History for XSLoader

0.15 - 2011.04.17 - SAPER #PerlQA2011

• [DIST] CPAN-RT#54456: Set INSTALLDIRS to "site" when installed on Perl 5.11+ (thanks to Todd Rinaldo).
• [DOC] Document a known bug under Perl 5.8.4 and 5.8.5.
• [TESTS] Fixed tests to pass under Perl 5.8.4 and 5.8.5.

0.14 - 2011.04.16 - SAPER #PerlQA2011

• [CODE] Updated from bleadperl:
  • XSLoader::load() with no arguments can use caller to find a default package (Nicholas Clark).
  • Avoid defining a full XSLoader::bootstrap_inherit post 5.6, as it's not needed (Nicholas Clark).
  • Small optimisation: for the generated XSLoader.pm, avoid a runtime lexical which is constant (Nicholas Clark).
• [TESTS] Updated from bleadperl, solving RT-CPAN #54132, #61332.
• [TESTS] Fixed tests for old Perls.
• [TESTS] Added t/00-load.t and t/01-api.t, to provide basic tests when the main ones are skipped.

0.10 - 2008.09.23 - SAPER

• [CODE] Commented a debug statement which seems to confuse some Perl builts with -DDEBUGGING (Rafael Garcia-Suarez).
• [TESTS] RT-Perl#59208: Adjusted t/XSLoader.t for builds without dynamic loading (Andy Dougherty).
• [TESTS] RT-CPAN#39520: Fixed t/podcover.t (Jerry D. Hedden).

0.09 - 2008.09.21 - SAPER

• [CODE] Execute bootstrap files if present, thanks to Vadim Konovalov.
• [CODE] Small optimisation: avoid to calculate "${module}::bootstrap" more than needed, thanks to Vadim Konovalov.
• [TESTS] Normalised tests headings.
• [TESTS] t/pod.t now also uses Pod::Checker.
• [TESTS] Added a test in t/XSLoader.t to avoid warnings from Perl 5.10
• [DOC] The copyright section is also the license.

0.08 - 2007.04.29 - SAPER

• [BUGFIX] Fixed installation target.
• [CODE] Merged bleadperl@29580: OS/2-specific change by Ilya Zakharevich: static build can load generic DLLs, but cannot load Perl extensions with DLLs.
• [CODE] Merged bleadperl@29188: Factor out $^O eq 'darwin' from XSLoader.pm
• [TESTS] Fixed t/podcover.t
• [TESTS] Merged bleadperl@30852: Allow any *DBM_File to work by Jerry D. Hedden.
• [TESTS] Merged bleadperl@31005: Compatibility with version.pm

0.07 - 2006.10.13 - SAPER

• [TESTS] Removed cargo-cult BEGIN blocs.
• [TESTS] Detect if Test::More is available.
• [TESTS] Reworked the way modules are tested to improve the TAP output.
• [TESTS] Added more tests, mainly error messages checking.
• [DOC] Small Pod changes.
• [DIST] Added examples.

0.06 - 2005.10.16 - SAPER

• [DOC] Merged bleadperl@25666: documentation typos.
• [DIST] Now includes a transient XSLoader.pm for PAUSE. Thanks to Andreas Koening for the explanation.

0.05 - 2005.09.29 - SAPER

• [CODE] Small optimisation for calling bootstrap_inherit() by Michael Schwern.
• [DIST] Got rid of lib/ directory for easier integration with CORE.
• [TESTS] Ported t/XSLoader.t to Test::More
• [TESTS] Added t/distchk.t, t/pod.t, t/podcover.t, t/portfs.t

0.04 - 2005.09.25 - SAPER

• [CODE] use strict;
• [TESTS] Rewrote t/XSLoader.t
• [DOC] Updated documentation: pod formatting, diagnostics & bugs sections
• [DIST] Bumped up the version.

0.03_01 Mon Dec 6 19:28:57 EST 2004 - MSCHWERN

• Incrementing version as several versions called themselves 0.03.

0.03 UNRELEASED - MSCHWERN

• Clean up tests for core [bleadperl@20945, 20952, 20961]
• Make XSLoader update @DynaLoader::dl_shared_objects [bleadperl@22816]
• Minor doc style nits [bleadperl@21060]

0.02 Fri Aug 29 21:59:33 PDT 2003 - MSCHWERN

• Adapted from bleadperl@20940
• Added basic tests
• Backported to 5.004_05
  • load() now gives a proper error when given no arguments.
  • Removed copy of DynaLoader's Tolkien quote