Parse-CPAN-Distributions
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DESCRIPTION

This distribution provides the ability to index the distributions that are 
currently listed on CPAN. This is done using the mirror index file find-ls.

DEPENDENCIES

The distribution requires the following modules:

  Compress::Zlib      >= 0
  CPAN::DistnameInfo  >= 0
  File::Basename      >= 0
  File::Path          >= 0
  File::Slurp         >= 0
  IO::Zlib            >= 0
  LWP::UserAgent      >= 0

For testing purposes, the following modules are required:

  Test::More          >= 0.70

For testing purposes, the following modules are desireable, but not essential:

  Test::Pod           >= 1.00
  Test::Pod::Coverage >= 0.08
  Test::CPAN::Meta    >= 0.12

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

 perl Makefile.PL
 make
 make test
 make install

For more detailed installation instructions, see INSTALL.

USAGE

Read the pod documentation in the distribution files.

CHANGES

For a complete list of changes, see the Changes file.

SUPPORT

There are no known bugs at the time of this release. However, if you spot a
bug or are experiencing difficulties that are not explained within the POD
documentation, please send an email to barbie@cpan.org or submit a bug to the
RT system. However, it would help greatly if you are able to pinpoint problems 
or even supply a patch. 

Fixes are dependant upon their severity and my availablity. Should a fix not
be forthcoming, please feel free to (politely) remind me.

RT: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Parse-CPAN-Distributions

DSLIP

  b - Beta testing
  d - Developer
  p - Perl-only
  O - Object oriented
  p - Standard-Perl: user may choose between GPL and Artistic

AUTHOR

Barbie <barbie@cpan.org>
for Miss Barbell Productions http://www.missbarbell.co.uk.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

  Copyright (C) 2008 Barbie for Miss Barbell Productions.

  This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
  modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the licenses can be found in the Artistic file included with
this distribution, or in perlartistic file available with your Perl 
installation.
