Package perl-Module-Versions: Information
Source package: perl-Module-Versions
Version: 0.02-alt1
Build time: Feb 27, 2012, 10:50 AM
Category: Development/Perl
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License: Artistic
Summary: Handle versions of loaded modules with flexible result interface
Description:
Module::Versions handles versions of loaded modules with a flexible result interface. The main goal is to get as much version informations as possible about a module or module list with a simple call interface and an absolutely flexible result interface. Module::Versions handles *loaded* and *loadable* modules. The motivation for writing this module was the need for better support facilities to get informations about the used modules and versions in the productivity environment. Module::Versions allows shipping applications basically with something like a '-version' option (See the Getopt::Long manpage) but with expanded functions. Module::Versions tries to read the loaded/loadable module's $VERSION. For extended purposes any private project 'version variables' can be fetched ($_VERSION, $version, $REV, etc.). Module::Versions has a flexible result interface to satisfy different needs: results can be lists and data structures with different formats - pre-formed ARRAY, HASH, SCALAR, CSV, XML/XSD/DTD and a full flexible user callback interface. *It is for example very simple to print a good formatted version list to the console and save a version.xml file (in conjunction with an xsd-schema) at the same time with an absolutely minimum of coding (the SYNOPSIS manpage, Pretty Compact) *. Module::Versions tries to load 'version.pm' to support Perl 5.10.0's $VERSION formatting.
Maintainer: Eugene Prokopiev