# The Change Log for Advanced::Config

# The basic algorithm was initially an attempt to allow Perl and Unix shell
# scripts to share common configuration files.  And it just grew with a life
# of it's own since then.

# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Developer's Note:
# By default, fish is turned off.  To turn it on do the following:
#       1) On Unix:  export ADVANCED_CONFIG_FISH=1
#       2) On Windows:  set ADVANCED_CONFIG_FISH=1
# This is done by most of the test cases that use this module.
# See the README files for more details on this.
#
# To turn fish back off, reset this variable to zero!
# --------------------------------------------------------------------


Version - YYYY/MM/DD
---------------------
1.12 2025-02-06 08:30:00
  - Fixed typo in POD link in Date.pm.
  - Fixed t/70-validate_date_vars.t to handle timestamp test on even slower
    running machines.  Increased delay allowed from 20 sec to 2 min & modified
    test msg to say how close it is.  Grabbing the current timestamp during the
    test is proving problematic.  (Problem is with the test, not the module.)

1.11 2025-01-29 08:30:00
  - Fixed t/70-validate_date_vars.t to handle timestamp test on slow running
    machines.
  - Fixed t/10-validate_simple_cfg.t to properly get the userid for all
    platforms.

1.10 2025-01-01 08:30:00
  - Fixed so minimum version of 2.08 required for using Fred::Fish::DBUG.
    So it's limitations with earlier Perl versions wouldn't affect this one.
  - Updated copyrights to 2024 on all files, both *.PM & t/*.t.
  - Fixed t/75-check_all_languages.t to ignore buggy language definitions.
  - Fixed t/75-check_all_languages.t & t/76-check_all_languages2.t to
    make sure it creates the fish log before it tries to load optional
    modules.  So the developer tests will find the proper number of
    fish files.  Also speeded up the test cases.
  - Fixed POD NAME on all *.pm files to follow Perl standards.
  - Corrected various typos in the POD.
  - Updated stale links in the POD.
  - Config.pm & Options.pm - Added On/Off to get_boolean() & updated the POD
    to say so.
  - Config.pm - removed depreciated function section().
  - Makefile.PL - Fixed build script bug.
  - Fixed to require Fred::Fish::DBUG v2.09 so I could use it's new Test module
    in the t/*.t test scripts.   Simplified a lot of code.
  - Updated copyright to 2025 in all files.

1.09 2020-10-05 08:30:00
  - Fixed so minimum version of 2.01 required for using Fred::Fish::DBUG.
  - Modified all *.pm files to eliminate the BEGIN logic the older versions
    of DBUG required.
  - Modified all t/*.t test progs to use Fred::Fish::DBUG 2.01 qw / on /;

1.08 2020-03-16 08:30:00
  - Config.pm - Fixed most functions not exposed by POD to use a leading
    underscore in their names to be more consistent.  The remaining exceptions
    used to be exposed in POD and are being depreciated.  As always anything
    beginning with an underscore is subject to change without notice.
  - Date.pm - Major rewrite of parse_date() in advance of using Date::Manip as
    an alternate source to getting foreign language support.
  - Date.pm - Adding Date::Manip logic.  Greatly expands the number of languages
    and date formats allowed.
  - t/76-check_all_languages2.t - Test case to support using Date::Manip.

1.07 2020-02-20 08:30:00
  - Updated copyrights to 2020 on all files.
  - Made some corrections to the README file.
  - Reader.pm - Added an optional trim flag to expand_variables().
  - Reader.pm - Fixed balanced quote bug in parse_line().
  - Fixed t/60-recursion-test.t & 60-recursion-test.cfg to handle trim
    properly.
  - 40-validate-modifiers.cfg - Modified to highlight the parse_line()
    balanced quote issue was fixed.
  - Reader.pm - Fixed disable quotes bug by checking 1st in parse_line()
    quote detection section.
  - Config.pm - Changed section() to get_section(), depreciating section()
    with a stub function that prints warning if used.
  - Config.pm - Added create_section() and no longer exposed new_section()
    in the POD.  Also added new flag SENSITIVE_SECTION to tell if the section
    name was sensitive to fix bug in _base_set() & set_value().
  - Reader.pm - Fixed to use get_section() & create_section().
  - Reader.pm - Fixed hide section bug in read_config().
  - t/*.t - Fixed several test cases to use get_section().
  - t/11-manual_build.t - Fixed to use create_section() and to also create
    a sensitive section to verify masking words correctly for set_value().
  - Options.pm - Fixed floating point numeric checks in apply_get_rules().
  - 13-alt-get-tests.t & 13-alt-get-tests.cfg - fixed to allow 1. and .1
    as valid numeric test values.  Also added numeric flag to compare
    arrays function.   Also added additional floating point tests.
  - Options.pm - Fixed sudo bug returning wrong user in _get_user_id().
  - Config.pm - Fixed issue with print_special_vars() when called incorrectly.
  - Options.pm - Made corrections to the POD.
  - Date.pm - Fixed issue with lc/uc.  IE: In German -- M RZ vs m rz
  - Date.pm - Added wide char flag to _swap_common(), init_special_date_arrays()
    and swap_language() to allow for wide char/utf8 support.
  - New test case:  t/75-check_all_languages.t
  - Date.pm - Fixed a lot of minor bugs now that I have a test case that tests
    all the languages defined by Date::Language & realized just how inconsistent
    that module's language files really are.  But I don't have a better source
    for this data.
  - Config.pm - Fixed bug in load_config & load_string where it was modifying
    the default options instead of overriding them.
  - Added new option use_utf8 to supports config files written in UTF-8 mode.
  - Added new option to disable variable modifications when they cause
    problems.
  - Updated Makefille.PL to make DBUG v1.09 the minimum allowed version.
    That's when DBUG supported writing Wide Chars to fish.  It also allowed
    me to simplify all t/*.t test programs logging by removing support
    for obsolete features.  The module itself will still work with DBUG
    v1.03 or later as long as option 'use_utf8' isn't being used.
  - t/00-basic.t - Fixed to enforce the same min version as Makefile.PL.
  - helper1234.pm - Removed fixes for earlier DBUG versions.  No longer
    any need for a lot of conditional logic in test cases.
  - t/*.t - Removed calls to helper methods removed from helper1234.pm
    as no longer needed after DBUG min version upgraded.
  - Created full_developer_test.pl.src to make things easier for a
    full test of the module.  Does a summary pass then a detailed pass.
  - Created t/log_summary & t/log_details log dirs to hold the logs for
    each pass.  By default "make test" uses t/log_details.
  - Modified all t/*.t to call turn_fish_on_off_for_advanced_config()
    in the helper package to calculate which log dir to put the log
    file into.
  - Reader.pm - fixed perl 5.28 bitwise exclusive or on Unicode strings being
    depreciated.

1.06 2019-11-01 08:30:00
  - Removed the DBUG_REGISTER call from all modules since it's definition
    changed in DBUG (v1.08) and was depreciated.
  - Added the 3 back quote options for allowing your config files to run
    commands to set a tag's value per a user request.  (Disabled by default)
  - Then removed it for being too much of a security concern.  Left the options
    in as comments so I can remember why I backed it out until I can figure out
    better protection from malicious actors.
  - Improved disable tests in t/20-sensitive.t & it's config file.
  - Some minor POD corrections to all the modules.
  - Fixed expand_variables() in Reader.pm to continue expanding non-encrypted
    variables after an encrypted one was hit when option "disable_decryption"
    is used.
  - Fixed POD in Options.pm to reflect how "disable_decryption" now works
    with variables enabled.
  - Added 27-disable_decrypt_test.t to test out this feature.
  - Fixed tests t/28-sensitive_tests.t & t/35-improper_tests.t which broke
    when we fixed expand_variables().
  Never uploaded to CPAN.

1.05 2019-05-30 08:30:00
  - Added print_special_vars() as a quick & dirty way to get a list of the
    special variables supported by this module.
  - Added "section" as a new special variable!
  - Added "section" test to t/12-validate_sections.t to validate the new
    variable works correctly.
  - Options.pm - Added "use_gmt" as a new "Special Date Variable Formatting
    Option" to allow the use of gmtime instead of localtime when calculating
    the date variable values.
  - Options.pm - Fixed bug calculating yesterday/tomorrow when going on/off
    daylight savings time during today.  Also allowed for leap seconds.
  - Config.pm - Removed DBUG code that conflicted with latest release of
    the DBUG module (v1.06).  So still compatible with earlier releases.
  - helper1234.pm - Provided a fix for the DBUG incompatibility issue.
  - t/*.t - Fixed all test cases to call the new method in helper1234.pm
    for when it would hit the incompatibility.
  - Forced t/00-basic.t to enforce minimum module versions for "make test".
  Never uploaded to CPAN.

1.04 2019-03-13 08:30:00
  - Broke circular references that was requiring the same logic in multiple
    modules.  Now just done in Options.pm and referenced by the other modules.
  - Examples.pm - Fixed more typos in the POD.
  - Examples.pm - Added encrypt/decrypt example config file.
  - Fixed t/13-alt-get-tests.t to explicitly use "date_format => 3" instead of
    relying on it to remain the default value for this option for these date
    tests to work in the future.
  - Added clarification that the # char is only special to Test::More::ok in
    t/01-basic_regexp.t, not for RegExpr.
  Never uploaded to CPAN.

1.03 2019-03-06 08:30:00
  - Updated the VERSION in all *.pm files.
  - Fixed some POD formatting errors in Options.pm
  - Fixed some POD typos in Reader.pm
  - Fixed some POD typos in Date.pm
  - Fixed 2 digit year bug in parse_date() in Date.pm, parsing two digit years
    are still problematic and quite frequently ambiguous.
  - More enhancements for parsing 2 & 4 digit year dates in parse_date().
  - Added more date tests in t/09-basic_date.t to further test various date
    formats.
  - Advanced::Config::Options now disallows 2 digit year dates by default
    due to the ambiguity involved in trying to parse them.  Also updated
    the POD to say so in Date.pm & Options.pm.
  - Replaced option 'date_disable_yy' with "date_enable_yy" to make the 2 digit
    date handling default more intuitive.
  - Retired option 'date_reverse_test' in favor of option "date_format" to make
    the parsing of numeric dates less ambiguous.  Required a reorg of the
    arguments to all the parse date functions.  Also required to replace arg $up
    with $order so we must pick & choose which format to use.
  - Fixed t/13-alt-get-tests.t to explicitly use "date_enable_yy => 1"
    during all calls to get_date() to allow 2-year dates in the tests!
  - Fixed t/t/09-basic_date.t to explicitly allow 2-year dates in it's
    tests as well.
  - Added option date_dl_conversion to allow the use of Date:Language:str2time()
    to optionally enhance parse_date().
  - Fixed bug in the dynamic DBUG/DBUG::OFF module selection in all module BEGIN
    blocks.
  Never uploaded to CPAN.

1.02 2019-01-08 08:30:00
  - Corrected some significant errors in the POD text.
  - Added some usage errors in move_tag, rename_tag, and delete_tag.
  - Merged rule 5 & 6 tests in lookup_one_variable().  But left
    separate in POD.
  - Added toHash() method to convert object into a hash.
  - Fixed sensitive bug in Options.pm.
  - Now uses DBUG's built in argument masking method instead of hacking the
    code to enforce masking.  Enables us to put the arguments in a more sane
    order in the future and eliminated convoluted code for masking what wasn't
    needed for module functionality.
  - Updated min version of DBUG allowed in Makefile.PL so previous fix works!
    (version: 1.03)
  - Fixed jan/dec bug in Options.pm for next/previous month check.
  - t/00-basic.t now uses BAIL_OUT() to force "make test" to abort if
    it hits compile errors with my module.  Makes it easier to debug
    changes.
  - Added test case dependencies to Makefile.PL
  Never uploaded to CPAN.

1.01 2018-08-06 08:30:00
  - Prepping for an Initial Public Release from a private personal baseline.
  Never uploaded to CPAN.

