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@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@ +Revision history for Perl CPAN module Locale::SubCountry + +1.41 20 Apr 2008 + Added FIPS codes for UK, thanks to TJMATHER for patch, RT bug #32899 + +1.40 12 Jan 2008 + Changed regexp match on XML country filed to account for both Unix and MSDOS line endings + Converted files to Unix line endings + +1.39 6 Jan 2008 + Alowed for sub countires with no ISO code, such as Shariff Kabunsuan in the Phillipines + Thanks to Matt Loschert for pointing this out. + + +1.38 26 Nov 2006 + Changed sub country names in Sudan and Phillipines + Added examples/demo.pl + +1.37 02 Apr 2006 + Removed invalid characters in data for Iran, United Arab Emirates and Oman + Removed alternate names (appended to end of main names in brackects) from many sub countries + + NOTE: new method now issues warning and returns undef if invalid country code or + name parameter is passed. Previous versions died inside the new method. + +1.36 11 Jul 2005 + Added regions for Andorra + Added regions for Grenada + Updated distribution to current CPAN requirements + + +1.35 04 Jul 2005 + Fixed problem with name space pollution for $VERSION variable + + Added data for the following countries + Antigua and Barbuda + Andorra + Aruba + Bhutan + Nauru + Seychelles + + For Cape Verde, changed Calheta de São Miguel to São Miguel + For Venezuela, changed Distrito Federal to Distrito Capital + Added districts for Honduras + +1.34 17 Apr 2004 + Fixed typo in XML data for American Samoa + + Added 'has_sub_countries' method to determine if a country has any sub countries + (some such a Singapore do not). Updated synopsis to show it's use. + +1.33 13 Feb 2004 + Fixed pattern matching in data loader to allow for accented characters + +1.32 13 Feb 2004 + Added 'use locale' to main.t to stop 'make test' errors + +1.31 12 Feb 2004 + Moved XML data back into main module. + Corrected documentation + +1.30 8 Feb 2004 + + Completely updated data, many new countries and sub countries added + Added countries without sub countries, such as Singapore + Stored data in separate file in XML format + + Added method 'category' to return the type of subcountry such as state, city etc + NOTE: this replaces the 'sub_country_type' method + + Added method 'regional_division' to return the regional_division of subcountry + such as SCT (Scotland) for Edinburgh + +1.23 16 Jul 2003 + + Added data for Finland and Singapore, thanks to Chris McKay + +1.22 18 Jan 2003 + Removed use of $_ in initialization code, as suggested by Ilya Martynov + Corrected country code for Iran, thanks to Todd A. Green + Removed Exporter references, as suggested by TJ Mather + Added Timor-Leste as a new country (East Timor) + Changed Canadian province of Newfoundland to Newfoundland and Labrador + + +1.21 9 Sep 2002 + Fixed bug in test script main.t + +1.20 7 Sep 2002 + + Added methods to new Locale::SubCountry::World package + - new + - all_full_names + - all_codes + - full_name_code_hash + - code_full_name_hash + + NOTE! + all_full_names method replaces the stand alone all_country_names function + all_codes method replaces the stand alone all_country_codes function + The above method names duplicate existing method names (polymorphism), + so make sure you are working with the right type of object first. + + These changes were necessary because of user requests for country name + and code look ups prior to sub-country lookups. Previous versions would not + work with Locale::Country because of a clash in exported names. Thanks to + Todd Green for this suggestion. + + Added the FIPS 10-4 (US standard) for many sub countries + Added FIPS10_4_code method + Added ISO3166_2_code method + Added many corrections to sub country names + Thanks to TJ Mather for adding FIPS codes and fixing other data errors + + Added extra tests to main.t + Prefixed internal data structure elements with a dash, to follow OO convention + +1.11 23 Mar 2002 + Corrected codes for Corsica, France, thanks to Mathias Herberts + +1.10 04 Jan 2002 + Replaced INIT block with annonymous subroutine. This removed problems + that occurred when mod_perl or eval statements were used. + +1.09 25 Jul 2001 + Added code for US, West Virginia (WV), thanks to Michelle Agnew + +1.08 16 Mar 2001 + Made many corrections to country data to align it with ISO:3166-2 standard + Defined sub country types for all countries + Added information for Israel and Albania + Removed some MS-DOS line terminators that were generating warnings + Added two more tests to main.t + + +1.07 12 Mar 2001 + Corrected errors in German sub countries thanks to Lars Steubesand + + Corrected errors in data for Austria, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Germany and + Columbia. Thanks to Philip Newton. + +1.06 20 Feb 2001 + Allowed countries to be specified by either full name or two letter code + Made country names compatible with ISO 3166-1 standard + Added country_code method to retrieve ISO code for current object + Added all_country_codes method to retrieve ISO codes for all countries + Corrected abbreviation for Canadian province of Nunavut + Thanks to Trevor Schellhorn for these suggestions + + Corrected two Belgium sub countries. Thanks to Wim Verhaegen + + +1.05 15 Oct 2000 + sub_country_type method returns 'unknown' when no data defined + Fixed bug in mismatch count in main.t test module + +1.04 04 Oct 2000 + Added all remaining countries, thanks to Alastair McKinstry + Included sub country type (state, county etc) in lookup data + Added country and sub_country_type methods + Accounted for sub country codes of 0 + +1.03 20 Aug 2000 + Added many more countries, thanks to Alastair McKinstry + Now account for any incorrect capitalization of sub country names + _clean subroutine only removes dots and spaces, dashes are now allowed + Added subroutine to return array of countries that have lookup data + Added test in main.t to convert all codes to names and back again + Allowed for leading or trailing white space in __DATA__ entries + +1.02 14 May 2000 + Added Canadian province of Nunavut, thanks to Steve Taylor + +1.01 25 Apr 2000 + To follow the approach of ISO 3166-2 + - renamed module from RegionAbbrev to SubCountry + - replaced all references to 'abbreviation' with 'code' + + Improved regexes in _clean, thanks to Mark Summerfield + Replaced regexp with hash lookup for valid countries + Accepted all forms of upper/lower case in country name + +1.00 8 Apr 2000 + First Release |