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Release 0.08
	Rationalised API to meet that in Software::Packager version 0.07

Release 0.07
	Fixed a bug in 0.06 that stopped the a package that was created from 
	installing with the Installer.
	This makes sure that the install_dir starts with a "/".

Release 0.05
        Split this module from Software::Packager