Changelog for Dev::Util

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[version/v2.19.35] - 2026-01-03

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🧪 Testing

• (os) Skip tests that fail under specific OS types

🎨 Styling

• (tidy) Tidy code

[release/2025/12/27/1155] - 2025-12-27

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.33] - 2025-12-27

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (version) Reduce required version
• (yath) Export AUTHOR_TESTING

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (modules) Convert to Path::Tiny from depreciated FindBin
• (strict) Relax StrictWarnings

[release/2025/12/12/1611] - 2025-12-12

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.29] - 2025-12-12

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚧 Build

• (makefile) Update required module versions

[version/v2.19.28] - 2025-12-12

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Merge branch 'morext'

• morext: build(manifest): Update manifest and signature file docs(file): Update documentation test(strict): Ensure the use of strict and warnings, or equivalents test(tabs): Ensure the use of spaces instead of tabs for indenting test(yath): Preload frequently used test modules test(versions): Ensure that proper versions test(critic): More detailed perlcritic tests for dist style(eol): Remove cruft test(eol): Ensure proper unix line-endings in all files refactor(spell): Augment the spell tests test(yath): Run xt/ tests on --author docs(pod): Amend note on alternates test(critic): Stop using FindBin to specify rc file test(yath): Watch examples dir for changes test(yath): Remove HARNESS-NO-PRELOAD

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (spell) Augment the spell tests

🧪 Testing

• (file) Check return values on file ops, skip tests on fail
• (file) Add checks for freebsd and openbsd
• (yath) Remove HARNESS-NO-PRELOAD
• (yath) Watch examples dir for changes
• (critic) Stop using FindBin to specify rc file
• (yath) Run xt/ tests on --author
• (eol) Ensure proper unix line-endings in all files
• (critic) More detailed perlcritic tests for dist
• (versions) Ensure that proper versions
• (yath) Preload frequently used test modules
• (tabs) Ensure the use of spaces instead of tabs for indenting
• (strict) Ensure the use of strict and warnings, or equivalents

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Amend note on alternates
• (file) Update documentation

🎨 Styling

• (eol) Remove cruft

🚧 Build

• (manifest) Update manifest and signature file

[release/2025/11/25/1032] - 2025-11-25

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.12] - 2025-11-25

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🧪 Testing

• (file) Change status_for test to avoid timezone issues
• (file) Refactor to give each suid,guid,sticky test its own variable

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Provide links to sub-modules
• (pod) Add links to sub-modules. Pod clean-up

🚧 Build

• (manifest) Skip test.pl so installers wont need yath or prove

[release/2025/11/20/1858] - 2025-11-20

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.11] - 2025-11-20

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (query) Make yes_no_prompt return 1 or 0 as the API specifies

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

[release/2025/11/20/1836] - 2025-11-20

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.10] - 2025-11-20

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (query) Return value of response, not IO::Prompt::ReturnVal
• (banner) Explicitly specify Term::ReadKey::GetTerminalSize()

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🎨 Styling

• (spelling) Fix typo, add to dictionary

[release/2025/11/20/1406] - 2025-11-20

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.8] - 2025-11-20

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (manifest) Cleanup manifest skip file

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Improve sub-module descritions in Util.pm for CPAN

[release/2025/11/19/0732] - 2025-11-19

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.7] - 2025-11-19

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (makefile) List::Util needs at least version 1.66 for uniq export

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

[release/2025/11/18/1744] - 2025-11-18

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.19.6] - 2025-11-18

🚀 Features

• (os) Add fn is_freebsd, and associated tests
• (os) Add distro version hashes, is_openbsd sub
• (os) Add functions is_freebsd and is_openbsd, with tests, docs

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Check for existence of files before deleting
• (file) Skip tests if setting setuid/setgid/sticky on test file fails
• (file) Skip test (not skip_all) if block/char files is not avail

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version minor level

🚜 Refactor

• (test) Remove the dependence on yath
• (tests) Utilize Test2::Require::Module to ensure test modules are available

🧪 Testing

• (boilerplate) Add Dev::Util::Sem

[release/2025/11/15/1336] - 2025-11-15

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.18.35] - 2025-11-15

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (test) Remove the plan because number of tests is variable.
• (mode) Change file permissions to allow access to test file
• (timezone) Set timezone so all testers use the same one

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (use) Standarize module loading, remove use lib 'lib'

[release/2025/11/15/0912] - 2025-11-15

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.18.31] - 2025-11-15

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (use) Standarize module loading, remove use lib 'lib'
• (yath) Add option to not use concurrency (--single)

🧪 Testing

• (yath) Update test configuration and options

🚧 Build

• (git) Ignore yath temp file lastlog.jsonl

[release/2025/11/14/0931] - 2025-11-14

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.18.26] - 2025-11-14

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🧪 Testing

• Remove Data::{Dumper,Printer}. Set plan

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Clarify documentation
• Documentation improvements
• (readme) Use Dev::Util::Syntax automatically adds use strict and use warnings

[release/20251114] - 2025-11-14

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

🚧 Build

• (manifest) Update manifest and signature file

Other

• (other) Merge branch 'sem' - Create Sem module

• sem: build(manifest): Update manifest and signature file docs(changelog): Update changelog chore(version): Update version minor level docs(pod): Expand the pod documentation chore(example): Create simple example of semaphore locking fix(diagnostics): Remove diagnostics code used in development test(remove): Delete block testing second semaphore wait feat(semaphor): Create Sem file locking module and tests build(critic): Add _get_locks_dir to ProtectPrivateSubs docs(links): Remove links to defunct websites: AnnoCPAN and CPAN Ratings docs(contibuting): Document coding style for contributions docs(contributing): Create a policy for contibutions to this project fix(links): Remove links to defunct websites: AnnoCPAN and CPAN Ratings chore(security): Add security policy tool. Create security policy. build(support): Create support dir for development tools build(makefile): Add IO::Prompt, App::Yath to PREREQ_PM and TEST_REQUIRES respectively build(makefile): Add new tests in XT_TEST_REQUIRES docs(readme): Add pod description for Dev::Util::Sem test: Add xt tests for utf-8 and file name portability test(pod): Rename pod.t to pod-syntax.t

[version/v2.18.19] - 2025-11-14

🚀 Features

• (semaphor) Create Sem file locking module and tests

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (links) Remove links to defunct websites: AnnoCPAN and CPAN Ratings
• (diagnostics) Remove diagnostics code used in development

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (security) Add security policy tool. Create security policy.
• (example) Create simple example of semaphore locking
• (version) Update version minor level

🧪 Testing

• (author) Convert to Author test perl{tidy,critic}
• (pod) Rename pod.t to pod-syntax.t
• Add xt tests for utf-8 and file name portability
• (remove) Delete block testing second semaphore wait

📚 Documentation

• (readme) Add pod description for Dev::Util::Sem
• (contributing) Create a policy for contibutions to this project
• (contibuting) Document coding style for contributions
• (links) Remove links to defunct websites: AnnoCPAN and CPAN Ratings
• (pod) Expand the pod documentation

🚧 Build

• (makefile) Add new tests in XT_TEST_REQUIRES
• (makefile) Add IO::Prompt, App::Yath to PREREQ_PM and TEST_REQUIRES respectively
• (support) Create support dir for development tools
• (critic) Add _get_locks_dir to ProtectPrivateSubs

[release/20251111] - 2025-11-11

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v2.17.17] - 2025-11-11

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Update version to v2.17.17

🚜 Refactor

• (use) Clean up use statements
• (use) Clean up use statements
• (use) Remove un-needed modules
• (makefile) Add METE_MERGE info. Update PREREQ_PM & TEST_REQUIRES

🧪 Testing

• (spell) Add to spelling whitelist
• (boilerplate) Fix typo for README.md

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Add function descriptions
• (readme) Convert README to Markdown
• (readme) Customize README.md for this module and sub-modules
• (pod) Updated and corrected pod documentation for modules

🎨 Styling

• (typo) Fix spelling mistake

🚧 Build

• (makefile) Update Prereq_pm with needed modules

[version/v2.17.4] - 2025-11-10

🚀 Features

• (mk_temp_file) Autoflush temp file, don't unlink it

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Update version to v2.17.4

🚜 Refactor

• (ipc_run) [breaking] Rename functions ipc_run_{l,s} to ipc_run_{c,e}
• (query) Code clean up

🧪 Testing

• (const) Fix test diagnostic messages
• (spelling) Add spell check for pod documentation
• (boilerplate) Update list of submodules
• (coverage) Add tests for better conditional coverage
• (read_list) Add tests for read_list
• (query) Add tests for query module

🎨 Styling

• (test) Fix typo in test message
• (spelling) Fix mis-spelling of ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

🚧 Build

• (docs) Add make manifest and make signature

[version/v2.15.4] - 2025-11-07

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Update version minor level

🚜 Refactor

• (file) [breaking] Move functions to File from Utils
• (os) [breaking] Move functions to OS from Utils
• (utils) [breaking] Move Utils to Query

🧪 Testing

• Test functions in new module
• (query) Convert to Query from Utils

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Update Pod docs
• (pod) Update Pod docs

Other

• (other) Merge branch 'query'

• query: docs(pod): Update Pod docs test(query): Convert to Query from Utils refactor(utils)!: Move Utils to Query

[version/v2.16.4] - 2025-11-06

🚀 Features

• (docs) Add script to make docs for modules
• (read_list) Add read_list function
• (mk_tmp_dir) Add ability to specify temp dir

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (pod) Fix typo in pod
• (display_menu) Use prompt from IO::Prompt, not the local one

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Merge branch 'utils'

• utils: (26 commits) fix(display_menu): Use prompt from IO::Prompt, not the local one docs(pod): Update Pod docs test(valid): Remove tests for deleted function refactor(prompt): Modernize code with IO::Prompt, keeping API refactor(display_menu): Modernize code, use IO::Prompt feat(mk_tmp_dir): Add ability to specify temp dir feat(read_list): Add read_list function refactor(yes_no_prompt): Rewrite function using IO::Prompt refactor: Remove get_keypress and valid functions, and tests docs(markdown): Create markdown docs for modules via make_docs.sh feat(docs): Add script to make docs for modules build(manifest): Exclude scratch dir from manifest fix(pod): Fix typo in pod test(load): Include Dev::Util::File in load test build(git): Update git ignore file test(perlcritic): Update perl critic test test(xt): Include xt tests when running yath docs(install): Add installation documentation refactor(test): Modernize Author tests refactor(use): Remove un-needed modules ...

• (version) Update version to v2.12.4

🚜 Refactor

• (utils) [breaking] Move file and dir functions to new module: Dev::Util::File
• (use) Remove un-needed modules
• (test) Modernize Author tests
• Remove get_keypress and valid functions, and tests
• (yes_no_prompt) Rewrite function using IO::Prompt
• (display_menu) Modernize code, use IO::Prompt
• (prompt) Modernize code with IO::Prompt, keeping API

🧪 Testing

• (xt) Include xt tests when running yath
• (perlcritic) Update perl critic test
• (load) Include Dev::Util::File in load test
• (valid) Remove tests for deleted function

📚 Documentation

• (constants) Define the constants
• (install) Add installation documentation
• (markdown) Create markdown docs for modules via make_docs.sh
• (pod) Update Pod docs

🚧 Build

• (git) Update git ignore file
• (manifest) Exclude scratch dir from manifest

[version/v2.1.6] - 2025-10-29

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (merge) Merge branch 'devutil'
• (version) Bump version minor level

🚜 Refactor

• (utils) [breaking] Move names constants to separate module, Dev::Util::Const

🧪 Testing

• (const) New tests for Const module
• (module) Include new Const module in loading tests

📚 Documentation

• (module) Update manifest

[version/v2.0.7] - 2025-10-26

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version major level

🚜 Refactor

• (module) [breaking] Begin conversion to Dev::Util from MERM::Base
• (module) [breaking] Convert Makefile.PL
• (module) [breaking] Convert cliff toml
• (module) [breaking] Convert example programs
• (module) [breaking] Convert lib dir name
• (module) [breaking] Convert pm modules
• (module) [breaking] Convert tests

🧪 Testing

• (prereqs) Update list of required modules

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v1.1.6] - 2025-10-25

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level
• (merge) Merge branch 'backup'

🚜 Refactor

• Modernize code, use MERM::Base::Backup
• Modernize code, add pod docs

🧪 Testing

• (load) Include MERM::Base::Backup in load test
• (backup) Add tests for directory backup

🎨 Styling

• (tidy) Clean up code

[version/v1.1.3] - 2025-10-23

🚀 Features

• (modules) Add depentant modules for MERM::Base::Backup
• Add MERM::Base::Backup module
• Add bu script

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (manifest) Add SIGNATURE and VERSION
• (version) Bump version patch level
• (version) Bump version minor level

🧪 Testing

• Add tests for MERM::Base::Backup
• (kwalitee) Update kwalitee test

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Add reference to MERM::Base::Backup
• (manifest) Add Backup module and test files
• (pod) Fix format errors via podchecker
• (changelog) Add changelog generated by git cliff
• (pod) Update pod documentation for modules

🎨 Styling

• (tidy) Clean up code. Use /usr/bin/env perl
• (tidy) Clean up code

🚧 Build

• (changelog) Use git cliff
• (cliff) Fix error in default cliff.toml

[version/v1.0.11] - 2024-09-17

🚀 Features

• (syntax) Add 'use version', bump version to 1.0.10

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (yes_no_prompt) Initialize value

🎨 Styling

• (Utils) Perl Tidy

Other

• (other) Add test report-prereqs. Bump version

[version/v1.0.8] - 2024-06-26

Other

• (other) Update Makefile.PL to include requirements
• (other) Update manifest
• (other) Remove duplication

[version/v1.0.6] - 2024-06-21

Other

• (other) Base modules for perl development. Initial Commit.
• (other) Sync dev infrastructure with established codebase

MERM::SmartTools

• (other) Use base dev infrastructure for testing

Update to MERM::Base

• (other) Merge branch 'testing'

• testing: Use base dev infrastructure for testing

module-starter --module=MERM::Base --module=MERM::Base::Syntax --module=MERM::Base::Utils --builder=ExtUtils::MakeMaker --author='Matt Martini' --email=matt@imaginarywave.com --ignore=git --license=gpl3 --genlicense --minperl=5.018 --verbose

• (other) Tidy tests
• (other) Sync code with MERM::SmartTools
• (other) Add OS module and tests
• (other) Update version