Revision history for Perl module Perl-Dist

1.16 Wed 8 Jul 2009

• Fix the requires_from to pull from Inno.pm

1.15 Wed 1 Jul 2009

• Really use requested CPAN site to find the toolchain modules to install.
• Updated perldist script to allow Perl::Dist::WiX and subclasses to be used to create distributions.
• Minor tweak to testing - allow passing tests if no internet connection available.

1.14 Thu 30 Apr 2009

• This release was used to build Strawberry Perl April 2009
• Moved dependencies to requires_from and cleaned them up

1.13 Thu 30 Apr 2009

• really check for InnoSetup in Makefile.PL and do not generate Makefile in case of failure (Alexandr Ciornii)
  • Updating Machine.pm to allow Perl::Dist::WiX and subclasses to be gears in the machine.
  • Adding test bypass for URI
  • Better error capturing

1.12 Thu 29 Jan 2009

• This release co-incides with Strawberry Perl January 2009
• Various minor tweaks

1.11 Thu 4 Dec 2008

• This release represents a moment of stability at 5.10.0.4 Beta 1
• Adding an improved caching useragent
• Some minor tweaks to allow Parrot builds

1.10 Tue 11 Nov 2008

• Adding initial support for Perl 5.8.9

1.09 Mon 20 Oct 2008

• This version was used to build Strawberry Perl October 2008

1.08 Sat 18 Oct 2008

• Shortcut run when no zip or exe target

1.07 Thu 16 Oct 2008

• Better linking to Perl Documentation

1.06 Wed 15 Oct 2008

• This is expected to be the Perl::Dist used to build Strawberry Perl October
• Bootstrap Perl is moving to the Strawberry distribution
• After the toolchain is installed, run a full CPAN upgrade to catch anything out of date NOT explicitly listed in the toolchain list.
• All tests (finally) pass during the 5 hours test run

1.05_04 Tue 14 Oct 2008

• Adding missing dependency on File::HomeDir
• Additional minor tweaks and minor bug squashing

1.05_03 Mon 13 Oct 2008

• Additional tweaks and clean ups
• Force the install of CPAN.pm

1.05_02 Sat 11 Oct 2008

• Very aggressive dependencies, everything now to maximum
• Discovered and fixed a number of dependency bugs
• Bug fix in 09_file_asset.t

1.05_01 Sat 11 Oct 2008

• Reorganising the test script order
• Added separate 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 test scripts
• Added a full test of Vanilla ->run
• Removing force flags for stuff that now works
• Adding a new Template-Toolkit-based patch system
• Unified the toolchain install methods
• Set the environment correctly when installing CPAN modules

1.04 Wed 23 Jul 2008

• This release co-incides with Strawberry August 2008
• Tweak to allow libwww-perl to build behind a proxy
• Add a temporary bug-fix/patch for MM_Win32.pm
• Add a workaround for Data::Compare failing on Win32
• Adding Math::Pari to the default build

1.03 Tue 22 Jul 2008

• Minor cleanups to support the July Strawberry release

1.02 Tue 15 Jul 2008

• Updating to a Vista-capable mingw.
• Adding install_pari for Math::Pari support

1.01 Tue 15 Apr 2008

• Refactored a bit to use install_modules
• Promoting some internals to public methods

1.00 Mon 7 Apr 2008

• Release to match Strawberry Perl 5.10.0.1 April 2008

0.90_04 Mon 24 Mar 2008

• Adding Perl::Dist::Inno::System for [Run] and [UninstallRun] block support. This is needed for more sophisticated install and uninstall functionality.
• Completing documentation for all the major install_foo methods.
• Merging some idiosyncracies into the Perl::Dist::Inno core.
• Converting force in install_module to use notest under the covers, so that there are no errors to propogate upwards.
• Added support for generating both zip and exe files simultaneously.

0.90_03 Fri 4 Jan 2008

• Perl::Dist::Download was a bad idea, I wanted the ability to to build distribution from a minicpan mirror, but maintaining that package and incrementing it every time a minor release happens of an upstream package will become a nightmare.
• Merged in PAR support from Perl-Dist-Glutamate (Steffen Muller)
• Adding more documentation
• Completed first implementation of Perl::Dist::Machine, for generating multiple variations of a dist at the same time.
• This version used to create Vanilla Perl Build 15.
• This version implements features needed for Strawberry Perl April.

0.90_02 Thu 3 Jan 2008

• This release was used to build Vanilla Perl 14
• Reorganising the default way that app_ver_name etc are done to allow for distributions classes that can generate BOTH 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 distributions.
• Changed the usage of perldist
• Make sure Perl::Dist::Util::Toolchain in the tests uses the full explicit Perl path.

0.90_01 Wed 2 Jan 2008

• Major API refactoring
• Converted Perl::Dist::Util::Toolchain to be completely auto-resolving for what it should install.
• Started the documentation process.

0.53 Sun 24 Dec 2007 (unreleased)

• Adding support for websites in the start menu entries
• Adding support for .bat launchers in the start menu
• Completed Strawberry Perl 5.10.0 using this version
• Wide-ranging refactoring and documentation to make Perl::Dist suitable for other people to start using for making Perl distributions.

0.52 Thu 20 Dec 2007

• Adding an additional install flag to prevent installation to the old directory.

0.51 Wed 19 Dec 2007

• Hard-code in the path to Perl 5.10.0 final
• Move default environment vars from ::Script to ::Inno
• Add share to no_index to prevent 5.8.8 overwritten modules being listed on search.cpan.org

0.50 Wed 19 Dec 2007

• Merging in Perl::Dist::Vanilla
• Merging in Perl::Dist::Bootstrap
• Added Perl::Dist::Util::Toolchain
• Dynamically generate the distribution list
• Clean up the shared files
• Bug fixing and repairing perldist
• Completed generation of exe releases

0.30 Sun 18 Nov 2007

• Adding support for Perl 5.10.0
• Adding support for zlib
• Adding support for bzlib2
• Adding support for iconv
• Adding support for libxml2
• Adding support for SQLite
• Completing generation of zip releases

0.29_03 Fri 9 Nov 2007

• Completing install_perl_588
• Completing install_distribution
• Completing install_module
• Adding install_library
• Adding install_libraries
• Completing installation of zlib
• Starting installation of iconv
• Adding pexports to the list of binaries to install

0.29_02 Thu 31 Oct 2007

• Adding install_file support for tweaking stuff post-installation of binaries/perl/dists/etc
• Removed post_copy and replaced with install_file
• Renamed pre_copy to patch since it makes more sense that way now.

0.29_01 Wed 31 Oct 2007

• Experimental release, only intended for review
• Huge refactoring

0.10 Fri 19 Oct 2007

• Converting from config-driver to code-driven
• Implementing data classes for Inno
• Implementing data classes for "Assets"
• Converting binary-installation and source-compilation to the new class structure.
• Adding various tests scripts.

0.0.5 Tue Aug 29 05:51:10 EDT 2006

• fixed up version numbering format from Module::Install

0.0.4 Tue Aug 29 00:10:26 EDT 2006

• Changed version numbering
• Forced install of CPAN modules no longer dies if modules can't be confirmed up to date. (Hack to work around Bundle::CPAN with a specific file to install.)

0.000003 Mon Aug 7 07:23:55 EDT 2006

• Added support for distributions names to modules section to allow installation of developer releases (e.g. CPAN)
• Removed Sub::Exporter from dependencies (not used)

0.000002 Mon Jul 10 07:47:09 EDT 2006

• Forgot to switch Builder.pm to YAML from YAML::Syck

0.000001 Sun Jul 9 13:30:10 EDT 2006

• refactored build scripts from Perl::Dist::Vanilla to a module in Perl::Dist::Builder