Gedcom.pm history

Release 1.16 - 24th April 2009

• Allow family to be undef in children_statement in lines2perl.
• Add basic web services.

Release 1.15 - 3rd May 2005

• Update mailing list information.

Release 1.14 - 5th April 2004

• Fix the test routine. Oops.
• Don't lose the first line of level zero notes.

Release 1.13 - 6th December 2003

• Add get_ functions to Gedcom.pm, and some tests for them.
• Gedcom::Individual::surname returns "" when no surname is found.
• Spell Gedcom::Lifelines::getstrmsg correctly.
• Use maniread() to read manifest.
• Add Gedcom::Comparison and gedcom_compare (unfinished).
• Add gedcom-5.5.aft.grammar for Ancestry Family Tree (Brad Rubenstein).

Release 1.12 - 2nd February 2003

• Ignore CRLF differences in tests.
• Tighten up and improve XML output.
• Add some missing functions to lines2perl (John S. Quarterman).

Release 1.11 - 7th April 2002

• Improvements to the algorithm in Gedcom::Grammar::item().

Release 1.10 - 5th March 2002

• Correct write_xml() documentation.
• Make Gedcom::Grammar::item() return a list of valid items, not just one.
• Pick the correct item from the list returned by Gedcom::Grammar::item().
• Make Gedcom::Individual::given_names() strip and normalise whitespace.
• Don't assume another file won't be read while we are reading files by providing an argument to tell().
• Fix Gedcom::Lifelines::parents().
• Tidy Gedcom::get_individual() and return all matches from all categories in list context.
• Let Gedcom::Item::write() output 0 values correctly.
• Let various functions in Gedcom::Record deal with 0 values correctly.
• Add a pointer flag to Gedcom::Item along with the corresponding function.
• Gedcom::new without a gedcom_file argument will create an empty Gedcom object with mandatory fields filled in.
• Add methods to add, delete and change records.
• Add functions to: Gedcom.pm:add_record () add_header() add_submitter() add_individual() add_family() add_note() add_repository() add_source() add_trailer() Item.pm:parent () delete() pointer() Record.pm:add_record () add() set() get_and_create() Family.pm:add_husband () add_wife() add_child()
• Add t/ged_create.t
• Change Gedcom::Record::resolve() so that unresolved xrefs do not return undef in list context.
• Establish the convention that SUBM xrefs start with SUBM to avoid clashes with SOUR.
• Some reorganisation of the AUTOLOAD functions.
• Add baptism and endowment information as default to Gedcom::CGI::indi().
• Ensure a grammar knows its version number.
• Always add headers and trailers to a Gedcom file if necessary.
• Change get_individual to return all matching individuals rather than just those which match in the same category.
• A number of fixes to Gedcom::Lifelines.pm, some of which are based on work by Tim Lanfear.
• Update copyright.
• A little work on the documentation.
• Some general tidying up.
• A couple of workarounds for bleadperl bugs that are fixed now.

Release 1.09 - 12th February 2001

• Improve XML output especially with respect to notes.
• Quieten some spurious warnings.
• Fix some bugs reported by users that I don't recall at the moment.
• Add index file to speed up read_only option.
• Read files with binmode - keeps Windows happy.
• Correct line numbers of errors.
• Use File::Spec so tests pass under Windows.
• Allow for creation of ppms.
• Add Gedcom::CGI and cgi-bin/gedcom.cgi.

Release 1.08 - 8th May 2000

• Allow xrefs to match .+ instead of \w+\d+
• Make XML output valid.
• Allow extra sub-items of a grammar structure.

Release 1.07 - 14th March 2000

• Add functions to: Item.pm:item () full_value()
• Get parse_grammar working again.
• Add a test for parse_grammar.

Release 1.06 - 13th February 2000

• Add functions to: Item.pm:get_item () Record.pm:record () get_record() get_value() tag_record() tag_value() delete_record()
• Deprecate use of Item::get_child() - use Item::get_item() instead.
• Deprecate use of Item::get_children() - use Item::get_item() instead.
• Deprecate use of Record::child_value() - use Record::tag_value() instead.
• Deprecate use of Record::child_values() - use Record::tag_value() instead.
• Complete Lifelines::roman() using Roman.pm.
• Add check for Roman.pm to Makefile.PL.
• Add read_only option for lazy parsing.
• Rename ged.vim to gedcom.vim and package it up for inclusion with Vim.
• Restructure and abstract away some of the basic tests.
• Add tests: t/Engine.pm t/Basic.pm t/read_only.t t/resolve.t t/resolve_read_only.t t/birthdates.t t/Lines.pm t/lines.t t/lines/lines.ll t/bias.t t/lines/bias.ll
• Use "item" instaed of "child" to represent Gedcom hierarchies.
• Raname Gedcom::Item::add_children() to Gedcom::Item::add_items()

  Gedcom::Item::skip_children() Gedcom::Item::skip_items() Gedcom::Item::delete_child() Gedcom::Item::delete_item() Gedcom::Item::delete_children() Gedcom::Item::delete_items() Gedcom::Item::next_record() Gedcom::Item::next_item() Gedcom::Grammar::child() Gedcom::Grammar::item() Gedcom::Grammar::children() Gedcom::Grammar::items() Gedcom::Grammar::valid_children() Gedcom::Grammar::valid_items()

• Allow accessor functions in Gedcom::Item to set data too.
• Bless appropriate objects into Gedcom::Event.
• Add an experimental write_xml().
• Add tutorial section to documentation.

Release 1.05 - 20th July 1999

• Add LifeLines.pm.
• Add Event.pm.
• Add functions to: Gedcom.pm:soundex () Item.pm:level () xref() tag() value() min() max() gedcom() file() line() Individual.pm:name () cased_name() surname() given_names() soundex() sex() older_siblings() younger_siblings() Family.pm:parents () number_of_children()
• Change most functions in Individual and Family to check wantarray.
• Have get_individual check xrefs and soundex.
• Fix renumber error - xrefs are now calculated and then changed.
• Change basic.t to reflect renumber fix.
• Move normalise_dates from Item.pm to Record.pm.
• Add AUTOLOAD function to Record.pm to provide access based on tag name or description.
• Change lines2perl to use references to arrays and hashes.
• Other major changes to lines2perl to increase functionality.
• Change require 5.004 to require 5.005.
• Add check for Text/Soundex.pm to Makefile.PL.

Release 1.04 - 29th May 1999

• Improve default sort subroutine.
• Include mailing list information.
• Add lines2perl.
• Improve Makefile.PL environment tests.
• Work around IO::Handle::input_line_number bug.

Release 1.03 - 13th May 1999

• Add Grammar::child() and Grammar::structure().
• Make valid_children more efficient and include min and max information.
• Add validate_syntax() to Gedcom::Record.pm.
• Rename Record::validate() to Record::validate_semantics().
• Add min(), max() and children() to Gedcom::Grammar.pm.
• Add GEDC and SUBM to royal.ged to accomodate validate_syntax().
• Fix bug which prevented writing of @s around xref values.

Release 1.02 - 5th May 1999

• Add RIN numbers to royal.ged.
• Move test.pl to t/basic.t.
• Make basic.t "use Test".
• Add many tests to basic.t.
• Add pre-parsed grammar files.
• Add grammar target to Makefile.PL.
• Add functions to Family.pm and change Individual.pm to use them.
• Improve error messages reading top level children.
• Change the profile of renumber().
• Internally, remove leading and trailing @ in xrefs.
• Change order of renumber() to match documentation.
• Get renumber() to call collect_xrefs().
• Add resolve_xref() to Gedcom.pm.
• Add next_xref() to Gedcom.pm.
• Add unresolve_xrefs() to compliment resolve_xrefs().

Release 1.01 - 27th April 1999

• Add some documentation.
• Add Individual.pm and Family.pm.
• Remove get_records() - use get_children() instead.
• Change get_children() and children() to return a list, rather than a reference to one.
• Add resolve_xref() and resolve().
• Change the profile of collect_xrefs(), resolve_xrefs() and validate().
• Add get_individual().
• Remove redundant Gedcom::Item::renumber().
• Rename child() to child_value() and children() to child_values().
• Improve testsuite.
• Make Date::Manip.pm optional.

Release 1.00 - Initial release - 8th March 1999