Strawberry Perl October 2008

• Three New Releases!
  • New D: drive versions for systems with locked down C: drives.
  • The first official beta of Strawberry Perl Portable for installation on flash drives.
• Improved CPAN Client
  • Full "configure_requires" auto-upgrading toolchain out-the-box.
  • All the latest toolchain upgrades, including Module::Build 0.30.
• Improved XS Support
  • Cleaner CPAN compiler settings removes many previous XS build failures.
  • WxWidgets-based desktop applications now install from the CPAN shell.
  • Tk-based desktop applications now install from the CPAN shell.
• Improved Packaging Process
  • Overhauled patching system now allows for greater customisation.
  • Man page and HTML documentation are now more-thoroughly disabled.

Strawberry Perl August 2008

• GCC compiler upgraded to a new production release.
  • Now fully supports Windows Vista (pre and post SP1)
• Improved crypto support
  • libpari and Math::Pari in the default install
  • Many more Crypt:: module now build
• Improved Packaging Process
  • Perl::Dist now supports "Perl on a Stick" builds

Strawberry Perl April 2008

• PAR Package Support
• PPM Package Support
• Improved XML Support
  • Expat XML Parser
  • XML::Parser Preinstalled
  • 90% of XML:: installs with CPAN shell
• Improved Win32 Support
  • libwin32 Preinstalled
  • Win32::API Preinstalled
• Improved Packaging Process
  • Generate .exe installer and .zip archive simultaneously
  • Perl::Dist::Strawberry 1.00 released
  • Users can now "subclass" Strawberry to make custom distributions
• Release Update 1
  • Repaired broken Start Menu website launchers
  • Generate multiple Perl versions simultaneously
  • First production release of Strawberry Perl 5.8.8

Strawberry Perl January 2008

• CPAN Support
  • Created http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/
  • Preconfigure CPAN.pm
  • CPAN Shell Start Menu Launcher
  • Install CPAN::SQLite
• Bundled Tools
  • Install the pler tool
  • Install the pip tool
• New Packaging Process
  • Perl::Dist beta release
  • Created Perl::Dist::Strawberry
  • Support for Start Menu Program Launchers
  • Support for Start Menu Website Launchers