Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 1.91 released to CPAN

@timlegge a prolific Perl and Open Source contributor is keeping me busy with PRs to the OpenSSL related Perl distributions for which I am the current maintainer.

• Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12
• Crypt::OpenSSL::X509

I have been a bit slow in getting the PRs reviewed and the releases shipped. I did however manage to get two trial-releases shipped.

• 1.10
• 1.11

The last official release was 1.9 back in November 2021.

The first trial demonstrated that the code was working, but cpan-testers reported some failing tests, luckily @timlegge recognized the issues and we got that addressed.

Perl's version number support is not always easy to work with and 1.9 could actually be interpreted as 1.90 meaning that: 1.10 and 1.11 are actually lower version numbers. Luckily these where only trials and not breaking anything as such.

So the release following: 1.9 (1.90) is 1.91 and as I am wrting this we are gathering momentum for 1.92.

The two distributions are not owned by me, I am just the maintainer. @timlegge and others are working on collecting OpenSSL related Perl distributions in a GitHub organisation, something I would very much like to support, so currently I am working on selling the idea to the original author. Unfortunately recent events in Open Source like "xz" and "polyfill.js" does not make the environment as safe as it should be so it make take some time before an actual transition will happen, but I am still hoping and I belive that a stronger organization around these distributions will make it easier to get them maintained and releases shipped more frequently.

Change Log

1.91 Mon Jun 24 22:00:13 CEST 2024

Due to a mistake with the release numbering, the two trial releases, should not have been 1.10 and 1.11, but 1.91 and 1.92 respectively. So there will be a jump from 1.9 to 1.91, since 1.9 is equivalent to 1.90.

This release contains changes tested on the two previous trial releases.

In addition the following changes have been adopted:

• PR: #47 from @timlegge, improving support for building with OpenSSL located in non-standard locations

1.11 (TRIAL) Wed Jun 5 20:21:54 CEST 2024

• Improved support for older versions of OpenSSL via PR #46 from @timlegge
  This should address reports on failing tests from CPAN testers, see also: #45

• Minor cleanup to repository files used for varies tools

1.10 (TRIAL) Fri Apr 26 16:09:56 CEST 2024

• Improved support for OpenSSL 3.0 via RT: 42 from @timlegge

• Distribution tooling changed from Module::Install to Dist::Zilla