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NAME

6       CPAN::Meta::History - history of CPAN Meta Spec changes
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VERSION

9       version 2.120921
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DESCRIPTION

12       The CPAN Meta Spec has gone through several iterations.  It was
13       originally written in HTML and later revised into POD (though published
14       in HTML generated from the POD).  Fields were added, removed or
15       changed, sometimes by design and sometimes to reflect real-world usage
16       after the fact.
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18       This document reconstructs the history of the CPAN Meta Spec based on
19       change logs, repository commit messages and the published HTML files.
20       In some cases, particularly prior to version 1.2, the exact version
21       when certain fields were introduced or changed is inconsistent between
22       sources.  When in doubt, the published HTML files for versions 1.0 to
23       1.4 as they existed when version 2 was developed are used as the
24       definitive source.
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26       Starting with version 2, the specification document is part of the
27       CPAN-Meta distribution and will be published on CPAN as
28       CPAN::Meta::Spec.
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30       Going forward, specification version numbers will be integers and
31       decimal portions will correspond to a release date for the CPAN::Meta
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HISTORY

35   Version 2
36       April 2010
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38       ·   Revised spec examples as perl data structures rather than YAML
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40       ·   Switched to JSON serialization from YAML
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42       ·   Specified allowed version number formats
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44       ·   Replaced 'requires', 'build_requires', 'configure_requires',
45           'recommends' and 'conflicts' with new 'prereqs' data structure
46           divided by phase (configure, build, test, runtime, etc.) and
47           relationship (requires, recommends, suggests, conflicts)
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49       ·   Added support for 'develop' phase for requirements for maintaining
50           a list of authoring tools
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52       ·   Changed 'license' to a list and revised the set of valid licenses
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54       ·   Made 'dynamic_config' mandatory to reduce confusion
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56       ·   Changed 'resources' subkey 'repository' to a hash that clarifies
57           repository type, url for browsing and url for checkout
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59       ·   Changed 'resources' subkey 'bugtracker' to a hash for either web or
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62       ·   Changed specification of 'optional_features':
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64           ·   Added formal specification and usage guide instead of just
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67           ·   Changed to use new prereqs data structure instead of individual
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70       ·   Clarified intended use of 'author' as generalized contact list
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72       ·   Added 'release_status' field to indicate stable, testing or
73           unstable status to provide hints to indexers
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75       ·   Added 'description' field for a longer description of the
76           distribution
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78       ·   Formalized use of "x_" or "X_" for all custom keys not listed in
79           the official spec
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81   Version 1.4
82       June 2008
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84       ·   Noted explicit support for 'perl' in prerequisites
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86       ·   Added 'configure_requires' prerequisite type
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88       ·   Changed 'optional_features'
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90           ·   Example corrected to show map of maps instead of list of maps
91               (though descriptive text said 'map' even in v1.3)
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93           ·   Removed 'requires_packages', 'requires_os' and 'excluded_os' as
94               valid subkeys
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96   Version 1.3
97       November 2006
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99       ·   Clarified that all prerequisites take version range specifications
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101       ·   Added 'no_index' subkey 'directory' and removed 'dir' to match
102           actual usage in the wild
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104       ·   Added a 'repository' subkey to 'resources'
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106   Version 1.2
107       August 2005
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109       ·   Re-wrote and restructured spec in POD syntax
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111       ·   Changed 'name' to be mandatory
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113       ·   Changed 'generated_by' to be mandatory
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115       ·   Changed 'license' to be mandatory
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117       ·   Added required 'abstract' field
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119       ·   Added required 'author' field
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121       ·   Added required 'meta-spec' field to define 'version' (and 'url') of
122           the CPAN Meta Spec used for metadata
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124       ·   Added 'provides' field
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126       ·   Added 'no_index' field and deprecated 'private' field.  'no_index'
127           subkeys include 'file', 'dir', 'package' and 'namespace'
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129       ·   Added 'keywords' field
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131       ·   Added 'resources' field with subkeys 'homepage', 'license', and
132           'bugtracker'
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134       ·   Added 'optional_features' field as an alternate under 'recommends'.
135           Includes 'description', 'requires', 'build_requires', 'conflicts',
136           'requires_packages', 'requires_os' and 'excluded_os' as valid
137           subkeys
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139       ·   Removed 'license_uri' field
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141   Version 1.1
142       May 2003
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144       ·   Changed 'version' to be mandatory
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146       ·   Added 'private' field
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148       ·   Added 'license_uri' field
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150   Version 1.0
151       March 2003
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153       ·   Original release (in HTML format only)
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155       ·   Included 'name', 'version', 'license', 'distribution_type',
156           'requires', 'recommends', 'build_requires', 'conflicts',
157           'dynamic_config', 'generated_by'
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AUTHORS

160       ·   David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
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162       ·   Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>
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165       This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden and Ricardo Signes.
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167       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
168       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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