WWW::Freshmeat::Project methods

The WWW::Freshmeat::Project object provides some of the fields from the freshmeat.net entry through the following methods

url_project_page

URL of project page on Freshmeat

url_homepage

deprecated

projectname_full

desc_short

desc_full

license

trove_id

Removed.

projectname_short

www_freshmeat

Additionally, it provides the following "higher-level" methods:

name

description

Return either projectname_full (respectively desc_full) or projectname_short (respectively desc_short) if the former is empty.

version

Returns the version of the latest release.

url

Removed.

url_homepage returns a freshmeat.net URL that redirects to the actual project's home page. This url() method tries to follow the redirection and returns the actual homepage URL if it can be found, or the URL to the freshmeat.net entry for the project.

branches

Removed.

List of branches for project. Returns hash in form of (branch id => branch name).

popularity

Removed.

Freshmeat popularity data for project. Returns hash with keys record_hits, url_hits, subscribers

url_list

Removed.

url_list1

Returns list of URLs for project. Each URL is a WWW::Freshmeat::Project::URL object.

real_author

Removed.

Returns name of author (not maintainer).

release_date

Removed.

Returns date of latest release.

maintainers

Removed.

Returns list of names of maintainers.

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