[svn:dbd-oracle] r2478 - dbd-oracle/trunk

Author: timbo
Date: Thu Feb  2 13:32:37 2006
New Revision: 2478

Modified:
dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.pm
dbd-oracle/trunk/Oraperl.pm
dbd-oracle/trunk/README
Log:
Doc tweaks to add details of new maintainer.


Modified: dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.pm
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--- dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.pm	(original)
+++ dbd-oracle/trunk/Oracle.pm	Thu Feb  2 13:32:37 2006
@@ -2770,13 +2770,6 @@ Oracle.ex directory

DBD::Oracle by Tim Bunce. DBI by Tim Bunce.

-=head1 COPYRIGHT
-
-The DBD::Oracle module is Copyright (c) 1994-2006 Tim Bunce. Ireland.
-
-The DBD::Oracle module is free open source software; you can
-redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.
-
=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A great many people have helped me with DBD::Oracle over the 12 years
@@ -2785,11 +2778,24 @@ Many are named in the Changes file.

See also L<DBI/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS>.

+=head1 MAINTAINER
+
+As of release 1.17 in February 2006 The Pythian Group, Inc. (L<http://www.pythian
.com> )
+are taking the lead in maintaining DBD::Oracle with my assistance and
+gratitude. That fees more of my time to work on DBI for perl 5 and perl 6.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+The DBD::Oracle module is Copyright (c) 1994-2006 Tim Bunce. Ireland.
+
+The DBD::Oracle module is free open source software; you can
+redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.
+
=head1 CONTRIBUTING

If you'd like DBD::Oracle to do something new or different the best way
-to make that happen is to do it yourself and send me a patch to the
-source code that shows the changes.
+to make that happen is to do it yourself and email to dbi-dev@perl.org a
+patch of the source code (using 'diff' - see below) that shows the changes.

=head2 How to create a patch using Subversion


Modified: dbd-oracle/trunk/Oraperl.pm
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--- dbd-oracle/trunk/Oraperl.pm	(original)
+++ dbd-oracle/trunk/Oraperl.pm	Thu Feb  2 13:32:37 2006
@@ -852,16 +852,24 @@ perl(1)

=back

-=head1 AUTHORS
-
-Perl by Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>.
-
-ORACLE by Oracle Corporation, California.
+=head1 AUTHOR

Original Oraperl 2.4 code and documentation
by Kevin Stock <kstock@auspex.fr>.

-DBI and Oraperl emulation using DBD::Oracle
-by <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
+DBI and Oraperl emulation using DBD::Oracle by Tim Bunce.
+
+=head1 MAINTAINER
+
+As of DBD::Oracle release 1.17 in February 2006 The Pythian Group, Inc.
+(L<http://www.pythian.com> ) are taking the lead in maintaining DBD::Oracle 
with
+my assistance and gratitude.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (c) 1994-2006 Tim Bunce. Ireland.
+
+The DBD::Oracle module is free open source software; you can
+redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.

=cut

Modified: dbd-oracle/trunk/README
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--- dbd-oracle/trunk/README	(original)
+++ dbd-oracle/trunk/README	Thu Feb  2 13:32:37 2006
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ DBD::Oracle  --  an Oracle interface for
Copyright (c) 1994-2006  Tim Bunce, Ireland.

See the COPYRIGHT section in the Oracle.pm file for terms.
+   See also the MAINTAINER section in the Oracle.pm

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE README FILE CAREFULLY !

@@ -49,13 +50,13 @@ DBD::Oracle  --  an Oracle interface for

Install enough Oracle software to enable DBD::Oracle to build.

-    For Oracle Instant Client that means install the following packages:
+    For Oracle Instant Client: that means install the following packages:
* The "Basic" package for the essential Oracle libraries.
* The "SDK" package for the headers and makefile.
* The "SQL*Plus" component is optional, but will help you check
your configuration and DBD::Oracle determine your Oracle version.

-    For full Oracle installs that usually includes Pro*C and SQL*Net.
+    For full Oracle installs: that usually includes Pro*C and SQL*Net.
(That's not very specific because it varies between Oracle releases.)

The ORACLE_HOME environment variable must point to the Oracle Home
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ worked, plus the output of the "perl -V"
Do not hand edit the generated Makefile unless you are completely sure
you understand the implications! Always try to make changes via the
Makefile.PL command line and/or editing the Makefile.PL.
-You should not need to make any changes. If you do please let me
+You should not need to make any changes. If you do please let us
know so that I can try to make it automatic in a later release.

If you just can't login or login takes a long time then read
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ Please do NOT post problems to comp.lang
http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/DBD-Oracle, or google groups etc.

If you're *sure* the problem is a bug then you can post a bug report
-to http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=DBD-Oracle
+to http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Disp...Name=DBD-Oracle
Problem reports that don't include sufficient detail (including the
information listed below and how to reproduce the problem)
are unlikely to get resolved.
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ dbi-users@perl.org.
1. A complete log of all steps of the build, e.g.:

(do a make realclean first)
-    perl Makefile.PL -v        (note the -v for verbose)
+    perl Makefile.PL
make
make test

@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ dbi-users@perl.org.
debugger (gdb, sdb, dbx, adb etc) to get a stack trace from it.
NOTE: I may not be able to help you much without a stack trace!
It is worth fetching and building the GNU GDB debugger (>=4.15) if
-   you don't have a good debugger on your system. If desparate try:
+   you don't have a good debugger on your system. If desperate try:
make perl; ./perl script; echo '$c' | adb ./perl core
Also see the Devel::CoreStack module on CPAN.

@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ dbi-users@perl.org.

7. If your installation succeeds, but your script does not behave
as you expect, the problem may be on your end. Before
-   sending to dbi-users, try writing a small, easy to use test case
+   sending to dbi-users, try writing a *small*, easy to use test case
to reproduce your problem. Also, use the DBI->trace method to
trace your database calls.