Revision history for Business::Shipping
=======================================

1.51  CVS

  Compatibility
    - Module names have been restructured.  When using 
      Business::Shipping->rate_request(), be sure to use the new values for 
      'shipper':
      shipper => 'UPS_Online',
      shipper => 'USPS_Online',
      shipper => 'UPS_Offline',
      
  General
    * [Enh] Die if path to support files is missing files.
    * [Enh] Restructure all of the modules
      - Keep everything the same, except the "lowest level":
          "RateRequest::Online::UPS"   => "UPS_Online::RateRequest"
	  "RateRequest::Offline::UPS"  => "UPS_Offline::RateRequest"
	  "RateRequest::Online::USPS"  => "USPS_Online::RateRequest"
	  "Tracking::UPS" => "UPS_Online::Tracking"
      - Benefits:
        All of the related code is in one directory.
        All of the abstract code is in neutral directories.
      - Note: This will totally break the ClassInfo/ClassAttribs system, because 
        that system just uses the names, instead of actually checking the 
        inheritance trees.
    * [Enh] Update the ClassInfo/ClassAttribs system to handle the restructured
      module system.  Should use @{ $class::ISA } instead of breaking down the 
      name components.  
    * [Fixed] [Bug] For Micah Gersten <micah@davka.com>, Business.pm was 
      'require'd.

1.50  CVS

  Compatibility
    - Clone module now required (for Tracking).
    - Test::More module required.
    - Class::MethodMaker 2.02 now required.  CPAN installation instructions:
      perl -MCPAN -e 'install Class::MethodMaker::Engine'
      Updated because the new version has sugary syntax.
    - Log::Log4perl now required (for debug/error handling).
    - event_handlers() depreciated (use config/log4perl.conf instead).
    - $self->error() changed to $self->user_error() 
    - Multi-package API un-supported.

  Tracking
    - Rusty Conover <rconover@infogears.com> contributed the following:
        Tracking
        Tracking::USPS
        Tracking::UPS
        
  General
    - Changed to dual GPL/Artistic License.
    - Changed hosting from kavod.com to sf.net.
    - Code cleanup all over the place.
    - Logging system added, wrapper for Log4perl.
    - Major documentation updates.
    - Change tabs to four spaces
    - Developed ClassAttribs and ClassInfo packages for extracting meta-data
      from the classes themselves (uses static class methods).  Used here to
      implement "Required Options", "Optional Options", and "Unique Options".
    - Upgrade to Class::MethodMaker 2.0 syntax.  
      Business::Shipping::CustomMethodMaker removed.
    - Added minimal documentation to most of the modules.
    - Shipment: default_package function now a little smarter with regard to
      the auto-creation of a default package if one does not exist.
    - LWP::UserAgent and HTTP::Response objects now created on-the-fly.
    - Many other misc. changes.
    - New tests.
    - Remove documentation for multi-package API.  Unsupported.
    - Fixed: Error on missing arguments isn't working very well (user_id, 
      password)
    - [Done] [Enh] Use podchecker during build process
    - [Fixed] Many POD nits fixed.
    - [Done] [Enh] Auto-translate variables during installation
      At the time of Makefile.PL, automatically transform some variables, such
      as installation paths.  Currently setup for config/log4perl.conf and
      lib/Business/Shipping/Config.pm.
    - Support arrays in Has_a fields.

   
  Offline::UPS
    - Bug fixed: Zip+4 not handled correctly (should drop the four).
    - Update fuel surcharge to 6.0%.
    - Minor validity changes:
      - Warning about UPS Standard being available to Canada only.
      - These do not have XPD: Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, St.
        Lucia, Israel
    - Restrictions for Canada added.
    - Rewrite of surcharge/adder system for consistency.
    - Make pricing components available to the user.  Allows the user to see
      how much of the total charges were for various surcharges.
    - Fuel surcharge only applies to the correct services.
    - [Fixed] [BUG] UPS Ground: Was 7.02; should have been 8.64.
      - See t/manual/offline_ups_bug2_al.pl
      - Was using gndcomm instead of gndres
      - Surcharges weren't setup correctly
    - [Fixed] [BUG] Gaps in data are not accounted for.
      - Some UPS files (ww_xpr) do not have a record for every weight (Exceed = 55)
        To solve the problem, add 1 to the weight, and try again.
    - [Fixed] [BUG] United Kingdom Express Plus
      - Caused by the "Gaps in data are not accounted for" bug.
        Error:  Zero cost returned for mode ExpressPlusSM, geo code (key) United 
        Kingdom.
    - [Fixed] [Bug] France XPR
    - [Fixed] [bug] 'make test' generates warnings
      - t/45_Offline-UPS..........Argument "Letter" isn't numeric in numeric eq
	(==) at [...]/SQL/Statement.pm line 1120, <GEN3> chunk 2.  Argument 
	"Multiplier" isn't numeric in numeric eq (==) at [...]/SQL/Statement.pm
	line 1120, <GEN3> chunk 153.
      - 'use diagnostics;' was removed to solve the problem.

  Online::USPS
    - Pounds, ounces, and weight handling refactored.
    
  Interchange UserTag
    - Sort hashes before reporting them in incidents.
    - [Fixed] The "don't send if required field is missing" doesn't work in 
      the "send incident report code" feature -- it sends it even if to_zip is
      missing.
        - Fixed with "Required Options" changes.
    - City added
    - Incident report enhancements.
    - Variable formatting fixes


1.06  Feb 11 2004

  General
    - Remove Bundle::Business::Shipping (now in its own distro, where it should 
      be).
  
	  
1.05  Feb 10 2004
  
  General
    - Attempted fix for Bundle::Business::Shipping
    - Remove unneeded .zip files from data/
    - Minor documentation updates
   
	
1.04  Feb 07 2004
    - Compatibility
        + Scalar::Util 1.10 is now required (to pretty up the code a little).
        + Getopt::Mixed now required for some scripts.
    
    - General
        + Created a Bundle::Business::Shipping module, uploaded to CPAN, and add
          to CVS (removed in 1.06).
        + New configuration parameter for this style:
          service=XDM    to_country=Brazil
          service=XDM    to_country=Canada       reason=Not available.
        + Scripts moved from doc/ to bin/
        + Some scripts re-named.
        + Rename some of the tests.
        + Devel::Required patch no longer necessary.  Recent version implement
          the desired functionality.
        + Class::MethodMaker patch no longer necessary.  Subclassing is 
          sufficient.
        + Remove zip files from distribution, they take up too much space.
        + Move some configuration methods from Shipping to Shipping::Config.

    - Offline::UPS
        + Major fix to the low/high number/name scheme.  For international, it 
          is now handled via split/rejoin, because the regex was choking on some
          of the country names.  This was causing many zip code combinations
          (that had lost their "high" in the last update), as well as some 
          countries, to fail.
        + Another fix for number range scheme.
        + Sense validity for several combinations of service and country/zip.
          (Ground Residential to Hawaii is now "invalid").
        + New test for the Netherlands.
        + Update to February fuel surcharge (5%)
        + New invalid request: Anything but express to israel.
        + New tests for Israel.

    - UserTag
        + Add feature for not reporting "invalid" requests to the incident
          generator.
        + Pretty up the incident e-mail a little.

		
1.03  Jan 30 2004    
    - Compatibility:
        - Math::BaseCnv now required (for Offline::UPS to Canada, to convert 
          their witty base-36 zip codes to the lowly decimal number system).
        - from_state required for Offline::UPS.
    
    - General updates:
        - Move many datasets from the code into the configuration (USPS to_country,
          and others).
        - Auto-update function added.
        - Copyright update.
        - Aesthetic updates to most modules.
        - Documentation updates for several modules.
        - Example script added for updating the Business::Shipping module.
    
    - Offline::UPS updates:
        - Bug fixes for International Shipping
        - Add automatic translations for several values (state to abbreviation, 
          abbreviated country to the full name of the country, etc.) -- uses 
          config.
        - France, Russia, and other countries fixed for Offline::UPS.
        - Fix "Multiple shipments to Canada return 0 except the first" bug, caused
          by poorly implemented Zones class attribute: now correctly implement as a
          static hash, accessed by function.
        - Minor fixes: Express Plus.
        - Offline::UPS now supports all services to Canada, which completes all of 
          the Offline::UPS countries.
        - New error message for XDM to Canada.
        - Removed regexp that was causing an extra field to be put in the data.
          (This fixed a lot of XDM shipments that weren't working before.)
        - Fixed: Some country/service type records were not returning errors 
          (e.g. Malaysia+XDM).
        - Fixed: CA (Canada) was matching AfriCA.

    - Tests:
      - Additional UPS Online/Offline tests: Canada, Mexico.
      - More tests for Offline::UPS.
      - Updated the Interchange UserTag simulator, and make it a part of the
        standard testing scheme (instead of a manual test).
    
    - UserTag Updates:
        - Major enhancements.  
        - Defaults now readable.
        - Bug fixes.
        - Reporting updates.
        - Add the [incident] usertag for reporting errors.
        - Minor UserTag compatibility updates (from_state)
        - Add a mechanism for ignoring simple errors.

		
1.02  Jan 06 2004
    - Update all data tables from UPS (Jan 05 2004)
    - Update fuel surcharge
    - Installation documentation updates.
    - Rename the update functions.
    - Sample "auto update" script that will update the data files.

	
1.01  Jan 02 2004
    - Offline UPS support for International Express, ExpressPlus, and Expedited.
    - Offline UPS support for Hawaii and Alaska.
    - Tests for International and Hawaii/Alaska.
    - Utilize Devel::Required to automatically generate required modules list.
    - Patch Devel::Required so it can be customized.
    - Documentation Updates.
    - Some data format changes (east coast/west coast data update, add 'letter'
      to 1da chart, rename several of the files).

	  
1.00  Dec 21 2003
    - Major updates: many new features prompt the jump into 1.0 land. 
    - New Offline::UPS module: provides table-based rate requests, which are
      fast, local lookups that do not rely on the Internet.
    - Config module added: provides ini-style configuration options for easy 
      customizability.
    - Data module added: provides database access and related functions.
    - Util module added: provides simple file and misc. utililties.
    - New "support files" directories (configuration, data, etc.).
    - New MakeMaker magic handles installation of the support file directories.
    - Documentation updates (new INSTALL file, updated API usage info, etc.) 
    - Update some syntax to 5.6 style.
    - Fix bugs that used to require the user to import many unnecessary modules.
      Reported by Richard Hornsby <rhornsby@io.osuedc.org>.
    - Mark Stosberg <mark@stosberg.com> contributed documentation patches:
      - rate_request()
      - Corrected Registration URL
    - [business-shipping] Interchange Usertag enhancements:
      - Gracefully handles more 500 errors from the servers.
      - Performs Business-Shipping tasks within an eval.

	  
0.78  Nov 12 2003
    - Cleanup old CustomMethodMaker tests
    - Cleanup POD
    - Major cleanup to MANIFEST
    - Moved credits to its own file.
    - Text and HTML versions of documentation now in doc/

	
0.77  Nov 11 2003
    - Add UPS one-day air saver.
    - Cleanup TODO list.
    - Add COPYING file.

	
0.76  Oct 13 2003
    - Fixed bug report:
         calling Business::Shipping::USPS->submit( 
        {
         'from_zip' => "98682",'cache' => "1",
         'to_country' => "Canada",'service' => "Airmail Letter Post",
         'to_zip' => "N2H6S9",'from_country' => "US",
         'weight' => "0.25",
         'shipper' => "USPS",
        }
        )
        Vend::Interpolate:debug: [business-shipping] returning "15.25"
        - Cause: USPS changed "Airmail Letter Post" to "Airmail Letter-post".
    - Usertag cleanup.
    - More documentation.
    - Business::Shipping thinned.
    - Online::UPS thinned.
    - Additional test for UPS Letter post to Canda.

	
0.75  Aug 25 2003
    - Additional USPS tests (Letter service, Canada service)
    - Additional UPS tests (Canada)
    - Fix ounce calculator.
    - Misc minor and aesthetic updates.


0.74  Aug 19 2003
    - Clean up the business-shipping usertag a little bit.
    - Other misc. cleanups.
    - Re-write the pounds/ounces calculator.
    - Remove lots of cruft.


0.73  Aug 15 2003
    - More tests
    - Fix USPS International shipping: new "service matching" method.
    - Documentation Updates

    
0.72  Aug 09 2003
    - Many more tests.
    - USPS Updates:
        + Added a great many new translations to the country translator 
    - UPS Updates:
        + Added to_city
    - ~10 additional tests.

    
0.71  Aug 06 2003
    - International USPS bug fixes.
        + Instead of guessing the service by name, we use service type, then
          mail type.  This may result in getting the wrong service, however.
          Needs more analyzation.
    - Many, many additional tests.
    - Very much improved debug/error handling.

    
0.70  Jul 07 2003
    - Complete rewrite of the entire system
    - Now more modular, object oriented, smaller, and simpler.
    - License changed from Perl to GPL
    - New cache system (faster, more reliable)
    - Enhancements to Class::Methodmaker
    - Fixed: When Cache is enabled, and you run [xps-query] consecutively, 
      UPS doesn't seem to notice the different service types (i.e. 'service' 
      isn't on the 'unique' list)
    - Re-did the self meta-data

    
0.04  Jun 24 2003
    - Interchange usertag bugfixes
    - Some USPS bugfixes.
    - Additional debugging information.
    - Reducing indirect notation.
    - Experiencing some problems with xps-query.
    - Gracefully handle ZIP+4 (by ignoring the +4)
    - Lots of test updates
    - Handle a few more countries correctly ("France,Metropolitan")
    - Add some 'retry' support to the xps-query usertag

    
0.03  Jun 04 2003
    - Changed name to Business::Shipping.
    - Fixed POD for the Ship.pm file.
    - Add dependency requirements
    - Misc updates.


0.02  Sat May 31 18:04:00 2003
    - Testing overhaul
    - Lots of bug fixes (uncovered by testing, mostly for USPS)
    - Added "make readme"
    - Moving stuff around again.
    - Launched http://www.kavod.com/Business-Shipping
    - API Changes:
        + None.


0.01  Fri May 30 22:45:11 2003
    - Moved everything around a lot
    - Packaged everything like standard Perl modules
    - Documentation now up to date with code.
    - Updates to [xps-query]
    - More refactoring all over the place
    - Bug fixes
    - UPS:
        + Added validation
        + Corrected caching
        + Accepts english pickup types ("daily pickup" vs. 01)
    - API Changes:
        + Tons.  Starting to settle down, though...  

        
0.00  Sun May 25
    - UPS fully ported to Business::Ship architecture
    - Lots of other refactoring.
    - Considering a Business::Ship::*::Internal for internal lookups.
          + If done, it would be based off of Mikes recent commits.

        
0.00  Fri May 9
    - Lots of clean up
    - Re-organizing order of methods for easier browsing.

    - Documentation
    - Updates for USPS and Business::Ship API
    - Code and docs now in sync, except for UPS.
    - Sample shipping.asc entry for [xps-query]
    
    - Mapped all "package-level" methods/data accessors to
      Business::Ship::default_package().
 
    - USPS:
    - The beginnings of self-validation.
    - submit() and _handle_response() now separate
    - submit() moved to Business::Ship for UPS to share (later)
 
    - UPS:
    - Getting ready for re-design to take advantage of new API. 
 
    - [xps-query]:
    - Fix bug wrt weights less than 0.5
    
    - Lots of misc.

