version 2.002; 2007-09-17

  * bugfix: correctly handle UTF8-encoded scalars

  * don't use ppport.h, because it wasn't doing anything for perl v5.6+

  * test POD syntax and coverage

  * build with Module::Build instead of ExtUtils::MakeMaker

  * rearrange source tree to fit Module::Build convention

  * complete dependency list

  * include signature in distribution

  * in documentation, separate "license" section from "copyright" section

version 2.001; 2006-08-30

  * add vms_username() and vms_password() functions for syntax checking
    and canonicalisation

version 2.0; 2006-08-27

  * rewrite by Zefram: based on a newer branch of Shawn Clifford's C
    code; proper Perlish error handling; allow arbitrary byte strings
    (including embedded NULs); new documentation; many test vectors

version 1.0; 2003-09-11

  * original version by <mikem@open.com.au>