version 0.51
==================================

Provides the same version objects as included in Perl v5.9.x (and hopefully in
the 5.10.0 release).  In fact, if you attempt to use this module with a version
of Perl >= v5.9.0, this module will not do anything, since the code already
exists in the Perl core.  Note that the CPAN release cannot be installed
with the interim 5.9.0, 5.9.1, and 5.9.2 releases (since it duplicates code
in the core).  If you are testing bleadperl, you will need to check out the
latest release of 5.9.x to get the changes included in 0.50.

Minor changes in this release
==================================
Continue rewriting the POD as the situation changes with regards to support
for version objects in various scaffolding programs (CPAN indexer does so
support version objects).

Major changes in 0.50
==================================
Completely rewritten POD to hopefully make it clear what is the recommended
Best Practices (to go along with Damien's book).  I also hid the forthcoming
pure Perl module better (you cannot accidently use it, in other words,
since it only exists on my hard-drive for now).  I also dealt with the
following bugs:

	fails tests on AIX 5.1
	<https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15254>

	Missing vpp.pm
	<https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=16249>


Major changes in 0.49
==================================
Changes in 0.48 accidently broke modules depending on qv() returning an 
object derived from 'version'.  Tests were simplified since the
implementation class 'version::vxs' is no longer independent of the main
class.


Major changes in 0.48
==================================
Significant archectectural change (object hash has to contain reference to
array not the array itself); see

    <https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14439>

for details.  Initial changes to support pure Perl variant (not
included yet), see

    <https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=14417>

for more details.  All POD moved to seperate file.  Tests
abstracted out for reuse by different classes.


Please read the POD documentation for usage/details.  See the CHANGES file
for full details of all changes to the module behavior.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   $ perl Build.PL
   $ ./Build
   $ ./Build test
   # ./Build install

DEPENDENCIES

the same C compiler used to build Perl

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This module can be distributed under the same terms as Perl.

Copyright (C) 2004,2005 John Peacock