Revision history for Perl extension Graphics::ColorNames (with significant updates noted by asterisks, '*'):

2.11 Thu Jan 10 2008

• updated version number for release
• minor changes of text format
• added fix for problems with Graphics::ColorNames::GrayScale

2.10_05 Tue Jan 8 2008

• checks if modules already loaded before re-loading them (uses Module::Loaded for this)
  • requires changed to load for dynamically loaded modules
  • updated README

2.10_04 Sun Jan 6 2008

• reverted back to standard object-oriented style
• Tie::Sub is only loaded when a subroutine is used for scheme

2.10_03 Sat Jan 5 2008

• tests use Test::Exception to catch errors
• rewrite parts of documentation to emphasize object-oriented interface rather than the tied interface
• implemented a proper DESTROY method
• misc code cleanup and reorganization

2.10_02 Fri Jan 4 2008

• added support for Color::Library dictionaries
  • minor changes to error messages
  • underscores in color names ignored
  • auto-loading color names in object-oriented interface, e.g. $obj->black()
  • stubs for DESTROY and UNTIE methods
  • 06-obj.t test more flexible
  • pointless 01-ColourNames test removed
  • more updates to documentation

2.10_01 Thu Dec 20 2007

• non-word characters (spaces, punctuation) now ignored in color names
• smarter handling of comments in rgb.txt files
• significant rewrite to parts of the code, requires Tie::Sub
• rewritten how FIRSTKEY and NEXTKEY methods work
  • better error handling
  • minor updates to documentation
  • typos in comments
  • added better checking for minimum Perl version reqs
  • added aliaes w/out punctuation in Netscape scheme

2.04 Mon Dec 17 2007

• fixed inconsistencies in Netscape color scheme

2.03 Mon Dec 17 2007

• fixed glitch with version test
• cleaned up format of text files
• removed unneeded dependency

2.02 Sun Dec 16 2007

• renamed developer-related test scripts
• removed 90-prereqs.t (it wasn't working properly sometimes)
• added DEVEL_TESTS environment variable as requirement for developer tests
• README generated from POD using Pod::Readme

2.01 Sun Dec 16 2007

• Changed versions of specific color schemes to match main module
  • Removed Graphics::ColourNames from the distribution
• updated documentation for Netscape.pm

2.0_04 Tue Oct 24 2006

• fixed Pod::Coverage tests (RT#20923)
• various optimizations
• changed to use inside-out object scheme
• no longer signing code (too many problems w/Module::Signature)

2.0_03 Fri Apr 8 2005

• fixed bug with reading scheme from FileHandle type
• fixed glitch in pod-coverage test
• corrected version in Graphics::ColourNames
• added tests to check versions in sync

2.0_02 Thu Apr 7 2005

• lesser-used routines made into autoloaded methods
• added Test::Portabiity::Files test
• minor updates for Netscape theme
• added support for :utility export tag
• added support for :all export tag

2.0_01 Mon Apr 4 2005

• removed DSLIP information from POD, since it has little meaning
• tweaked code
• color scheme can be a module name
• fixed bug in Pod::Coverage test, uses Test::Pod::Coverage
  • major change in how schemes are stored, which affects priority when CODE scheme types are used
• can load rgb.txt from GLOB, FileHandle or IO::File
• references can be specified as possible schemes in constructor
• added public load_scheme method
• various optimizations and tweaks
• IO::File is loaded only as needed
• rgb.txt file must be radable to be loaded
• tweaked tests
• RGB passthrough now consistently returns lowercase values
• minor optimization in FETCH for RGB passthrough
• added all_schemes function to query schemes

1.06 Tue Mar 29 2005

• cleaned up tests
• added DSLIP information to POD
• added Test::Pod tests
• added Pod::Coverage tests
• minor documentation changes
• uses Test::Prereq to test distro prereqs
• added SIGNATURE to distribution

1.05 Fri Sep 3 2004

• correction to Graphics::ColourNames
• correction to README

1.04 Fri Sep 3 2004

• updates to POD
• a filehandle for a rgb.txt file can be specified

1.03 Thu Aug 26 2004

• hooks to support CODE scheme types (as with module Graphics::ColorNames::GrayScale 2.00)
• ColourNames.pm has same version of ColorNames.pm

1.02 Tue Aug 24 2004

• added Graphics::ColourNames alias
• minor changes to ColorNames.pm

1.01 Wed Aug 18 2004

• corrected typo in REQUIREMENTS (wrong Perl version)
• uses Module::Load for improved dynamic loading
• EXISTS works across multiple color schemes
• bug in FETCH that returned key has been fixed

1.00 Sat Jul 31 2004

• changed version to 1.00 as release appears to be stable
• corrected bad link in POD

0.39_04 Mon Jul 26 2004

• rebuilt distribution with proper META.yml

0.39_03 22 Jul 2004

• added required rgb.txt for tests to MANIFEST and distro

0.39_02 22 Jul 2004

• now requires Perl 5.6.0
  • uses IO::File
  • option to parse an rgb.txt file
  • removed TODO from distribution
  • Netscape.pm, HTML.pm and Windows.pm warnings enabled
  • additions and corrections in POD

0.39_01 21 Jul 2004

• added Build.PL to distribution
• added hex() and rgb() methods
• created object-oriented interface
• additions and corrections in POD

0.32 5 Dec 2002

• fixed inconsistencies with grey/gray spellings in X.pm
• added note in POD about using rt.cpan.org for bug reports
• minor changes in POD for Netscape.pm
• added TODO file

0.31 23 Oct 2002

• fixed mispelling of "fuchsia" in HTML.pm

0.30 4 Oct 2001

• fixed bug with non-existent color names
• corrected some typos in and updated the documentation
• added multiple color naming schemes
• when passed a value in the form of '#000000', returns that value

0.24 28 Apr 2001

• fixed colors in X.pm (such as some 'green') defined as 0x000000
• removed duplicate grays (ie, 'gray0') from X.pm
• renamed test suite files to enforce testing order
• v0.23 mistakenly dated 17 Mar instead of 17 April

0.23 17 Apr 2001

• X-Windows color names now from rgb.txt (includes names with spaces, such as 'alice blue' as well as 'aliceblue')
• Added Netscape color naming scheme

0.22 15 Mar 2001

• added example on how to add your own naming schema
• schema files (X.pm, HTML.pm, Windows.pm) were stored in the wrong subdirectories
• removed test.pl and double-testing

0.21 12 Mar 2001

• fixed an issue with Test::Harness expecting t/*.t tests

0.20 11 Mar 2001

• no longer a Tie::Hash
• additional example in POD
• added Test::Harness and a better test suite
• commented-out 'use warnings' in modules
• addition of tuple2hex function
• changed the way files are included in the distribution

0.10 19 Feb 2001

• original (experimental) version released