. Bugreport about version.pm is
+ https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=28206
+
+ * now with 175 distroprefs files covering over 200 distributions
+
+2007-07-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.91_51:
+
+ * support configure_requires according to the META.yml spec
+
+ * support distroprefs for all three types of dependencies:
+ configure_requires, build_requires, requires
+
+ * new experimental commands C<recent> and C<smoke>
+
+ * increase the timeouts for the tests for really slow machines
+
+ * lots of new, updated, and consolidated distroprefs files
+
+ * tiny fix for very rare cases of wrong parsing of degenerate version
+ numbers in CPAN::Version (thanks to Julian Mehnle for the report)
+
+ * support for artistic license "2" (Allison Randal)
+
+ * fix color ornamenting to always end before a newline not after it to
+ prevent spurious reset escape sequences at the beginning of the next
+ line (discovered by Gregor Goldbach and Slaven Rezic)
+
+2007-05-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.9102 -- tiny bugfixes
+
+ * address #26664: probe for the version of the patch program before
+ using it and adjust the parameters accordingly
+
+ * bugfix: a recent bugfix to dot distros broke pip (reported by Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * compatibility with 5.00405 regained
+
+ * test fix: increase the timeouts (the dependency of test success on CPU
+ speed discovered by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * work in progress: improve the output of CPAN.pm to improve
+ human/machine parseablility on several failure modes
+
+2007-04-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.9101
+
+ * bugfix: give all File::Temp using spots a tmpdir (bugged by Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * test fix: demand more YAML fu to run the kwalify test in 12cpan.t
+
+ * bugfix: work around a 5.8.0 overload bug (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * cosmetics: turn on sorting for Data::Dumper conversions
+
+ * several new distropref files
+
+ * test fix: on failure use diag(STDERR) instead of mydiag (STDOUT)
+
+2007-04-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.91
+
+ * new command C<reports> shows the reports sent to cpantesters
+
+ * bugfix: dot distros did not work with Module::Build
+
+ * several new and updated distroprefs
+
+ * bugfixes in testscripts (spotted by Slaven Rezic, Nigel Horne, David Cantrell)
+
+ * bugfix: Time::HiRes not a prereq anymore (Joshua ben Jore)
+
+ * speedup of the cleanup process in the build directory: do not compute
+ the size of directories to be deleted
+
+ * bugfix: scripts installation was broken
+
+ * bugfix: do not drop unknown config variables for the sake of forward
+ compatibility
+
+2007-04-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.90
+
+ * Changes against 1.88:
+
+ * enhanced integration of CPAN::Reporter
+
+ * distroprefs subsystem to store preferences on a per-distro basis
+ independently of the support provided by the individual distributions
+
+ * Support for CPAN::SQLite to gain significant memory savings and speedup
+
+ * new commands upgrade, is_tested, install_tested
+
+ * improved visual navigation by colorized output and improved diagnostic
+ messages
+
+ * improved installation support for scripts without tarball
+
+ * improved config management of internal variables
+
+ * much more serialization of internal data into YAML, switchable between
+ YAML and YAML::Syck
+
+ * optional persistence between sessions
+
+ * support for pseudo "dot" distros (local directories having nothing to
+ do with CPAN)
+
+ * reworked force pragma and new fforce pragma
+
+ * new configuration variables auto_commit, build_requires_install_policy
+
+ * new optional Bundle::CPANxxl bringing all optional supporting modules
+
+ * Changes against 1.88_79:
+
+ * workaround YAML::Syck 0.84 bug
+
+ * bugfix: remove from the is_tested set what reaches "install already done"
+
+ * improve diagnostics when gpg fails
+
+ * bugfix persistence: do not restore pragmas
+
+ * do the eval $VERSION tango for $CPAN::VERSION only when needed
+ (allowing "1.90" with a trailing zero)
+
+ * bugfix: if a dependency has been installed successfully but did not
+ install the expected module, issue a warning and do not install again to
+ prevent endless loops.
+
+2007-03-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_79: stable release candidate VII
+
+ * make the failure mode on circular depencies just as the other failure
+ modes and let the rest of the modules continue; also improve diagnostics
+ for circular dependencies
+
+ * clean up a few places where STDERR leaked from underneath; others seem
+ unfixable so a few are left over
+
+ * protect better against lost build directories
+
+ * warn when YAML is too old and skip the 30shell test
+
+2007-03-05 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_78: stable release candidate VI
+
+ * set PERL5_CPANPLUS_IS_RUNNING (desparately; see RT#23735)
+
+ * prevent installation attempts for files named *.patch (inspired by
+ David Cantrell)
+
+ * allow refs in @INC by Nicholas Clark
+
+ * applied a patch by Slaven Rezic to support match/perlconfig in
+ distroprefs covering %Config::Config
+
+ * hint the Win32 users how to install nmake with YVES' download script
+
+ * catch typos in distroprefs that are not yet caught by kwalify
+
+ * several new and updated distroprefs files
+
+ * integrate brian d foy's cpan script from his 1.53 release
+
+ * address RT#25223 (JDHEDDEN) small fix to the cpan script
+
+ * fix installation of scripts which was broken
+
+2007-02-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_77: stable release candidate V
+
+ * another tweak to t/31sessions.t necessary after a cpantesters report
+
+2007-02-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_76: stable release candidate IV
+
+ * In t/31sessions.t set PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT to emulate testers behaviour
+ and have the same results for testers and everybody else.
+
+2007-02-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_75: stable release candidate III
+
+ * make t/31sessions.t more verbose in order to determine the problem it
+ has on testers machines
+
+2007-02-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_74: stable release candidate II
+
+ * fix t/31sessions.t to run without Archive::Tar installed
+
+ * updated and new prefs files
+
+2007-02-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_73: quick small fixes, stable release candidate I
+
+ * Win32 fix for 31sessions.t by Randy Kobes
+
+ * flush non-archival files when the mirror changes (thanks for the
+ suggestion to Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * fix recursion detection logic: when we have the module and it
+ satisfies the minimum required, do not take its recursive dependencies
+ into account.
+
+ * fix bug in getting PREREQ_PM out of Makefile when a value in PREREQ_PM
+ is undef (uncovered by Template::Plugin::Format::Number)
+
+ * couple of distroprefs files
+
+ * in the tests, when using POSIX::_exit make sure the 1..0 is flushed out
+
+2007-01-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_72: quick small fixes
+
+ * fix completion for the two commands "failed" and "fforce"
+
+ * fix support for test/args in distroprefs
+
+ * stop scanning build_dir for sizes without lock because we are not
+ cleaning up anyway
+
+ * disable broken Archive::Tar 0.23
+
+ * mitigate a too sharp test in 31sessions.t
+
+2007-01-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_71: this does not yet qualify as a release candidate for
+ 1.89 because it incorporates a major bugfix; but otherwise I think this
+ is feature complete for a release
+
+ * document treatment of requires and build_requires declarations
+
+ * integrate the distroprefs README into the manpage
+
+ * introduce negative distroprefs caching for the current command
+
+ * new commands C<is_tested> and C<install_tested> (inspired by Ilya
+ Zakharevich)
+
+ * fix completion bug with notest and fforce pragma
+
+ * delete distro objects in memory that are cleaned up by the CacheMgr
+
+ * fix a bug that only fired when prefer_installer was set to MB but
+ Module::Build was not yet installed
+
+ * fix a serious dependency resolution bug triggered by the new
+ family of Compress::Zlib module distributions
+
+ * limit recursion detection to those commands that need it and let
+ others, like 'look', continue to work; at the same time make recursion
+ detection a serious error that throws an exception and does not try to
+ continue to execute
+
+2007-01-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_69
+
+ * fix a broken test (which tested with the wrong MyConfig.pm)
+
+2007-01-07 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_68
+
+ * two bugfix patches from Randy Kobes for Win32
+
+ * include new PAUSE2007.pub key
+
+ * bugfix: make FTPstats writing atomic
+
+ * new mandatory config variable 'auto_commit' to always save changed
+ variables immediately to disk
+
+ * address 22069: display a colortable before asking questions about
+ colors
+
+ * new config variable colorize_debug to colorize debugging output
+
+ * bugfix: prepending to PERL5LIB contained the BUILDDIR literally
+
+ * bugfix: when determining unsatisfied prereqs, honour is_tested area
+
+ * improve documentation about has_inst and dontload_list
+
+ * several distropref files finetuned
+
+2006-12-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_67
+
+ * Redesigned 'force' pragma: only force at the level of the given
+ command ('force test' only forces test, 'force make' only make etc.)
+
+ * new fforce pragma ("fortissimo") that forces at 'get' level and then
+ continues to the given command
+
+ * persistence via 'build_dir_reuse' improved: also maintain the
+ is_tested record between sessions
+
+ * documentation and tests for the new force pragmas and for session
+ persistence
+
+ * support for 'applypatch' via distroprefs
+
+ * improved SQLite support for TAB completion courtesy Randy Kobes
+
+ * lots of new and updated distroprefs files
+
+ * Devel::Cover working again
+
+ * address #24114 (Steve Peters): do not fail due to missing YAML
+
+ * bugfix: handle gracefully when a build dir disappears
+
+ * bugfix: improve dependency checking if a module has no version at all
+
+ * bugfix: when a "goto" object is installed remove it from the queue
+
+ * bugfix: test suite runnable again without Expect
+
+2006-12-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_66
+
+ * bugfix: protect FTPstats.yml from being truncated
+
+ * bugfix: now really remove the dependency on YAML::Syck in the Makefile
+
+ * distroprefs: deprecate expect-in-any-order and replace with eexpect
+
+ * distroprefs: attach a Distrostatus object to disabled distros in
+ $self->{unwrapped}
+
+ * distroprefs: new keyword 'commandline'
+
+ * sqlite: deprecate config variable sqlite_dbname
+
+ * sqlite: make Bundle::Localbundle work
+
+2006-12-09 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_65
+
+ * make CPAN::SQLite configurable and tweak a few places to help SQLite
+ bootstrapping.
+
+ * fixed an implicit dependency on YAML::Syck in the Makefile
+
+ * distropref-goto: use the queue because after the goto new dependencies
+ may be needed
+
+ * fix dependency checking after make test: it did not work well together
+ with a distropref-goto
+
+2006-12-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_64
+
+ * more of Randy Kobes' patches for CPAN::SQLite applied. Things start
+ working.
+
+ * CPAN::Kwalify as a bridge to Kwalify.pm verifies all distroprefs to be
+ syntactically correct
+
+ * address #23742: fix unini warning
+
+ * another patch from Randy Kobes to canonize directory names
+
+ * bugfix: force install of a local dot distro was doing weird things
+
+ * bugfix: goto did not normalize the distro name
+
+2006-11-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_63: nothing major, only bugfixes and tiny new features.
+ Still a lot to do for 1.89.
+
+ * address #23315: there were still some uncought exceptions in
+ CPAN::Tarzip that broke megainstalls by Steve Peters; now hopefully all
+ fixed
+
+ * address #22584: do not set VERSION to "undef" when 0
+
+ * bugfix: delete backups during downloading of new index files
+
+ * bugfix: repair all risky ->can with UNIVERSAL::can; thanks to Adriano
+ Rodrigues for the report!
+
+ * bugfix: dirname(undef) can die: protect against it when an entry in
+ FTPstats has no associated file
+
+ * the failed command now prints its rows sorted by command (as before)
+ but within each command by time.
+
+ * the prereq check under the Module::Build installer is now performed by
+ reading the _build/prereqs file instead of calling Module::Build
+ directly. (Suggested by Ken Williams)
+
+ * cleanup of the cache directory is now disabled for batch jobs;
+ documentation is updated about the lock file the shell is holding
+
+ * now setting the environment variable PERL5_CPAN_IS_RUNNING; tentative
+ patch for Module::Install in my CPAN homedirectory
+
+ * support for fallback Data::Dumper and Storable files in the prefs_dir
+ directory when YAML is not available (alpha)
+
+ * new support for cpanconfig/check_sigs in distroprefs to temporarily
+ switch signature checking on or off. See distroprefs/00.README for
+ details and distroprefs/JESSE.HTTP-Server-Simple.yml for an example (alpha)
+
+ * new keyword "goto" in distroprefs to nominate a delegate distro. See
+ distroprefs/00.README for details and distroprefs/ABH.XML-RSS.yml for an
+ example (alpha)
+
+ * small portions of patches from Randy Kobes applied to support
+ CPAN::SQLite (pre-alpha; see Makefile.PL how to invoke)
+
+2006-11-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_62
+
+ * bugfix in randomize_urllist introduced in 1.88_61: setting the value
+ with C<o conf randomize_urllist> was broken
+
+ * disallow C<o conf {commit,defaults}> in degraded mode
+
+ * more programming tips in the manpage from Ilya Zakharevich
+
+ * sanity check on path names with tilde suggested by Adam Kennedy
+
+ * change the prettyprint of arrays to accommodate the user of splice
+
+ * introduce C<expect-in-any-order> to distroprefs
+
+ * add a new testdistro CPAN-Test-Dummy-Perl5-Make-Expect
+
+ * make the 00.README in the distroprefs directory more like a manpage
+ for later inclusion into the CPAN.pm manpage
+
+ * determine if a patch needs -p0 or -p1
+
+ * fix downloads with lynx when the other end sends an unusual error page
+
+2006-11-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_61
+
+ * This release is dedicated to imacat.
+
+ * address #22749: always download CHECKSUMS from the same host as the
+ package file (Thanks to imacat for the report)
+
+ * new command 'hosts' to display some recent download statistics
+
+ * new config parameter 'randomize_urllist' brings some randomness into
+ the URL selection
+
+ * if yaml_module not YAML and not available, fall back to YAML
+
+2006-11-02 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_59
+
+ * Note: the build_dir has got a major reworking with regard to how
+ individual directories below it are being named. The names are now
+ generated by File::Temp and contain a random part. This has the
+ advantage that concurring users of CPAN.pm cannot disturb each other and
+ the disadvantage that it is more difficult to identify which directory
+ contains which build environment. If YAML is installed, then each
+ directory is accompanied by a YAML file that stores a lot of state about
+ the directory.
+
+ The filename of the YAML file is C<< <directoryname>.yml >>
+
+ * This release represents work in progress: new features marked as alpha
+ below are still in flux and may change or be removed in the future.
+
+ * Large chunk of documentation added about the many 'o conf' variants
+ (after a smart kick From Marc Lehmann)
+
+ * fix a bug reported by Sujith Emmanuel to survive when urllist contains
+ illegal URLs
+
+ * new bundle Bundle::CPANxxl with CPAN::Reporter, Module::Signature,
+ Expect, etc.
+
+ * many new sample distroprefs files (alpha)
+
+ * new keyword "disabled" in distroprefs (alpha)
+
+ * sanitize the behaviour after an Expect.pm timeout (alpha)
+
+ * make running concurrent batch jobs safe (alpha)
+
+ * lock the shell more granular to let many CPAN shells coexist (alpha)
+
+ * several small bugfixes to the persistent distro state feature
+ introduced in 1.88_58 (alpha)
+
+ * very early incarnation of new install_tested command (alpha)
+
+2006-10-28 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_58
+
+ * new config option build_dir_reuse for persistent distro state in
+ build_dir inspired by Ilya Zakharevich. (alpha!)
+
+ * a few new and rewritten distropref files.
+
+ * add distribution name to every OK/NOT OK; also inspired by Ilya.
+
+ * bugfix on a rare bug related to the deletion of metadata after using a
+ pragma on a distribution.
+
+2006-10-24 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_57
+
+ * address #22396: add a diagnostic warning at cleanup time when people
+ have changed their config but forgot to safe it (Tina Mueller, Alberto
+ Manuel Brandao Simoes).
+
+ * workaround for a weird interaction with a dated version.pm in
+ a probably dated Module::Build and UNIVERSAL::VERSION.
+
+ * document the config variables that are overridable via distroprefs.
+
+ * add prefer_installer to the list of overridable config variables.
+
+ * new and updated prefs files for DBI, Coro, etc.
+
+2006-10-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_56
+
+ * add the ability to patch random distros both with local patches and
+ with patches from CPAN. Demo patches to UNIVERSAL::require, Expect,
+ Math::Pari, etc. are uploaded to my CPAN directory, corresponding YAML
+ files are in the distroprefs directory. Heavily inspired by an old patch
+ from Ilya Zakharevich.
+
+ * fixes from Ilya Zakharevich to the PERL5LIB environment handling for
+ not yet installed modules from a 3 year old patch.
+
+ * work around a Module::Build issue with Build.PL files that are
+ subclassing Module::Build like Error.pm and HTML::Mason. For now we fall
+ back to the META.yml file. Needs further discussion with Module::Build
+ people.
+
+ * in the distroprefs system allow for YAML files with an arbitrary
+ number of sections.
+
+ * document how to integrate local distribution directories into the CPAN
+ shell. See section 'Integrating local directories' in the manpage.
+
+ * reporting of errors during unpacking is now integrated into the
+ report section at the end of each command and the 'failed' command.
+
+ * applied a patch by smpeters to silence an unini warning (RT #22277).
+
+ * address #20979: trailing backslashes in MyConfig variables with test
+ (Lars XXX via David Golden)
+
+2006-10-16 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_55
+
+ * new command 'report' as requested by Schwern in #22118.
+
+ * extend the Distribution object to local directories. Gives a meaning
+ to the 'cpan .' command. Suggested by Slaven Rezic.
+
+ * removes the linux centric behaviour of t/30shell.t.
+
+ * do not complain THAT often about uninstalled YAML or YAML::Syck; once
+ is per distro enough.
+
+2006-10-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_54
+
+ * New option 'yaml_module' to switch between YAML.pm and YAML::Syck
+ Try 'o conf init /yaml/' to use it.
+
+ * New distroprefs system that lets the user store arguments, environment
+ variables, individual answers to questions asked by Distributions when
+ being built, and config overrides. Try 'o conf init /prefs/' for more
+ information.
+
+ * address #21144 major documentation bug: $obj->install is NOT the same
+ as CPAN::Shell->install($obj) as soon as a queue of dependencies comes
+ into play.
+
+ * fix "o conf defaults" which was broken in 1.88_53.
+
+ * protect us against Module::Build errors with an eval around the
+ requires() and build_requires() calls.
+
+2006-10-09 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_53
+
+ * wrapping Module::Build calls into an eval to catch external errors
+ with the right consequences.
+
+ * 'reload cpan' now based on timestamps and always jumps into a fresh
+ shell when needed.
+
+ * display the version during loading of our own modules.
+
+ * address #21692: make the "isa perl" case less noisy (Gabor Szabo)
+
+ * new tests
+
+2006-10-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_52
+
+ * now does the right thing with prereq "perl"
+
+ * major speedup in parsing of index files
+
+ * repair debugging aid to display the correct line number
+
+ * fix bug introduced in _51 regarding Test::Harness version verification
+
+ * fix old bug in CPAN::Version wrt installed developer versions
+
+2006-09-29 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88_51
+
+ * dependencies declared as 'build_requires' are now treated according to
+ a new policy option: try 'o conf init build_requires_install_policy' for
+ more info. (Suggested/Requested by Johan Vromans)
+
+ * fixed a bug where successful tests were repeated if things were not
+ being installed like during the 'test' command itself.
+
+ * address #21724: document that the 'r' command takes arguments; support
+ the same arguments for the 'upgrade' command (Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * address #21716: fix the broken 'recent' command (Phil Pennock)
+
+ * fixed a rare but extremely unpleasant bug with deep recursion in
+ AUTOLOAD during the 'reload cpan' command.
+
+2006-09-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.8801
+
+ * trivial bugfix: init dialog had a tweak that made it impossible to set
+ 'ncftp' when 'ncftpget' was installed and configured.
+
+2006-09-21 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.88
+
+ * For detailed changes since 1.87 see the entries in the Changes file.
+ For finer grained change log see the ChangeLog.svn file. The highlights
+ of this release are:
+
+ * convenient configuration: dialogs for individual items or groups of
+ items can be accessed with a single command (Courtesy Jim Cromie)
+
+ * experimental support for CPAN::Reporter: try
+ o conf init /test/
+ (Courtesy David Golden)
+
+ * make installation of scripts easier: try something like
+ install SREZIC/pingomatic-1.012
+ (Courtesy Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * colored output for better separation of process output, messages from
+ CPAN and warnings from CPAN: to turn colorization on/off try
+ o conf init /color/
+
+ * formatting of lists of modules now features a column to indicate
+ installed and updateable modules
+
+ * signature checking can now be turned on and off with 'o conf check_sigs'
+
+ * new command 'upgrade' installs newest version of all installed modules
+
+ * Please note a minor incompatibility: the init dialog now has reversed
+ semantics: it suggests automatic configuration that can be confirmed
+ with 'yes' instead of suggesting manual configuration that can be denied
+ with 'no'.
+
+2006-09-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_65
+
+ * Hunting missing documentation with Test::Pod::Coverage because my
+ first try to use it started with a wrong copy&paste.
+
+ * Forward compatibility: bzip2 via Archive::Tar not dying anymore
+
+2006-09-16 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_64
+
+ * added test for the urllist dialog
+
+ * added License to all pm files and to the Makefile.PL
+
+ * allow ranges in urllist dialog, as inspired by Andrew Strebkov
+
+ * allow "o conf init WORD WORD2..."
+
+ * address #21484: disable inactivity_timeout when d_alarm is not "define"
+
+ * regex in "o conf init MATCH" must now be enclosed in slashes as in all
+ other commands that allow regexes
+
+ * again tested with 5.8.0, this time with an UTF8 locale and it did
+ indeed not pass the 30test: turning LANG=C now for the 30shell test,
+ unconditionally
+
+ * all supported config variables now documented in the POD and added a
+ test to monitor changes in the future
+
+2006-09-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_63
+
+ * should run on 5.8.0 now
+
+ * address #17973: always honour user defined URLs over default URLs
+
+2006-09-11 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_62
+
+ * make term_ornaments switchable while running (was only checked during
+ initialization)
+
+ * verify that color settings are applicable (bad colors were killing the
+ shell process completely)
+
+ * improve wording and logic when user is offline and tries to run
+ the urllist dialog. (Address debian bug #380551)
+
+2006-09-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_61
+
+ * configuation of urllist uses a local urllist instead of the global
+ configured one: prevents that ^C accidentally kills the currently
+ configured urllist
+
+ * configuration of urllist: if there is already a previous pick, one can
+ go through the dialog with RETURN only
+
+ * new options to get colored output: colorize_output, colorize_print,
+ colorize_warn
+
+2006-09-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_59: "o conf init MATCH" finally works and can be used to
+ jump into the configuration dialog and select an arbitrary subset of
+ questions.
+
+ * perl -I. -MCPAN ... now works because we replaced C<no lib .> with
+ rel2absing the INC (suggested by Slaven Rezic)
+
+2006-08-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_58: work is still in progress to get "o conf init MATCH"
+ working (finishing the epochal Jim Cromie patches) but all tests pass
+
+ * initial configuration dialogue now has reversed meaning: automatic
+ configuration can be confirmed with 'yes' instead of having to deny
+ manual configuration with 'no'
+
+ * fix a bug reported by David Golden, that Bundle::CPAN is never
+ uptodate. Fixing it by special-casing readline.pm in the inst_file
+ method. See also #17963.
+
+ * Address #18196 once again because people have still MakeMaker < 6.18
+ installed.
+
+2006-08-26 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_57
+
+ * Added by David Golden: support for CPAN::Reporter.
+
+2006-08-24 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_56
+
+ * Tiny documentation improvements
+
+ * Fix by David Golden to suppress warnings when using term_ornaments
+
+2006-07-29 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_55
+
+ * improve the heuristics when parsing PREREQ for scripts
+
+ * document CPAN::Module::as_glimpse changes and fix the case where we
+ have no author or no distro and added some tests for these cases
+
+2006-07-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_54
+
+ * fix #18165: new config option term_ornaments
+
+ * fix #20272: FirstTime::init did not preserve the space that signifies
+ "disabled program"
+
+2006-07-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_53
+
+ * make *scripts* (as opposed to modules) installable when the path of
+ the distro is given: you can now 'install ANDK/keepcool-0.344' and it is
+ stored as 'keepcool'
+
+ * the m command displays one column more: an equals sign if we have this
+ version installed, a less-than sign if our installed version of the
+ module is smaller and a space if we do not have this thing installed
+
+ * fix #18438: weird dependency chain issue that broke
+ amavis/SpamAssassin
+
+ * fix #20168: when a user has neither Module::Signature nor gnupg, do
+ not warn them
+
+ * patch by Matisse Enzer to support authenticating proxies
+
+ * new command "upgrade" installs newer versions of all installed modules
+ if there are any (feature requested by Martin Sluka)
+
+ * release 1.87_52
+
+ * add support for check_sigs configuration option (turn signature
+ checking on and off any time)
+
+ * fix #18011: improved initial configuration according to suggestions by
+ Vassilii Khachaturov
+
+2006-03-06 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87_51
+
+ * patch by Max Maischein to quote commands that contain spaces as is
+ often the case on Windows systems (addresses #17877)
+
+ * do not display DSLIP_STATUS when it is empty; same thing for MANPAGE
+
+ * add a security advice to the manpage
+
+ * do not advertise Bundle::CPAN when a new CPAN is available, CPAN alone
+ should do
+
+2006-02-27 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.87
+
+ * new method dslip_status for Module objects
+
+ * no t/dot-cpan/ directory in the distro anymore and removed after test
+
+ * bugfix: when make clean failed, we did not list this as a fail
+
+ * more tests in t/30shell.t, sub coverage on CPAN.pm now >75%
+
+2006-02-23 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.86_53
+
+ * t/30shell emits two test headers (fixes #17816; Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * make Tarzip work better on uncompressed files; fixes test failure of
+ test t/12cpan.t work under some conditions
+
+ * t/30shell now skips tests that need uninstalled prerequisites and so
+ passes all tests on a bare 5.8.8 for me when CPAN_RUN_SHELL_TEST is set
+
+2006-02-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.86_52
+
+ * simplification of the concepts of home and of the CPAN/MyConfig.pm and
+ the CPAN/Config.pm. There were too many places that tried to do the same
+ thing. Should now be centralized and consistent.
+
+2006-02-21 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.86_51
+
+ * replace the concept of $ENV{HOME} with File::HomeDir (fixes #17759;
+ Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * remove a spurious CARRIAGE RETURN in the Todo file: it broke
+ Module::Signature on Windows (fixes #17746; Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * return empty string instead of undef when HAVE_MAKE is false (fixes
+ #17768; Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * do not try to use $CPAN::Frontend before it exists (fixes #17770; Adam
+ Kennedy)
+
+ * t/12cpan.t now behaves on 5.004 and 5.005
+
+ * t/30shell.t now can be run without Expect; needs to be enabled with
+ environment variable CPAN_RUN_SHELL_TEST in this case
+
+ * more testing in 30shell.t
+
+2006-02-20 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.86
+
+ * quick fix for a bug in the Checksums checking code: if the cache had
+ an old copy, it was in some cases not updated and if the file-to-check
+ was newer, a false alarm was triggered.
+
+ * I expect a 1.87 soonish, because we have open bugs: test 12cpan.t not
+ suited for old perls; test for the above bug missing.
+
+2006-02-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.85
+
+ * Fix for 'install Bundle:CPAN' on Windows machines (closes #17699; Adam
+ Kennedy)
+
+ * Make a separate distro for Bundle::CPAN (works around the bug for
+ older versions of CPAN)
+
+ * Another fix for bundles: in some cases CPAN.pm installed an older
+ bundle than the most recent
+
+ * more tests: CPAN.pm subroutine coverage now at 71.4%
+
+2006-02-15 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.84
+
+ * see detailed release notes for releases 1.83_51 upto 1.83_69 below
+
+ * highlights of the changes between 1.83 and 1.84: better error handling
+ with new "failed" command and in many other places; new config variable
+ ftp_passive is on by default; new command mkmyconfig; Module::Build
+ support should now work on Windows and work better on all platforms; new
+ methods for programmers CPAN::Module::distribution and
+ CPAN::Distribution::author; improved docs; prettier output; and last not
+ least a heavy dose of refactoring, bugfixing, and testing
+
+ * Thanks to the bunch of helpful contributors and bug reporters (you
+ know who you are:)
+
+2006-02-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_69
+
+ * much more testing (70% sub coverage in CPAN.pm)
+
+ * deprecated "dontload_hash" and introduced "donload_list" instead
+
+ * better handling of errors during 'perl Makefile.PL'
+
+ * turn on sorting for the dump command
+
+ * turn on sorting for the CONTAINSMODS attribute of Distribution objects
+
+ * env FTP_PASSIVE now set to true also when config variable ftp_passive
+ does not exist (brought up by Jarkko)
+
+ * patch by Sebastien Aperghis-Tramoni to avoid a SEGV with 5.004_05
+ which happens when exit is called within BEGIN
+
+2006-02-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_68
+
+ * bring 5.004 compatibility back
+
+ * kick out a 5.8.1 warning (Ken Williams)
+
+ * renaming all tests to NNxxx.t style
+
+ * less noise when Digest::SHA is not installed (closes 17598; Adam Kennedy)
+
+2006-02-06 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_67
+
+ * more tests
+
+2006-02-04 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_66
+
+ * add a new method CPAN::Distribution::author
+
+ * protect the usage of Text::Glob with a has_inst
+
+ * document CPAN::Module::distribution
+
+ * experimental and undocumented new method CPAN::Distribution::fast_yaml
+
+ * release 1.83_65
+
+ * much more testing in shell.t
+
+ * bugfix: protect "make test" from outer environment variable MAKEFLAGS
+
+ * bring "o conf help" back which was lost
+
+2006-02-02 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_64 (potential release candidate for 1.84)
+
+ * bugfix: when M:B specifies both requires AND build_requires AND then
+ has no YAML to write the META.yml file, THEN we did not merge the two
+ requiries. Seen in KCLARK/Text-RecordParser-v1.0.0.tar.gz.
+
+2006-02-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_63
+
+ * bugfix: when the CHECKSUMS file contains garbage, tell the user and
+ default to aborting the process (bug reported by Linda W)
+
+2006-01-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_62 came out today before this entry was written
+
+ * rename the LC_ALL macro so that it does not infect the whole
+ environment (Ken Williams)
+
+ * new command mkmyconfig: patch supplied by Tyler MacDonald
+
+2006-01-30 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_61
+
+ * After a bugreport from Randy Kobes, another few small fixes to make
+ sure that mbuild_install_build_command cannot make it through to be used
+ anywhere.
+
+ * release 1.83_60
+
+ * bugfix: Do not use ./Build directly on Windows, it must be called
+ together with the perl (fixes #17313; thanks to carl at fireartist for
+ the report and a patch skeleton)
+
+ * feature: 'o conf commit' now drops unknown config variables
+
+ * bugfix for very rare cases: do not use CPAN::Distrostatus object
+ methods on strings left over from the current session before a 'cpan
+ reload' introduces the CPAN::Distrostatus class
+
+ * bugfix: better switches for the call to curl
+
+ * bugfix: more checks after lynx if the command was successful or not
+
+ * docs: revisited the FAQ section
+
+ * bugfix: if a META.yml specified a prerequisite module that we do not
+ know, the whole prereq_pm became undef; now issues a warning and skips
+ the unknown thing
+
+2006-01-25 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_59
+
+ * new config variable ftp_passive which causes $ENV{FTP_PASSIVE} to be
+ set; fixes #17266 (Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * have 2 Default Hosts instead of one; fixes rt #17238 (Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * be much more verbose when reaching the last ressort external ftp;
+ fixes rt #17237 and #17241 (Adam Kennedy)
+
+ * give the cwd command more flexibility (stimulated by Ashley M. Kirchner)
+
+ * bugfix: honour build_requires
+
+2006-01-22 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_58
+
+ * command processor tweak on Win32 (Jan Dubois, Gisle Aas)
+
+ * README production was broken
+
+ * Ongoing heavy refactoring of FirstTime, currently still without
+ becoming visible to the user (Jim Cromie)
+
+ * More tests for CPAN::Version with output comparing the results with
+ Sort::Versions and version.pm
+
+ * bugfix: double check the "later" attribute before you excuse and unset
+ it if it is obsolete; fixes a bug where a postponed distro could be lost
+ from the queue
+
+ * output of as_glimpse more space efficient
+
+2006-01-19 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_57
+
+ * bugfix rt #17131 (Lee Goddard): better error messages on two
+ unrecoverable errors that require user intervention
+
+ * shell.t improved again: now the output reads really similar to a shell
+ session so we can determine which problems were leading to a failing
+ test
+
+2006-01-18 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_56
+
+ * bugfix rt #17089 (Adam Kennedy): the existance of a Build.PL without a
+ Makefile.PL implies a Module::Build dependency
+
+ * skipping the signature test now possible with "force"
+
+ * more tests in shell.t
+
+ * improved documentation
+
+ * new method CPAN::Module->distribution
+
+2006-01-14 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_55
+
+ * improve error handling on Net::FTP connections (R. Hauser; fixes rt
+ #1572)
+
+ * shell.t starts working on installations that have a CPAN/Config.pm
+
+2006-01-13 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_54
+
+ * conveniently handle $Config->{make} on systems that often switch
+ between dmake and nmake, like ActiveState's perl (Gisle Aas)
+
+ * better choice for command processor on Win32 (Gisle Aas)
+
+ * newest cpan script (1.51) from brian d foy
+
+ * "force ls" now refetches the CHECKSUMS files
+
+ * shell.t now conforming to Test-Anything-Protocol and hopefully working
+ on more platforms.
+
+2006-01-12 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_53
+
+ * bugfix: if we have no YAML and no Makefile, we could not determine
+ prereqs. Now fixed by using Module::Build.
+
+ * bugfix: b command on unpublished bundles was broken due to wrong
+ handling of missing RO elements.
+
+ * bugfix: do not die when you cannot verify a signature, proceed with a
+ fail instead.
+
+ * new command "failed" reports about failed invocations of make, test or
+ install on CPAN::Distribution objects.
+
+ * Jim's bold fight against the FirstTime dragons continues.
+
+2006-01-10 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_52 is a work in progress: Jim is proceeding with the
+ dressage of the FirstTime. It actually contains shell.t.
+
+2006-01-08 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.83_51 brings
+
+ * restructure FirstTime in a way to enable us to ask single questions RSN
+ (Jim Cromie)
+
+ * shell.t that can test dialogues
+
+ * bugfix: show_upload_date now asks yes/no instead of 1/0 (Ask B. Hansen)
+
+ * envariable CPAN_SHELL_LEVEL now available for subshells (Slaven Rezic)
+
+ * enable date/time warnings without the help of HTTP::Date (inspired by
+ a bogus bugreport on perl monks that was only due to wrong system time)
+
+ * bugfix: hide CPAN::Config from the indexer
+
+ * provide a more traditional style ChangeLog and Changes file
+
+2006-01-05 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.82 and 1.83 are quick bugfix releases.
+
+2006-01-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.81 adds on top of 1.80_58:
+
+ * bugfix: completion of debug options was not case insensitive
+
+ * bugfix: installation of distributions was broken for distros
+ not mentioned in the index
+
+ * include a hint that su might work as well as sudo in the dialog
+ about make_install_make_command and mbuild_install_build_command
+
+ * add Module::Signature to the Bundle and move Digest::SHA higher
+ up so they start working as soon as possible
+
+ * improve the dialog that ensues when bad signatures are
+ encountered
+
+2006-01-01 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.80_58 was a quick bugfix release
+
+2005-12-31 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.80_57 adds on top of 1.80_56 the following:
+
+ * prerequisites fixed: File::Temp was missing in PREREQ_PM and
+ Bundle
+
+ * reduce noise when $Debug is on
+
+ * improved handling of whitespace in filenames (Roland Bauer;
+ rt.cpan.org #3201)
+
+ * add the Module::Build configuration parameters to the required
+ parameters (thus users are relayed to the init dialog)
+
+ * import less symbols
+
+ * enhanced robustness if cwd gets removed while we're running
+ (Rhet Turnbull; rt.cpan.org #321)
+
+ * add "notest" to the completion table
+
+ * enhanced robustness when untar is failing or poses permission
+ problems
+
+ * iron out some buglets in the "ls GLOB" code
+
+ * enhanced robustness on "reload cpan" when the path to CPAN.pm
+ has changed
+
+ * replace some hash accesses with method calls for a cleaner
+ interface (Work in Progress; no user-visible changes)
+
+ * do not fail anymore when finding empty files left over from a
+ previous unsuccessful download
+
+ * uptodate message more descriptive (Adam Kennedy; rt.cpan.rg
+ #15580)
+
+2005-12-17 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * release 1.80_56 is a release candidate for 1.81
+
+ * integrate release 1.5 of brian's cpan script from
+ http://sourceforge.net/projects/brian-d-foy/
+
+ * Support for Module::Build: to set the preference for
+ Module::Build over MakeMaker, run
+
+ o conf prefer_installer MB
+ o conf commit
+
+ * ls command supports globbing; these work nicely:
+
+ ls KWILLIAMS/P*
+ ls JV/make*
+
+ this works too but is slow:
+
+ ls */*make*
+
+ * META.yml data replace the Makefile parsing code if YAML
+ available (compensating for the frequent wrong usage of the
+ requires element)
+
+ * support SHA256; stop using MD5
+
+ * support bzip2 compression; can be tested with 'install
+ ARTURAZ/Net-Vypress-Chat-0.72.1.tar.bz2'; the CPAN indexer does
+ not yet index bz2 distros but will probably start to do so as soon
+ as CPANPLUS supports bzip2
+
+ * tiny tweaks to make CPAN.pm run on a busybox (Guillaume Filion)
+
+ * bugfix: major speedup on all commands that need expansion of
+ regular expressions to module names
+
+ * prettier r command output: the 4th column of the 'r' command
+ drops the redundant X/XX/ prefix
+
+ * tolerant when you type one colon instead of two on module names
+
+2005-12-03 Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.gmwojprw@franz.ak.mind.de>
+
+ * this is release 1.80
+
+ * support for Module::Signature courtesy Autrijus Tang
+
+ * separated out new module CPAN::Version that has muchly improved
+ support for multidot version notation that should make the
+ deployment of version.pm easy for everybody. During the last weeks
+ the indexer on PAUSE also got improved version.pm support and
+ spits out numified versions. This release is optimized for the new
+ version handling, regardless if used with or without version.pm
+ (Thanks to John Peacock and to Graham Barr for their help)
+
+ * new pragma 'notest' courtesy Slaven Rezic
+
+ * support for sudo in the config variable
+ 'make_install_make_command' courtesy Michael Richardson
+
+ * new commands 'recent' and 'perldoc' courtesy Toni Prug
+
+ * improved wget support for Windows users courtesy Daniel
+
+ * cleanup internal use of CPAN::Frontend courtesy David Storrs
+
+ * fixes to distro bugs by Adriano Ferreira
+
+ * runs under 5.004_05 courtesy Sébastien Aperghis-Tramoni
+
+ * new feature 'show_upload_date': if set to true, all 'm' and 'd'
+ commands will display the upload date
+
+ * fix bug in FirstTime causing endless loop under some conditions
+
+ * better completion for config variables and a new warning if an
+ unregistered config variable is being set
+
+ * improved some error messages
+
+ * improved help menu (Thanks to David Golden for the suggestion)
+
+
+ Local Variables:
+ mode: change-log
+ change-log-default-name: "Changes"
+ tab-width: 2
+ left-margin: 2
+ End:
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