Revision history for FTN Database application (App-FTNDB)

0.39    Wed Oct  8 06:55 2014
    - Add initial version of MANIFEST.SKIP file.
    - Add initial version of '.travis.yml' for use at GitHub mirror.

0.38    Fri Jan  4 17:10 2013
    - Rename application from 'FTNDB' to 'App::FTNDB'

0.37    Mon Oct  8 14:52 2012
    - Add insertion of the "ftnyear" & "yearday" fields to those being inserted
      for each nodelist row in the database.

0.36    Mon Oct  8 11:26 2012
    - Add a nodelist_file_info function to lib/FTNDB/Nodelist.pm for providing
      information for a nodelist file.

0.35    Sat Sep  2 17:22 2012
    - Add the '-or9" ZIPFLAGS WriteMakefile dist parameter in Makefile.PL 
    - Change to use the ABSTRACT keyword instead of ABSTRACT_FROM in Makefile.PL.

0.34    Sat Sep  1 09:55 2012
    - Separate out the FTN::Database Perl Modules and the FTN Database application
      into their own distributions.

0.33    Sun Jun 10 08:43 2012
    - Copy create_ftn_nodelist_table from ftnpl-admin to ftnpl-nodelist
    - Rewrite/Rename subroutine create_ftn_nodelist_table in ftnpl-admin 
    - Add generic create_ftn_table subroutine to FTN::Database.

0.32    Sat Jun  2 14:12 2012
    - Rewrite the lib/FTN/Database/Nodelist.pm module to only include functions
      that define the nodelist table fields (define_nodelist_table) and the
      ftnnode index fields (ftnnode_index_fields) plus documentation for them.

0.31    Mon May 28 12:55 2012
    - Move FTN::Database::Nodelist to FTNDB::Nodelist and update modules and
      scripts as neccessary.

0.30    Mon Mar 19 21:41 2012
    - Move and rewrite the doc/TODO file to the separate ToDo files
      lib/FTNDB/ToDo.pod and lib/FTN/Database/ToDo.pod.
    - Change ftnpldb references in files to being ftndb instead, including
      renameing bin/ftnpldb-admin to bin/ftndb-admin and bin/ftnpldb-nodelist
      to bin/ftndb-nodelist.
    - Create the initial set of files for the development of a replacement
      administration script using App::Cmd and at least initially using the
      name 'ftndbadm'.

0.29    Sun Mar 18 18:28 2012
    - Use the database type for the 'id' field selection in the function
      create_nodelist_table.

0.28    Sun Mar 18 15:56 2012
    - Add $ftnyear and $yearday to the list_ftn_nodelist bind_columns call in
      ftnpldb-nodelist.
    - Change the default to 'now' and drop the "(14)" from TIMESTAMP for the
      field 'updated' definition.

0.27    Sun Mar 18 12:56 2012
    - Updated the doc/TODO file.
    - lib/FTN/Database/Nodelist.pm:
        Add the new field 'ftnyear' to the nodelist table definition.
        Add the new field 'yearday' to the nodelist table definition.
        Add 'ftnyear' and 'yearday' to the nodelist ftnnode index definition.

0.26    Sun Mar 18 10:58 2012
    - Update the Copyright end year to 2012.
    - lib/FTN/Database/Nodelist.pm:
        Change the 'name' field constraint from 32 to 48.
        Change the 'sysop' field constraint from 32 to 48.
        Change the 'phone' field constraint from 20 to 32.
        Change the 'flags' field constraint from 64 to 128.
        Change the 'location' field constraint from 32 to 48.
    - Update the git repository URLs for their new locations in the README.

0.25    Sun Nov 06 14:02 2011
    - Correct the ftnpldb-admin script to use the drop_ftn_index subroutine.
    - Derive the initial version of the new create_ftn_index subroutine from
      the create_ftnnode_index function in FTN::Database::Nodelist.
    - Change the ftnpldb-nodelist and ftnpldb-admin scripts to use the new
      create_ftn_index subroutine.

0.24    Wed Sep 21 15:31 2011
    - Correct GitHub ftnpl project Issues references.
    - Rename the drop_ftndb_table function to drop_ftn_table.
    - Derive a drop_ftn_index function from the drop_ftnnode_index function.
    - Changed ftnpldb-nodelist script to use the new drop_ftn_index function.
    - Removed the old drop_ftnnode_index function.

0.23    Mon Jul 25 11:44 2011
    - Derive a drop_ftn_table function from the drop_nodelist_table function.
    - Change the ftnpldb-admin script to use the new drop_ftndb_table function.
    - Remove old drop_nodelist_table function from FTN::Database::Nodelist.

0.22    Sun Jul 24 22:31 2011
    - Some cleanup of white space in all files.
    - Rename the create_ftndb function to create_ftn_database.
    - Rename the open_ftndb function to open_ftn_database.
    - Rename the close_ftndb function to close_ftn_database,
    - Rename the drop_ftndb function to drop_ftn_database.

0.21    Sun Jul 17 11:44 2011
    - Update Copyright years to 2011.
    - Cleaned up tabs and other white space in Changes file.
    - Update BUGS and SUPPORT sections regarding the GitHub project.
    - Corrected the ftnpldb-admin link in the modules SEE ALSO section.

0.20    Thu Oct 20 19:33 2010
    - Rewrite how the reverse sort in ftnpldb-nodelist is done.
    - Builtins in ftnpldb-* scripts do not need to use parentheses.
    - Use constant pragma in ftnpldb-nodelist for variable constants.
    - Correct literal string interpolations in the ftnpldb-* scripts. 
    - Rewrite how the split function call is done in ftnpldb-nodelist.
    - Clean up white space and etc. in ftnpldb-admin and ftnpldb-nodelist.
    - Correct how definitions of empty strings are done in ftnpldb-* scripts.
    - Use braces for print file handles in ftnpldb-admin and ftnpldb-nodelist.

0.19    Sat Oct 02 14:28 2010
    - Use Perl format and the write command to format the output of the List
      command in ftnpldb-nodelist.
    - Change the load command in ftnpldb-nodelist to using the DBI prepare
      function to set up the SQL nodelist table insert.

0.18    Tue Sep 28 16:43 2010
    - Add an introductory paragraph to the CONFIGURATION documentation section
      in bin/ftnpldb-admin and bin/ftnpldb-nodelist.
    - Move the definition of the script log file from being a separate script
      option to the LogFile item in the configuration file.
    - Change the open_ftndb function to being called with a single reference
      to a hash containing the items:  Type, Name, User, & Password.

0.17    Mon Sep 27 15:22 2010
    - Rename bin/ftndbadm to bin/ftnpldb-admin.
    - Move definition of nodelist directory to the configuration file, using
      the keyword Directory in the new section Nodelist.
    - Rename bin/nl2ftndb to bin/ftnpldb-nodelist. Change how the -z FTN Zone
      number parameter is coded. Change the -n option to being the definition
      of an FTN Net number. Move the nodelist listing functionality from the 
      bin/listftndb script to the bin/ftnpldb-nodelist script as the List
      command, and remove the file bin/listftndb.

0.16    Fri Sep 17 17:29 2010
    - Reorganize and move the code in the nl2ftndb script that does an
      initial load of an FTN nodelist table into a subroutine, and add
      code for a Load command to call that subroutine.
    - Rewrite help message and other documentation for new Load command. 

0.15    Fri Sep 17 14:17 2010
    - Some cleanup of comments and documentation in scripts.
    - Correct the create_ftndb subroutine call in the bin/ftndbadm script.
    - Correct the drop_ftndb subroutine call in the bin/ftndbadm script.
    - Replace the T, D, u, & p command line database options in the scripts
      with the required '-c' command line option to define a configuration
      file;  options are now in a Database section in the configuration file
      using the keywords 'Type', 'Name', 'User', and 'Password'.
  
0.14    Fri Sep 10 16:37 2010
    - Add parsing of command line arguments to bin/ftndbadm for the following
      commands:  create database, drop database, create table, drop table.

0.13    Wed Sep 01 11:09 2010
    - Add a '--version' option to bin/* scripts.
    - Change default log file in bin/nl2ftndb to ftnpldb.log
    - Change log_id in bin/ftndbadm to DBADM, and add log_file option.
    - Rewrite the perldoc reference in the SUPPORT section of bin/ftndbadm.
    - Reorganize and rewrite the display of the help message into a subroutine
      with the name HELP_MESSAGE in the bin/* scripts.
    - Move the code in bin/ftndbadm to create an FTN Nodelist table into a
      subroutine named create_ftn_nodelist_table.
    - Reorganize SYNOPSIS section for the help options in the bin/* scripts.

0.12    Tue Aug 31 16:05 2010
    - Add DBI to the SEE ALSO section in lib/FTN/Database.pm
    - Correct the perldoc reference in the SUPPORT section of bin/ftndbadm.
    - Add create_ftndb and drop_ftndb functions to lib/FTN/Database.pm and
      add examples showing their usage.

0.11    Sun Aug 29 15:46 2010
    - Correct the '-n' pod documentation in bin/listftndb.
    - Change name of SYNOPSIS section in modules to DESCRIPTION.
    - Removed extraneous character in lib/FTN/Database/Nodelist.pm.
    - Move DESCRIPTION section in the bin/* scripts ahead of SYNOPSIS.
    - Change sql_stmt to sql_statement in lib/FTN/Database/Nodelist.pm.
    - Create an EXAMPLES pod section in the Database and Nodelist modules.

0.10    Fri Aug 27 12:37 2010
    - Rewrite the git commit id reference in the README file.
    - Add SEE ALSO section to pod documentation in modules an scripts.
    - Update/rewrite comments and documentation as neccessary in all files,
      including by adding pod style documentation to the bin/* scripts.
    - Move the example shell scripts to an EXAMPLE pod section in the
      appropriate bin/* script.

0.09    Mon Aug 23 20:38 2010
    - Correct remove_ftn_domain call in bin/nl2ftndb.
    - Correct help message for the -f parameter in bin/nl2ftndb.
    - Redo the variables used in the Perl scripts for readability, including by
      separating the words in the variables by underscores.
    - Corrected an instance of a duped variable in bin/nl2ftndb help message.

0.08    Sat Aug 21 20:03 2010
    The default DBI user and password parameters for an SQLite database
    is an empty string;  change the default codeing for those in the bin/*
    scripts.

0.07    Sat Aug 21 18:19 2010
    - Correct script name in Makefile.PL from net2file to listftndb.
    - Correct wording regarding EOL change in previous Changes entry.
    - Derive and move the remove_ftn_domain functions from nl2ftndb
      to the FTN::Database::Nodelist module.

0.06    Sat Aug 21 16:55 2010
    - Rename bin/net2file to bin/listftndb.
    - Change indentation formatting in Changes file.
    - Drop pl extension from program name in help messages.
    - Correct the ListFile open failure message in bin/listftndb.
    - Rename the doc/Changes.nl2sql file to doc/History and add it to the
      distribution.
    - In bin/nl2ftndb;  strip EOL from nodelist lines.  Removes instances
      of \r\n or \n but not \r.
    - Correct all bin/* Perl scripts to being at version 0.06.  The version
      of the scripts is intended to be the same as the oldest version of the
      module(s) that each requires.

0.05    Thu Aug 19 21:45 2010
    - Now doing a reverse sort of the nodelist filelist being obtained
      from the nodelist directory in the get_nodelist_filename subroutine
      in bin/nl2ftndb.

0.04    Thu Aug 19 15:34 2010
    - Add LICENSE information to Makefile.PL.
    - Add EXE_FILES information to Makefile.PL.    	
    - Rewrite example code snippet in lib/FTN/Database.pm.
    - Rewrite lib/FTN/Database/Nodelist.pm example code snippet.

0.03    Wed Aug 18 14:43 2010
    - Correct PREREQ_PM list in Makefile.PL file.
    - Correct FTN::Database SUPPORT module references.
    - Enable use of 'croak' function from the Carp module in the 
    - Use the full package names for the FTN::Database subroutines.
      FTN::Database::Nodelist module.
    - Derive and move the create_nodelist_table and drop_nodelist_table
      functions from ftndbadm and nl2ftndb to the FTN::Database::Nodelist
      module.
    - Derive and move the create_ftnnode_index and drop_ftnnode_index
      functions from ftndbadm and nl2ftndb to the FTN::Database::Nodelist
      module.

0.02    Tue Aug 17 23:55 2010
    - Move examples to doc/examples source directory.
    - Corrected name of nl2ftndb in example loadzone.sh file.
    - Enable use of 'croak' function from the Carp module in FTN::Database.
    - Derive and move the open_ftndb and close_ftndb subroutines from the Perl
      scripts to the FTN::Database module.

0.01    Sat Aug 14 17:29 2010
    Derive the initial v0.01 version of FTN-Database application from the
    nl2sql v1.2 scripts (nl2sql branch in the ftn-database.git repository,
    and also available as nl2sql12.zip, at the ftnpl project at SourceForge)
    plus additional directory structure and set of files created using
    Module::Starter.