CPAN-Testers-Data-Release
=========================

This distribution is the CPAN Testers Release database generator. The
distribution contains the code that extracts the data from the release_summary 
table in the cpanstats database. The data extracted represents the data 
relating to the public releases of Perl, i.e. no patches and official releases
only.

USAGE

  perl release.pl --config=<file> [--clean] [ -h | -v ]

DEPENDENCIES

The distribution requires the following modules:

  CPAN::Testers::Common::DBUtils
  Config::IniFiles
  File::Basename
  File::Path
  Getopt::Long
  IO::File

INSTALLATION

To install this module, untar the tarball into the directory of choice then
type the following on the command line (substitute make with nmake or dmake
if appropriate):

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

Alternatively you may wish to use the CPAN.pm shell or CPANPLUS shell as your
installer, which will automatically detect uninstalled prerequisities and 
install those too for you.

BUGS, PATCHES & FIXES

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 submit a bug to the RT system (see link below). However,
it would help greatly if you are able to pinpoint problems or even supply a 
patch. 

Fixes are dependent upon their severity and my availability. Should a fix not
be forthcoming, please feel free to (politely) remind me by sending an email
to barbie@cpan.org .

RT: http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=CPAN-Testers-Data-Release

AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT

  Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Barbie <barbie@cpan.org>

LICENCE

  This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.