Changes for 0.27 release

CVS patchset: 4041
CVS date: 2000/08/08 07:19:18

2 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Perl-RPM/ChangeLog b/Perl-RPM/ChangeLog
index ff7ff3632..9b2d59689 100644
--- a/Perl-RPM/ChangeLog
+++ b/Perl-RPM/ChangeLog
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Revision history for Perl extension RPM.
 	Added a sample script in utils, called rpmprune. It has a --help
 	summary and a man page, see those for details.
 
-0.27
+0.27	Tue Aug  8 00:02:22 PDT 2000
 	- fifth alpha
 
 	Added filenames() method to RPM::Header. This re-assembles the list of
@@ -97,3 +97,20 @@ Revision history for Perl extension RPM.
 
 	Added RPM/Error.xs and integrated into the build. All the XS code for
 	RPM::Error that was previously in RPM.xs has been moved here.
+
+	Added export of %RPM to RPM::Database. If requested, this is a hash
+	pre-tied to the RPM::Database package (and thus the rpm database). One
+	may also request $RPM and get an object referencing a tied hash.
+
+	The return values from fetches on header objects has been completely
+	revised. Tags are now explicitly defined as scalar or list in nature.
+	The scalar_tag() method above is a part of this. The return value from
+	a scalar tag is now a plain scalar. There is no more need for $_->[0]
+	on scalar returns. Lists are still returned as list references, and
+	undef is still used to signify problems. Tests have been added to
+	t/02_headers.t for this, and tests in t/01_database.t were updated to
+	use the new syntax. This does not obsolete the RPM::Header::NVR method,
+	as that is a much faster means of fetching those three items than a
+	stock fetch of the three individual tags would be.
+
+	More tags/values documented in RPM::Constants.
diff --git a/Perl-RPM/README b/Perl-RPM/README
index 85b19f416..078cc9f6b 100644
--- a/Perl-RPM/README
+++ b/Perl-RPM/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Perl-RPM - Native bindings to the RPM Package Manager API for Perl
 
-Version 0.26 (fourth alpha)
+Version 0.27 (fifth alpha)
 
 
 WHAT IS IT
@@ -42,9 +42,19 @@ Please send any reports of problems or bugs to rjray@blackperl.com.
 
 CHANGES
 
-This is the fourth release. Full details are itemized in the ChangeLog file,
-but the primary changes in this release are more effort on thread-safing the
-extension, and a sample script in the utils/ directory.
+This is the fifth release. Full details are itemized in the ChangeLog file,
+but the primary changes in this release are:
+
+* More class-level functionality added in RPM::Header
+
+* A fundamental change to the way RPM::Header objects return data
+
+* Some default identifiers available for export from RPM::Database
+
+* Moved the XS code for RPM::Error from RPM.xs into a new file RPM/Error.xs
+
+* There is now a mailing list for Perl-RPM. For details, see:
+  https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-rpm-list
 
 
 LICENSE