Revision history for Perl extension Geo::IP.

1.51     2017-10-11

- Added the following missing methods for IPv6 lookups to the pure Perl
  implementation: name_by_addr_v6, name_by_name_v6, org_by_addr_v6, and
  org_by_name_v6. Reported by Earl Killian. GitHub #28.


1.50 2016-07-21

- MYMETA files are now no longer included in releases.
- Geo::Mirror is no longer included in this distribution.

1.45 2014-09-29

- Fixed typo in 1.44 release notes.
- Replaced `use vars` with `our`.


1.44 2014-09-29

- On installation, this API will now default to the pure Perl version rather
  than failing if libGeoIP is not found. (GitHub #6, #11)
- Add support for GEOIP_SILENCE ( Philip Prindeville )
- Unit tests for different databases were added.


1.43 2013-12-02

- Update FIPS codes ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix test case ( Boris Zentner )
- Update time zones ( Boris Zentner )


1.42 2013-06-06

- Fix testcase any CAPI >= 1.5.0 should work ( Boris Zentner )
- Add new pure perl region code TH 81 Bueng Kan ( Boris Zentner )


1.41 2013-02-20

- Add South Sudan ( Boris Zentner )
- Doc fixes ( Tina Müller )
- Update FIPS Codes ( Boris Zentner )
- Update PurePerl country list. ( Boris Zentner )


1.40 2011-08-23

- Add new CAPI method region_name_by_code ( Boris Zentner )
- Add support for GEOIP_NETSPEED_EDITION_REV1 ( Boris Zentner )
- Add new CAPI method record_by_ipnum_v6 ( Boris Zentner )
- Add new CAPI glue methods to use GeoIPCityv6 databases record_by_addr_v6
  record_by_name_v6 ( Boris Zentner )


1.39 2011-05-07

- Upd Docs ( Boris Zentner )
- Add glue for the CAPI lib_version method ( Boris Zentner )
- Add CAPI glue for the methods enable_teredo and teredo. currently only avail
  in conjunction with the CAPI ( Boris Zentner )
- Add example/benchmark.pl and example/country_v6.pl ( Boris Zentner )
- Add name_by_name and name_by_addr ( Boris Zentner )
- Add org_by_name_v6 and org_by_addr_v6 only XS ( Boris Zentner )
- Add name_by_ipnum_v6, name_by_name_v6 and name_by_addr_v6 XS glue ( Boris
  Zentner )
- Add sub Geo::IP::CLONE_SKIP {1} in conjunction with .xs Avoid thread issues
  ( Boris Zentner )
- Export GEOIP_DOMAIN_EDITION by default ( Boris Zentner )
- Update region codes 20100810 ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix some PP 3letter country codes ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix PP continent codes ( Boris Zentner )
- Add PP continent_code_by_country_code ( Boris Zentner )
- Add PP Geo::IP->time_zone ( Boris Zentner )
- Update region codes 20100420 ( Boris Zentner )
- Link at least to CAPI 1.4.7 ( Boris Zentner )
- Add example/geolite-mirror-simple.pl to download maxmind databases ( Boris
  Zentner )
- Update region codes ( Boris Zentner )
- Update timezones ( Boris Zentner )
- Add isp_by_name and isp_by_addr if the CAPI is used ( Boris Zentner )
- Add isp_by_addr and org_by_addr to the PurePerl API ( Boris Zentner )
- Add api method, so users know if they use the PurePerl or CAPI glue print
  Geo::IP->api ( Boris Zentner )
- Silence redefined warning, when perl is started with -w and the PurePerl API
  is used ( Boris Zentner )
- Export GEOIP_CITYCONFIDENCE_EDITION, GEOIP_LOCATIONA_EDITION,
  GEOIP_ACCURACYRADIUS_EDITION and GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION_V6 ( Boris Zentner )
- Add some more v6 XS glue. IPv6 support require the CAPI to work.( Boris
  Zentner )
  - GeoIP_country_code_by_addr_v6
  - GeoIP_country_code_by_name_v6
  - GeoIP_country_code3_by_addr_v6
  - GeoIP_country_code3_by_name_v6
- Change RU's continent code from AS to EU ( Boris Zentner )
- Change Turkey's continent code from AS to EU ( Boris Zentner )
- org_by_* and friends return UTF8 scalars, if the charset is set to
  GEOIP_CHARSET_UTF8 ( Boris Zentner )
- Add PP ASNum support ( Boris Zentner )
- Add XS glue for time_zone and continent_code_by_country_code ( Boris Zentner
  )
- Add glue for database_edition ( Boris Zentner )
- Workaround centos/mod_perl issue when the PP fallback is used and Sys::Mmap
  is not installed ( Boris Zentner )
- Update PurePerl region names 20090723 ( Boris Zentner )
- Add XS glue for GeoIP_country_code_by_ipnum_v6 ( Boris Zentner )


1.38 2009-05-16

- PurePerl region_by_addr and region_by_name return '00' for unknown regions,
  like the CAPI does ( Boris Zentner )
- Update to latest FIPS codes from 20090401 ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix Pureperl handling of GEOIP_REGION_EDITION_REV0 ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix segfault when undef is supplied as filename to open ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix PP GEOIP_ISP_EDITION handling ( Boris Zentner )
- Add PP support for GEOIP_DOMAIN_EDITION ( Boris Zentner )
- Handle database types in the same way, as the CAPI does ( Boris Zentner )
- Remove Australia double timezones entries. ( Boris Zentner )


1.37 2009-03-6

- Document region_by_addr and region_by_name ( Boris Zentner )
- region_by_addr and region_by_name return undef for unknown countries and
  regions. Instead of "\0" and '000' ( Boris Zentner )
- Add PP function region_by_addr ( Boris Zentner )
- Change the default values of Geo::IP::Record fields for metro_code and
  area_code to 0 instead of '' PurePerl only ( Boris Zentner )
- Change the default values of Geo::IP::Record fields for region, postal_code
  and region_name to undef instead of '' ( Boris Zentner )
- Force the output of Geo::IP::Record::longitude and ::latitude to four
  decimal places ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix PurePerl three letter code for Romania ( Boris Zentner )
- Update PurePerl regionnames 20090201 ( Boris Zentner )
- Update PurePerl timezones 20090201 ( Boris Zentner )
- Update timezones for Australia
- Fix: PurePerl's get_city_record_as_hash, record_by_addr and record_by_name
  to return undef for private and unknown IP's. Former we returned a
  Geo::IP::Record object with everything undef. The PurePerl code and the CAPI
  wrapper are now behave the same. ( Boris Zentner )
- Update region codes from http://www.maxmind.com/app/fips10_4 Dec 17th, 2008
  ( Boris Zentner )


1.36 2008-12-20

- Add the methods charset and set_charset to the pureperl fallback ( Boris
  Zentner )
- Fix: We require CAPI 1.4.5 not 1.4.4 for range_by_ip ( Boris Zentner )
- Add isp_by_addr and org_by_addr to the pureperl fallback ( Boris Zentner )


1.35 2008-09-29


- Add GEOIP_DOMAIN_EDITION for the PurePerl ( Boris Zentner )
- Add open_type method to the PurePerl fallback ( Boris Zentner )
- Add CAPI Version detection, for the case, where a outdated CAPI is
  installed. ( Boris Zentner )
- Add metro_code, a replacement for the depreciated dma_code method. ( Boris
  Zentner )
- Add range_by_ip, netmask and last_netmask to the PurePerl API ( Boris
  Zentner )
- Add range_by_ip to the C API wrapper ( Boris Zentner )


1.34 2008-08-04

- Add Geo::IP::Record::region_name to the PurePerl API ( Boris Zentner )
- Add missing record_by_name function to the PurePerl API ( Boris Zentner )
- Add missing country/country code 'Other' for the pureperl fallback ( Boris
  Zentner )
- Fix trash of $_ in Geo::Mirror ( Boris Zentner )
- Geo::Mirror die, if open failed ( Boris Zentner )
- Fix pureperl time_zone for countries with region codes, but only one
  time_zone ( Boris Zentner ).
- Add continent_code to the pureperl and C API ( Boris Zentner )
- minimum perl version is 5.6 now ( Boris Zentner )


1.33 2008-05-05

- make cpantesters happy exit 0 early, if libGeoIP is not found. ( Boris
  Zentner )


1.32 2008-05-04

- make Geo::IP::Record::time_zone work for the pure perl part of Geo::IP (
  Boris Zentner )
- BEGIN{$Geo::IP::GEOIP_PP_ONLY=1} use Geo::IP; disable the C API, even if it
  is installed. ( Boris Zentner )
- rename $Geo::IP::TESTING_PERL_ONLY to $Geo::IP::GEOIP_PP_ONLY. ( Boris
  Zentner )
- Fix Geo::IP::Record to use the C API, only, when Geo::IP use it ( Boris
  Zentner )


1.31 2008-03-22

- Added BL/Saint Barthelemy, MF/Saint Martin (ISO-3166-1 additions)
- Change default database name for NetWare to sys:/etc/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat and
  MSWin32 to c:/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat ( Guenter Knauf )
- Added support for time_zone lookup in GeoIP City API


1.30 2007-12-16

- Add GEOIP_MMAP_CACHE support ( Peter Shipley )
- Added last_netmask - gets netmask of network block from last lookup
- Merged in Geo::IP::PurePerl code, PurePerl code is mostly API compatible
  with XS code, except for charset functions
- Added set_charset - enables UTF8 output of city name - requires C API 1.4.3
  or greater


1.28 2007-02-4

- Added support for region name lookup in GeoIP City API
- Fixed database_info method (Ken Neighbors)


1.27 2005-09-8

- Fixed Autoloader/open issue (Alexander Vasiljev)
- Fixed compilation error in Perl 5.005 with semicolon in GeoIP_database_info
  in IP.xs(Stephen Schulte)
- Added support for open_type (Frank Mather)


1.26 2005-05-19

- Fixed segfault issue if non-resolvable domain name is passed to
  region_by_addr or region_by_name
- Added support for GEOIP_INDEX_CACHE - which just caches the most frequently
  accessed index portion of the database, resulting in faster lookups than
  GEOIP_STANDARD, but less memory usage than GEOIP_MEMORY_CACHE


1.25 2004-12-24

- Added database_info method (Frank Mather)
- Added example/netspeed.pl to MANIFEST


1.24 2004-11-30

- Fixed memory leak in ISP/Organization database lookups by adding O_CHAR to
  typemap


1.23  2004-10-06

- Updated test case, removed www.bundesregierung.de
- Geo::Mirror: fallback to using Geo::IP::PurePerl if Geo::IP is not available
  (Graham Barr)
- Geo::Mirror: added support for mirror freshness


1.22 2004-02-29

- Added support for Netspeed
- Fixed IP address in examples


1.21 2003-02-28

- Added support for GEOIP_CHECK_CACHE


1.20 2003-06-06

- Added support for GeoIP City Format Rev 1, DMA Codes and area codes


1.15 2003-03-04

- Added support for GeoIP Organization and ISP databases


1.14 2003-02-19

- Added support for GeoIP Region Edition


1.13 2002-12-24

- Added float to typemap, required to compile for Perl < 5.8


1.12 2002-12-11

- Added support for postal codes
- Removed non-portable asprintf code


1.11 2002-11-22

- Forget to include typemap and INSTALL in MANIFEST


1.10 2002-11-22

- Added support for GeoIP City Edition
- Added more documentation on where to get databases, and sourceforge.


0.26 2002-02-25

- Made flags optional to new and open
- Removed www.moinfo.gov.kw from test, domain no longer resolves.


0.20 2002-06-25

- Brought up to date with latest changes for GeoIP C 0.2.0


0.11 2002-04-27

- install process works for non-standard GeoIP C library installs


0.10 2002-04-21

- Fixed DESTROY (Brian Grossman)
- Set PI to more accurate value (Mike Mitchell)


0.09 2002-04-08

- Fixed bug when no database file specified.
- Fixed bug in t/3_mirror.t test script


0.08 2002-04-07

- This perl module is now a XS wrapper around the GeoIP C library for improved
  performance.  Note that the API has changed.
- Removed the geoip-lookup script, since GeoIP C contains a geoiplookup
  executable that provides the same functionality


0.07 2002-04-01

- Removed dependency on Berkeley DB - requires new Geo-IP data format.


0.06 2002-02-19

- Geo::IP
  - Added new method, lookup_country_by_name, performs DNS lookup of IP
    address for hostnames
  - added O_RDWR option to tie DB_File for compatibility (Allen Smith)
  - makes directory '/usr/local/geoip' (Philip Mak)
  - added binmode for compatibility (Randy Kobes)

- Geo::Mirror
  - Mirror when doesn't find country, default to US
  - Special handing for "EU" (European Union) treat as country with
    coordinates between Germany and Italy.


0.05 2002-02-15

- Added new option to Geo::Mirror->new, database_file
- Fixed test problem with t/3_mirror.t
- Added error handling to Makefile.PL for database download


0.04 2002-02-15

- Added new module, Geo::Mirror
- Added new default file location for database in /usr/local/geoip/Geo-IP.db
- Installation easier, Makefile.PL downloads and extracts database file
- Added geolookup script
- Removed old Net::Geography wrapper


0.03 2001-02-28

- Geo::IP now generates Berkeley DB file from data file, to get around
  differing versions of Berkeley DB.
- now croaks if db file can not be opened (Nick Craig-Wood)


0.02 2001-02-11

- renamed to Geo::IP from Net::Geography
- revised docs
- data separated from perl distribution, can be downloaded from
  http://geo-ip.com


0.01 2001-06-30

- original version; created by h2xs 1.19