Revision history for Perl extension Sys::Info.
0.78 Sat Apr 16 15:20:46 2011
=> Enable OSX driver
0.73 Thu Jan 14 03:24:05 2010
=> Perl::Critic refactoring.
=> Driver updates:
Windows: Windows 7 support, bitness fixes.
Linux : Merged Linux::Distribution as ::OS::Distribution.
BSD : CPU bitness & flags. Swap file detection.
0.72 Thu Apr 23 17:22:31 2009
=> Update builder.
0.70 Mon Apr 6 03:54:23 2009
=> Bump version for new stable release.
0.69_11 Sat Apr 4 22:19:04 2009
=> Bump version to test bitness().
0.69_10 Fri Apr 3 21:17:29 2009
=> Updated the build tools and tests.
0.69_07 Sat Mar 14 15:57:56 2009
=> Support for BSD driver.
0.69_06 Sat Mar 14 06:42:17 2009
=> Test suite update.
0.69_05 Sat Mar 14 01:59:01 2009
=> Bump version.
0.69_01 Thu Mar 5 03:41:57 2009
=> Removed deprecated parts.
=> Moved drivers and base classes into separate distributions. This distro
is now something like Task::, but has some function of its own.
0.63 Thu Aug 7 22:18:39 2008
=> Fix for Win32::TieRegistry loading routine.
0.62 Tue Jul 15 23:20:50 2008
=> Fix for cdkey test. It can fail on restricted environments.
0.61 Tue Jul 15 11:44:45 2008
=> Removed 99-all-modules-have-the-same-version.t for now, until I find a
safer way for this test. This fixes RT#37660.
=> Added support for Debian version/edition.
0.60 Sun Jul 13 16:08:35 2008
=> Minor code cleanup.
=> Added a test to check the module versions.
=> Bump the version for the new stable release after 7+ months :)
* More unified (if not 100% same) interface between drivers
- Improved Windows OS detection
- Improved Linux distro detection
- Improved CPU detection
* Some deprecated parts (all to be removed in v0.70 or at the end of 2008)
0.52_92 Sat Jul 12 20:22:44 2008
=> Pod fixes.
=> Code cleanup.
0.52_91 Sat Jun 28 17:35:50 2008
=> Removed HASAPI() from Windows driver.
=> All files now have Pod.
=> Moved all constant definitions to Sys::Info::Constants.
0.52_9 Fri Jun 27 00:20:40 2008
=> ::Linux
* Implemented various OS meta keys.
* Implemented CPU architecture key.
0.52_8 Thu Jun 26 01:02:15 2008
=> ::Linux
* Implement ::OS::tz()
* Implement ::OS::edition() for Ubuntu.
* Implement manufacturer meta key.
* ::OS::build() now returns the timestamp instead of time string.
Use it as: print( scalar localtime $os->build ) to get a string.
=> Updated unknown tests.
0.52_7 Tue Jun 24 23:55:04 2008
=> Fix broken ::CPU under linux.
=> Unix::Processors is now required under linux.
0.52_6 Sun Jun 22 00:27:02 2008
=> Fix for available devices list.
=> ::CPU
* ::ht() method now returns the number of threads
* Removed disable_si option from ::CPU.
* Fixed load() for Windows.
0.52_5 Fri Jun 20 00:45:24 2008
=> Moved CPU::load() into the base class to make the checks for all drivers.
=> New subclass Sys::Info::Constants.
=> Some fixes.
0.52_4 Wed Jun 18 01:53:56 2008
=> Tidied ::Windows::OS.
=> New ::Windows::OS method cdkey().
=> Fix for ::CPU::hyper_threading():
0.52_3 Wed Jun 11 21:11:46 2008
=> $os->login_name_real() is now deprecated. Use $os->login_name( real => 1 )
0.52_2 Sun Jun 8 01:07:47 2008
=> Improved driver loading mechanism.
=> $os->long_name deprecated. Use $os->name( long => 1 )
0.52_1 Fri Jun 6 00:11:05 2008
=> Improved OS detection for Windows. Now the editions can also be detected.
=> Windows Server 2008 is now supported.
=> Added new method edition() to Sys::Info::OS.
=> $os->name & $os->long_name & $os->version are now accept parameters.
=> Added a way to detect if Win32::API is available or not under Windows.
=> Initiated a XS interface to Win32 API functions.
TODO: Improve XS interface and disable WMI where possible as it is so slow
TODO: Consider Win32::API usage.
=> Added a Core 2 detection code to Sys::Info::Driver::Unknown::Device::CPU::Env.
0.51 Sun Dec 30 23:08:52 2007
=> Fix for pod coverage test.
0.50 Sun Dec 30 21:44:11 2007
=> Added 'multiplier' key to CPU metadata (WMI).
=> Implemented CPU load for Windows. However,
it is not recommended to use if you want speed.
=> Moved ::CPU into ::Device::CPU. A lot of changes took place.
=> New driver model.
0.2 Wed Nov 29 22:56:05 2006
=> First public release.