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diff --git a/ext/Storable/README b/ext/Storable/README index 4c574a0f68..6dfa68954b 100644 --- a/ext/Storable/README +++ b/ext/Storable/README @@ -1,34 +1,21 @@ - Storable 0.7 + Storable 1.0 Copyright (c) 1995-2000, Raphael Manfredi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the Artistic License, a copy of which can be - found with perl. + it under the same terms as Perl 5 itself. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - Artistic License for more details. + Perl 5 License schemes for more details. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - *** This is beta software -- use at your own risks *** - +======================================================================= -| PLEASE NOTE CAREFULLY -| -| The serialization format changed between 0.5 and 0.6, and the module -| is NOT backward compatible. Think about it when upgrading from a -| pre-0.5@9 version -- images from versions 0.5@9 could still be read -| by 0.6, but have not been tested with 0.7. -| -| The next release (0.8 or 1.0) will DROP support for pre-0.6 format. -| -| The serialization format changed between 0.6 and 0.7, and the module -| is fully backward compatible, meaning 0.7 can read binary images from -| 0.6, although it only generates new ones. If you encounter a situation -| where it is not AND can duplicate it via a small test case, please -| send it to me, along with a patch to fix the problem if you can. +| Storable is distributed as a module, but is also part of the official +| Perl core distribution. Maintenance is still done by the Author, +| whilst the perl5-porters ensure that no change to the Perl internals +| can break the version of Storable distributed with it. +======================================================================= The Storable extension brings persistency to your data. @@ -61,7 +48,7 @@ There is an embeded POD manual page in Storable.pm. Raphael Manfredi <Raphael_Manfredi@pobox.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Thanks to: +Thanks to (in chronological order): Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@charly.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> @@ -72,6 +59,8 @@ Thanks to: Murray Nesbitt <murray@activestate.com> Albert N. Micheev <Albert.N.Micheev@f80.n5049.z2.fidonet.org> Marc Lehmann <pcg@opengroup.org> + Justin Banks <justinb@wamnet.com> + Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> (AGAIN, as perl 5.7.0 Pumpkin!) for their contributions. |