Freshmeat.net Update Submitter

fm-submit is a script to submit project updates to freshmeat.net using the XML-RPC interface. It is written to be similar to, and compatible with, the Python script freshmeat-submit, but is written in Perl so it can be used where Python is not available.

You can download the latest source tarball, as well as an RPM package, here:

• fm-submit-0.0.5.tar.gz (15k) [Signature] [MD5: 15cc609098e60477fd1cd589033c6f12]
• fm-submit-0.0.5-1.i386.rpm (22k)
• Online copy of the man page
• SourceForge project page

You will need the following Perl modules from CPAN for this package to work:

• Getopt::Long
• Pod::Usage
• Net::Netrc
• RPC::XML

Comments, bug reports, and patches gratefully received - please use the Contact Form.

News

0.0.5 - 22 December 2003

• added a warning if the change text is too long
• blank or invalid URL fields are now handled better

0.0.4 - 19 December 2003

• code cleanup
• abbreviations for common licenses are now accepted
• more minor documentation improvements

0.0.3 - 17 December 2003

• minor documentation update (explanation of netrc file)

0.0.2 - 16 December 2003

• back-end Perl package implementing RPC-XML methods written
• front-end imitating freshmeat-submit written

This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.