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     Software Version Description

     for

     DataPort::DataFile - Pure Perl API for database files.

     Revision: C

     Version: 0.04

     Date: 2003/07/31

     Prepared for: General Public 

     Prepared by:  SoftwareDiamonds.com E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

     Copyright: copyright © 2003 Software Diamonds

     Classification: NONE

1.0 SCOPE
    This paragraph identifies and provides an overview of the released
    files.

  1.1 Identification
    This release, identified in 3.2, is a collection of Perl modules that
    extend the capabilities of the Perl language.

  1.2 System overview
    The "DataPort::DataFile" module, extends the Perl language (the Perl
    language is the system).

    The "DataPort::DataFile" program module accesses different types of data
    sources in different formats and streams them to a standard pure Perl
    API.

  1.3 Document overview.
    This document releases DataPort::DataFile version 0.04 providing
    description of the inventory, installation instructions and other
    information necessary to utilize and track this release.

3.0 VERSION DESCRIPTION
    All file specifications in this SVD use the Unix operating system file
    specification.

  3.1 Inventory of materials released.
    This document releases the file found at the following repository(s):

       http://www.softwarediamonds/packages/DataPort-DataFile-0.04
       http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/authors/id/S/SO/SOFTDIA/DataPort-DataFile-0.04

    Restrictions regarding duplication and license provisions are as
    follows:

    Copyright.
        copyright © 2003 Software Diamonds

    Copyright holder contact.
         603 882-0846 E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

    License.
        Software Diamonds permits the redistribution and use in source and
        binary forms, with or without modification, provided that the
        following conditions are met:

        1   Redistributions of source code, modified or unmodified must
            retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and
            the following disclaimer.

        2   Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
            copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
            disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
            with the distribution.

        SOFTWARE DIAMONDS, http://www.SoftwareDiamonds.com, PROVIDES THIS
        SOFTWARE 'AS IS' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
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        ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
        OR TORT (INCLUDING USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
        NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE POSSIBILITY
        OF SUCH DAMAGE.

  3.2 Inventory of software contents
    The content of the released, compressed, archieve file, consists of the
    following files:

     file                                                         version date       comment
     ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- ---------- ------------------------
     lib/Docs/Site_SVD/DataPort_DataFile.pm                       0.04    2003/07/31 revised 0.03
     MANIFEST                                                     0.04    2003/07/31 generated, replaces 0.03
     Makefile.PL                                                  0.04    2003/07/31 generated, replaces 0.03
     README                                                       0.04    2003/07/31 generated, replaces 0.03
     lib/DataPort/DataFile.pm                                     0.04    2003/07/31 revised 0.03
     t/DataPort/DataFile.d                                        0.06    2003/07/31 revised 0.05
     t/DataPort/DataFile.pm                                       0.01    2003/07/07 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile.t                                        0.08    2003/07/31 revised 0.07
     t/DataPort/DataFile0.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile2.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile2.txt                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile3.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile3.txt                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile4.tdb                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile4.txt                                     0.01    2003/06/08 unchanged
     t/DataPort/DataFile5.txt                                     0.03    2003/07/31 revised 0.02
     t/DataPort/DataFileI.pm                                      0.02    2003/07/31 revised 0.01
     tlib/File/SmartNL.pm                                         1.11    2003/07/31 new
     tlib/File/Package.pm                                         1.11    2003/07/31 new
     tlib/Test/Tech.pm                                            1.12    2003/07/31 new

  3.3 Changes
    Changes to the previous version are as follows:

    Previous changes are as follows:

    DataPort_FormDB 0.01
        Originated

    DataPort_FormDB 0.02
        At 04:10 AM 6/9/2003 +0000, Josts Smokehouse wrote:

        Hello, Samson Monaco Tutankhamen! Thanks for uploading your works to
        CPAN.

        I noticed that the test suite seem to fail without these modules:

        STD::Tester

        As such, adding the prerequisite module(s) to 'PREREQ_PM' in your
        Makefile.PL should solve this problem. For example:

         WriteMakefile(
            AUTHOR      => 'Samson Monaco Tutankhamen (support@SoftwareDiamonds.com)',
            ... # other information
            PREREQ_PM   => {
                'STD::Tester'   => '0', # or a minimum workable version
            }
         );

        If you are interested in making a more flexible Makefile.PL that can
        probe for missing dependencies and install them,
        ExtUtils::AutoInstall at
        <http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=ExtUtils-AutoInstall> may be
        worth a look.

        Thanks! :-)

        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        CORRECTIVE ACTION:

        The Makefile.PL is automatically generated by ExtUtils::SVDmaker
        from the data stored in the DataPort::FileType::FormDB format in the
        Docs::Site_SVD::DataPort-FormDB module. For now, in
        Docs::Site_SVD::DataPort-FormDB

        Changed

         PREREQ_PM: ^

        to

         PREREQ_PM:
         'Test::TestUtil' => 0,
         'Test::Tester' => 0,
         ^

        and regenerated the distribution using ExtUtils::SVDmaker

        Uploaded Test::TestUtil and Test::Tester to CPAN in order to resolve
        the prerequiste.

    DataPort_FormDB 0.03
        Resolved a CPAN namespace conflict by changing the name of
        Test::Tester to Test::Tech.

    DataPort_FormDB 0.04
        Changed the name of "Test::Tester" to "Test::Tech". The name
        "Test::Tester" is taken on CPAN as an upload.

        Broke up the STD support utilities "Test::TestUtil" into
        "File::FileUtil", "Test::STD::Scrub" and "Test::STD::STDutil"

        Theses changes impacted the test software.

    DataPort_FormDB 0.05

        *   Broke "DataPort::DataFile" away into its own module. Move the
            "DataPort::DataFileI" test interface module to
            "t::DataPort::DataFileI".

            \item *

            Added a modest amount of new documentation to
            "DataPort::DataFile" Still have a long ways to go to finish up.

        *   At 08:39 AM 6/23/2003 +0000, Josts Smokehouse wrote:

            [snip]

            PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/local/perl/bin/perl
            "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib',
            'blib/arch')" t/DataPort/FormDB.t t/DataPort/DataFile.t
            t/DataPort/DataFile....# Test 10 got: 'test record 1 binary => 1
            file => DataFile0.tdb

            [snip]

            (t/DataPort/DataFile.t at line 261) # Expected: 'test record 1

            binary => 1

            [snip]

            ~~~~~~ Notice the double line after 'test record 1' for expected
            and a single line for got

            For step 10, different new lines for Microsoft and Unix are
            acting up again.

            From: $fu->fout( 'DataFile1.txt', $$record_p . "\n~-~\n",
            {append => 1); $fu->fout( 'DataFile1.txt',
            join("\n+--\n",@$array_p) . "\n~-~\n", {append => 1);

            To: $fu->fout( 'DataFile1.txt', $$record_p . "\n~-~\n", {append
            => 1, binary => 1}); $fu->fout( 'DataFile1.txt',
            join("\n+--\n",@$array_p) . "\n~-~\n", {append => 1, binary =>
            1});

    DataPort_DataFile 0.01
        Broke up the package "File::FileUtil" into packages with functional
        similar functions with a more descriptive package name.

        Replace "File::FileUtil" with "File::Package", "File::smartNL" and
        "File::TestPath".

    DataPort_DataFile 0.02
        Replace "Test::STD::STDutil" with "Text::Replace" and
        "Text::Column". Replace "Test::STD::Scrub" with "Text::Scrub".

    DataPort_DataFile 0.03
        Modified PREREQ_PM to reflect new "Text::Scrub" instead of
        "Test::STD::Scrub".

    DataPort_DataFile 0.04
        Added some more DataPort common functions such as create attach
        append

        Change the test so that test support program modules resides in
        distribution directory tlib directory instead of the lib directory.
        Because they are no longer in the lib directory, test support files
        will not be installed as a pre-condition for the test of this
        module. The test of this module will precede immediately. The test
        support files in the tlib directory will vanish after the
        installtion.

  3.4 Adaptation data.
    This installation requires that the installation site has the Perl
    programming language installed. There are no other additional
    requirements or tailoring needed of configurations files, adaptation
    data or other software needed for this installation particular to any
    installation site.

  3.5 Related documents.
    There are no related documents needed for the installation and test of
    this release.

  3.6 Installation instructions.
    Instructions for installation, installation tests and installation
    support are as follows:

    Installation Instructions.
        To installed the release file, use the CPAN module in the Perl
        release or the INSTALL.PL script at the following web site:

         http://packages.SoftwareDiamonds.com

        Follow the instructions for the the chosen installation software.

        The distribution file is at the following respositories:

           http://www.softwarediamonds/packages/DataPort-DataFile-0.04
           http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/authors/id/S/SO/SOFTDIA/DataPort-DataFile-0.04

    Prerequistes.
         None.

    Security, privacy, or safety precautions.
        None.

    Installation Tests.
        Most Perl installation software will run the following test
        script(s) as part of the installation:

         t/DataPort/DataFile.t

    Installation support.
        If there are installation problems or questions with the
        installation contact

         603 882-0846 E<lt>support@SoftwareDiamonds.comE<gt>

  3.7 Possible problems and known errors
    There are no known open issues.

4.0 NOTES
    The following are useful acronyms:

    .d  extension for a Perl demo script file

    .pm extension for a Perl Library Module

    .t  extension for a Perl test script file

2.0 SEE ALSO
    DataPort::DataFile

