version 0.69_05
==================================

Provides the same version objects as included in Perl v5.9.x (and hopefully in
the 5.10.0 release).  In fact, if you attempt to use this module with a version
of Perl >= v5.9.0, this module will not do anything, since the code already
exists in the Perl core.  Note that the CPAN release cannot be installed
with the interim 5.9.0, 5.9.1, and 5.9.2 releases (since it duplicates code
in the core).  If you are testing 5.9.x, you must check out bleadperl in
order to get the current changes (the CPAN release has no effect in
bleadperl).

Major changes in 0.70 - NOT YET
=====================================

Rewrite Makefile.PL again to make it run successfully with 5.005 and 5.6.x.
Rewrite UNIVERSAL::VERSION error code to more closely echo what Perl itself
outputs.  Don't install anything (just run tests) with bleadperl or better.
Port upstream changes from bleadperl back into CPAN release.

Major changes in 0.69 - 2007-01-10
=====================================

Rewrite Makefile.PL to be more compliant about weird compilers.
Eliminate Scalar::Util from pure Perl module.

Major changes in 0.68 - 2006-10-29
=====================================

Properly handle locales which utilize commas as decimal points for floating
point numbers.  Slight tweaks to Makefile.PL to correctly install the POD.


Please read the POD documentation for usage/details.  See the CHANGES file
for full details of all changes to the module behavior.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   $ perl Build.PL
   $ ./Build
   $ ./Build test
   # ./Build install

This release includes an optional pure Perl implementation (in case
you don't have a C-compiler or if some reason you want your code to be
much slower).  You can test it by calling the build script as

    $ perl Build.PL --perl_only

and it will install the Perl only version.

OR

To install with ExtUtils::MakeMaker:

   $ perl Makefile.PL
   $ make
   $ make test
   # make install

and correspondingly

   $ perl Makefile.PL --perl_only

will install the Perl only version.
  

DEPENDENCIES

The same C compiler used to build Perl (or not).  Module::Build 0.2611
or better.

Module::Build installs fine under 5.005_03 or better, though the optional
dependency Archive::Tar doesn't.  If you install Module::Build without any
of the optional dependencies, you can safely install version.pm.


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This module can be distributed under the same terms as Perl.

Copyright (C) 2004,2005,2006 John Peacock

