Revision history for the WebFetch modules for Perl5

0.11

• converted the following modules to support Embedding API: DebianNews, General
• removed fetch_main function from the derived modules; WebFetch.pm now handles this for all of them. (This is a partial fix for a problem with embedding more than one WebFetch module at a time, reported by Joey Hess of the Debian Project.)
• fixed pod formatting problem in Embedding API docs

0.10 Wed Sep 15 01:23:53 PDT 1999

• added WebFetch Embedding API (added over 850 lines to WebFetch.pm)
• XML::Parser added as a build-time dependency
• the Slashdot and LinuxToday modules now fetch their news via XML
• converted the following modules to support Embedding API: CNETnews, CNNsearch, COLA, Freshmeat, SiteNews, Slashdot (upcoming releases will convert more until all are done)
• modules with the Embedding API can now all export in WebFetch, XML or RDF output formats

0.09 Sun Aug 15 03:56:47 PDT 1999

• added XML fetching for WebFetch::Slashdot, patch by Dan Sully
• added WebFetch::LinuxTelephony, contributed by Greg Youngblood
• added WebFetch::LinuxDevNet
• added WebFetch::32BitsOnline

0.08 Sun Aug 1 22:58:48 PDT 1999

• added WebFetch::DebianNews, contributed by Chuck Ritter
• updated TODO with plans for site configuration, and prioritization notes about what's required for WebFetch 1.0
• added --noshuffle to WebFetch::COLA
• updated WebFetch core docs, moved style parameter docs to command line

0.07 Tue Jul 6 05:50:29 PDT 1999

• obsoleted WebFetch::EGAuthors because eGroups changes their site too often to keep up with (and has no direct news-export support)
• added WebFetch::CNETnews, contributed by Jamie Heilman
• updated WebFetch::CNNsearch to allow keyword-only searches. This became necessary when a Linux story got on all the "in other news" pages at CNN and suddenly all pages on CNN matched a search for Linux. This release also fixed a bug with non-Linux searches, reported by Jamie Heilman.
• New --style command line option was added to control the internal HTML style parameter. Some new style strings were added (notable, bullet)

0.06 Tue May 4 17:00:01 PDT 1999

• updated WebFetch::EGAuthors for formatting changes all over their site on May 1
• updated WebFetch::CNNsearch for formatting changes in their search engine on May 4

0.05 Sun Apr 11 00:00:00 PDT 1999

• added experimental WebFetch::PerlStruct

0.04 Thu Apr 8 18:51:29 PDT 1999

• modified WebFetch::Slashdot so it can get Segfault.org headlines and any other Slashdot-compatible site
• updated module dependencies in Makefile.PL (was missing Date::Calc for WebFetch::SiteNews)
• added WebFetch::CNNsearch module
• added WebFetch::COLA module
• added --font_size and --font_face to WebFetch (all command lines)
• default WebFetch::General format now uses "title" instead of "text"
• fixed bad RE flags in WebFetch::General, captures more than one field correctly now

0.03 Sun Mar 21 22:22:03 PST 1999

• added documentation to WebFetch::General
• updated --ns_export capability when Netscape switched to use RDF
• fixed off-by-one error in WebFetch::SiteNews short news output

0.02 Fri Jan 15 02:33:34 PST 1999

• fixed a test.pl typo
• added WebFetch::General module to read WebFetch::wf_export format
• added webfetch-pb.gif "powered by" image
• added documentation to WebFetch::SiteNews
• added --ns_export (MyNetscape export)

0.01 Mon Jan 11 02:56:15 PST 1999

• original version (Though this is the first beta of WebFetch, this is a second generation of code used to handle web-gathered news by SVLUG)