Changelog for Disk::SmartTools

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

[version/v3.4.0] - 2026-03-13

🚀 Features

• (smartctl) Add fn to get smartctl version

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

📚 Documentation

• (roadmap) Plans for future development

[release/2025/12/15/0832] - 2025-12-15

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v3.3.26] - 2025-12-15

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Check for existence of files before deleting

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (spell) Augment the spell tests
• (modules) Convert to Path::Tiny from depreciated FindBin

🧪 Testing

• (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
• (tabs) Ensure the use of spaces instead of tabs for indenting
• (strict) Ensure the use of strict and warnings, or equivalents

📚 Documentation

• (readme) Add requirement for smartmontools package (as alien)

[release/2025/12/04/1056] - 2025-12-04

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v3.3.16] - 2025-12-04

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🧪 Testing

• (use) Update imported functions

[release/2025/12/02/1312] - 2025-12-02

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v3.3.15] - 2025-12-02

🚀 Features

• (os) Add support for FreeBSD and OpenBSD

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (use) Import missing functions via use

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🧪 Testing

• (get_raid_cmd) Check if RAID cmd is defined

📚 Documentation

• (examples) Note about crontab and perldoc

[release/2025/11/30/2334] - 2025-12-01

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v3.3.12] - 2025-12-01

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

📚 Documentation

• (examples) Add information about example programs

[release/2025/11/30/1840] - 2025-11-30

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v3.3.11] - 2025-11-30

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (smart) Make is_drive_smart handle more cases

🧪 Testing

• (softraidtool) Skip if softraidtool is not available on system
• (skip) Use SKIP blocks for tests unsupported by system

[release/2025/11/29/1711] - 2025-11-29

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v3.3.8] - 2025-11-29

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (rc file) Return undef if rc file does not exist
• (rc file) Make the name of the rc file consistent

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

🚧 Build

• (modules) Increase the required version of Dev::Util

[release/2025/11/29/1607] - 2025-11-29

📚 Documentation

• (readme) Update readme and contirbuting docs
• (changelog) Update changelog

[version/v3.3.5] - 2025-11-29

🚀 Features

• (config) Add local configuration fn and tests

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Merge branch 'devutil'

• devutil: (28 commits) build(manifest): Update manifest and signature file test(spell): Add to spelling whitelist test(disks): Split tests into separate files docs(changelog): Update changelog chore(version): Update version to v3.2.16 build(manifest): Update Manifest chore(copyright): Update copyright dates test: Add tests for is_drive_smart, get_smart_disks, get_physical_disks fix(ipc_run): Update function calls fix(use): Add Dev::Util::File style(example): Fix typo style(readme): Better formatting of document build(makefile): Update Prereq_pm with needed modules docs: Add Contirbution and Security policies, Install instructions docs(markdown): Create markdown documentation for module build(makefile): Add Dev::Util to PREREQ_PM test(xt): Clean up xt tests. Sync with Dev::Util build(support): Create support dir for development tools build(git): Ignore examples/archive chore(clean): Remove old example files ...

• (version) Bump version minor level

🚜 Refactor

• (test) Remove the dependence on yath
• (yath) Add option to not use concurrency (--single)
• (config) Load host local config from rc file

🧪 Testing

• (disks) Split tests into separate files
• (spell) Add to spelling whitelist
• (compare) Remove unnecessary Test2::Tools::Compare

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog
• (pod) Clean up and update pod documentation
• (rc file) Sample configuration file
• (pod) Include pod documentation from example programs

🚧 Build

• (manifest) Update manifest and signature file
• (examples) Move Data::Printer configuration to ~/.dataprinter

[version/v3.2.16] - 2025-11-14

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (use) Add Dev::Util::File
• (ipc_run) Update function calls

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (clean) Remove old example files
• (copyright) Update copyright dates
• (version) Update version to v3.2.16

🚜 Refactor

• (modules) [breaking] Convert to using Dev::Util
• (support) Update support files. Sync with Dev::Utils versions
• Convert to use Dev::Util

🧪 Testing

• (remove) Remove test that are now handled by Dev::Util
• (syntax) Use Dev::Util::Syntax. Sync with Dev::Util versions
• (xt) Modernize xt tests, sync with Dev::Util
• (xt) Clean up xt tests. Sync with Dev::Util
• Add tests for is_drive_smart, get_smart_disks, get_physical_disks

📚 Documentation

• (tool) Install make_docs.sh to make md docs
• (readme) Update removing references to deleted submodules
• (markdown) Create markdown documentation for module
• Add Contirbution and Security policies, Install instructions

🎨 Styling

• (readme) Better formatting of document
• (example) Fix typo

🚧 Build

• (git) Ignore examples/archive
• (support) Create support dir for development tools
• (makefile) Add Dev::Util to PREREQ_PM
• (makefile) Update Prereq_pm with needed modules
• (manifest) Update Manifest

[version/v2.1.8] - 2025-11-12

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (shebang) Standardize shebang line
• (config) Update host_config
• (display_menu) Change to array_ref from array

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

📚 Documentation

• (code) Identify type of code snipit

🚧 Build

• (git) Update git ignore for new module name

◀️ Revert

• (docs) Rollback change as the code identification doesn't really help

[version/v2.1.1] - 2025-10-22

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version patch level

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog
• (readme) Convert README to Markdown
• (readme) Add module documentation

🚧 Build

• (cliff) Fix error in default cliff.toml

Other

• (other) Merge branch 'disk'

• disk: chore(version): Bump version minor level refactor(examples)!: Move bin scripts to examples chore(version): Bump version major level docs(module): Update manifest refactor(module): Convert smart_show.pl refactor(module)!: Convert pm modules refactor(module)!: Convert lib dir name refactor(module)!: Convert example programs refactor(module)!: Convert cliff toml refactor(module)!: Convert tests refactor(module)!: Convert Makefile.PL refactor(module)!: Begin conversion to Disk::SmartTools from MERM::SmartTools

[version/v2.1.0] - 2025-10-21

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version minor level

🚜 Refactor

• (examples) [breaking] Move bin scripts to examples

[version/v2.0.10] - 2025-10-21

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version major level

🚜 Refactor

• (module) [breaking] Begin conversion to Disk::SmartTools from MERM::SmartTools
• (module) [breaking] Convert Makefile.PL
• (module) [breaking] Convert tests
• (module) [breaking] Convert cliff toml
• (module) [breaking] Convert example programs
• (module) [breaking] Convert lib dir name
• (module) [breaking] Convert pm modules
• (module) Convert smart_show.pl

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Update changelog
• (module) Update manifest

[version/v1.5.3] - 2025-10-21

🚀 Features

• (use) Add use version
• (attributes) Add SMART atributes

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (vars) Clear var so previous instance will not interfere

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (copyright) Update copyright year
• (copyright) Update the copyright year
• (version) Bump version patch level

🚜 Refactor

• (use) Remove use version, now included in MERM::SmartTools::Syntax

📚 Documentation

• (changelog) Add changelog generated by git cliff
• (perldocs) Refactor pod documentation

🚧 Build

• (signature) Update signature file

[version/v1.5.2] - 2025-10-16

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (manifest) Add SIGNATURE
• (version) Bump version patch level

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Add pod to bin files
• (changelog) Add changelog generated by git cliff

🚧 Build

• (manifest) Add scratch files to manifest.skip
• (manifest) Update manifest and signature

[version/v1.5.1] - 2025-10-16

🚧 Build

• (version) Remake manifest and signature files. Bump patch version.

[version/v1.5.0] - 2025-10-16

🚀 Features

• (exe) Move scripts to bin for deployment at install

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• (version) Bump version minor level

🎨 Styling

• (tidy) Clean up code

🚧 Build

• (version) Add version file
• (signature) Signatures for all files in Manifest

[version/v1.4.4] - 2025-07-05

🐛 Bug Fixes

• (sleeptime) Increase wait time for long test

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Add Spacing
• (version) Bump version patch level

🧪 Testing

• (kwalitee) Update kwalitee test

📚 Documentation

• (pod) Fix format errors via podchecker
• (pod) Complete pod coverage of functions

🎨 Styling

• (copyright) Change the copyright symbol to a single-width char
• (tidy) Clean up code formatting

🧮 Ops

• (sd?) Update dev sd disks

Other

• (other) Fix version
• (other) Fix uninitialized value
• (other) Add test report-prereqs. Bump version
• (other) Update ladros disks
• (other) Increase long test wait time
• (other) Show first two lines of test history

[version/v1.4.1] - 2024-06-26

Other

• (other) Only output on actual testing
• (other) Update Makefile.PL to include requirements

[version/v1.4.0] - 2024-06-25

Other

• (other) Update manifest.skip
• (other) Remove .yath.rc from manifest
• (other) Tweek manifest.skip
• (other) Don't include .gitkeep files
• (other) Add return for _define_named_constants
• (other) Process args, add usage
• (other) Diferentiate long tests

for long test skip all disks but the one that matches today's day

• (other) Increment version number
• (other) Fix dry run
• (other) Only perform long tests on the 'correct' day
• (other) Update version to v1.4.0

[release/v1.3.2] - 2024-06-20

⚙️ Miscellaneous Tasks

• Explicitly use Test::Perl::Critic::all_critic_ok

🧪 Testing

• Testing output of routines

Other

• (other) :SmartTools initial commit
• (other) Ignore backup manifest
• (other) Add Template Definition
• (other) Fix formating
• (other) Update MANIFEST
• (other) Test module availibility
• (other) Add Test::Kwalitee
• (other) Test if use feature :5.18 loaded.
• (other) Reformat diagnostics
• (other) Modernize Kwalitee tests
• (other) Fix syntax of use feature
• (other) Import utils from MERM::LogArchive
• (other) Tidy files
• (other) Tests files are tidy
• (other) Test if files pass perlcritic
• (other) Test Utils module
• (other) Revert to simpler functions
• (other) Convert to Test2::V0
• (other) Convert to IO::Interactive::is_interactive() and EXPORT_OK.
• (other) Add banner test
• (other) Convert to EXPORT_TAGS
• (other) Move Release Tests to xt
• (other) Fix need both EXPORT_OK and EXPORT_TAGS
• (other) Complete test coverage for Utils
• (other) Test via yath and prove
• (other) Watch files and run yath
• (other) Fix error of wrong module loaded
• (other) Add functions display_menu, get_keypress
• (other) Yath config. Preload modules
• (other) Unpack @_. Use carp instead of warn.
• (other) OS module instansiation
• (other) Ignore yath temp files
• (other) Use carp and croak
• (other) Don't log yath runs
• (other) OS tests instansiation
• (other) Add examples to Synopsis
• (other) Implemented OS functions and tests
• (other) Don't load Utils (temp)
• (other) Add file tests
• (other) Add tests for file tests
• (other) Implement tests for utils
• (other) Refactor and clean code
• (other) Generate test coverage report
• (other) Utility functions and tests completed
• (other) Ignore cover_db in manifest
• (other) Don't test for 'use strict' as this is in Syntax
• (other) Update manifest
• (other) Update pod docs
• (other) Ignore temp test files in manifest
• (other) Alternate manifest check
• (other) Update need modules list
• (other) Fix test plan
• (other) Pre-Load competed modules
• (other) Tests for Disks module
• (other) Pass verbose flag
• (other) Chomp uname output
• (other) Fixed plan and clean up code
• (other) Implement disk_prefix & os_disks fns
• (other) Perl tidy code
• (other) Functions to get cmd paths
• (other) Fix linux issues
• (other) Further linux fixes
• (other) ProhibitExcessMainComplexity increased
• (other) Updated expected date
• (other) Skip .DS_Store
• (other) Update Manifest
• (other) Copyright symbol, utf-8 pod encoding
• (other) Refactor the test case for stat_date
• (other) Sync with ~/.perlcriticrc and Update
• (other) Apply new perltidy rules
• (other) Add default else clause
• (other) Improve test comments
• (other) Move POD docs to end of files
• (other) Ignore coverage report temp file
• (other) Example apps
• (other) Tidy code
• (other) Ignore coverage temp file
• (other) Define named constants
• (other) Don't carp on path not found
• (other) RAID implementation notes
• (other) Scratch get_options and get_raid_flag
• (other) Refactored to use SmartTools::Disk et al.
• (other) Add get_raid_flag, rename to get_disk_prefix from disk_prefix
• (other) Test doesn't work for megaraid
• (other) Add get_physical_disks get_smart_disks is_drive_smart
• (other) Testing smart_disks
• (other) Use smart_disks
• (other) Use scalar
• (other) Srtip disk_prefix
• (other) Fix regex
• (other) Add test for is_drive_smart
• (other) Turn off debugging
• (other) Rename
• (other) Change to 'use version' style VERSION
• (other) Replacement for smart_run_test_(short|long).sh
• (other) Convert to 'use version' style VERSION
• (other) Use version->declare
• (other) Update for rdisks
• (other) Skip test that fail if user is root
• (other) Use warn instead of say for debugging
• (other) Rename to try_smart_run.pl
• (other) Add timeout to run
• (other) Try refactoring IPC Cmd
• (other) Try transfer ipc_run{l,s} to Disks.pm
• (other) Test ipc_run_l,ipc_run_s
• (other) Add ipc_run_lipc_run_s
• (other) Move ipc_run_l,ipc_run_s to Utils. Add smart_on_for, smart_test_for, selftest_history_for
• (other) Consolodate disk and rdisk call loops
• (other) Add smart_cmd_for
• (other) Clean up cruft
• (other) Consolodate disk and rdisk call loops
• (other) Pass debug flag
• (other) Archive files
• (other) Turn off dry run
• (other) Update version to v1.3.2