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diff --git a/lib/Template/Manual/Credits.pod b/lib/Template/Manual/Credits.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64999ac --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/Template/Manual/Credits.pod @@ -0,0 +1,188 @@ +#============================================================= -*-perl-*- +# +# Template::Manual::Credits +# +# DESCRIPTION +# This section provides a brief history of the Template Toolkit and +# details the primary author and numerous other people who have +# contributed to it. +# +# AUTHOR +# Andy Wardley <abw@andywardley.com> +# +# COPYRIGHT +# Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd. +# +# This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. +# +# REVISION +# +# +#======================================================================== + + +#------------------------------------------------------------------------ +# IMPORTANT NOTE +# This documentation is generated automatically from source +# templates. Any changes you make here may be lost. +# +# The 'docsrc' documentation source bundle is available for download +# from http://www.template-toolkit.org/docs.html and contains all +# the source templates, XML files, scripts, etc., from which the +# documentation for the Template Toolkit is built. +#------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +=head1 NAME + +Template::Manual::Credits - Author and contributor credits + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +This section provides a brief history of the Template Toolkit and +details the primary author and numerous other people who have +contributed to it. + +=head1 HISTORY + +The Template Toolkit began its life as the Text::MetaText module, +originally released to CPAN around 1996. This itself was the public +manifestation of an earlier template processing system I developed +while working at Peritas (now Knowledge Pool - + http://www.knowledgepool.com/) + +Text::MetaText was the prototype - the one we always planned to throw +away. It did the job well, showing us what worked and what didn't, what +was good and what was bad, and gave us some ideas about what could be +done better, given the chance to start again from scratch. + +Some time late in 1998 I threw away the prototype and started work on +the Template Toolkit. By then I was working at Canon Research Centre +Europe Ltd. (http://www.cre.canon.co.uk), involved in a general +research programme related to web publishing and dynamic content +generation. The first alpha release was in June 1999, followed by +numerous more alpha and beta releases culminating in 1.00 being +released on 2nd December 1999. + +A month or so later, work had begun on version 2.00. The plan was to +get the template language relatively stable in version 1.00 and not +worry too much about performance or other internal matters. Then, +version 2.00 would follow to improve performance, clean up the +architecture and fix anything that, with the benefit of hindsight, we +thought could be improved. As it happens, me starting work on version +2.00 coincided with Doug Steinwand sending me his parser variant which +compiled templates to Perl code, giving a major performance boost. +As well as the speedups, there are a whole host of significant new +features in version 2.00, and a greatly improved internal architecture. +Apart from a few minor "fixups" the template directives and language +have remained the same as in version 1.00 + +Version 2.00 was available in beta release form in July 2000, just +in time for the 4th Perl Conference where version 1.00 was awarded +"Best New Perl Module". After another extended beta release period, +version 2.00 was released on 1st December 2000. + + + + +=head1 CONTRIBUTORS + +Many people have contributed ideas, inspiration, fixes and features to +the Template Toolkit. Their efforts continue to be very much appreciated. +Please let me know if you think anyone is missing from this list. + + Chuck Adams <scrytch@uswest.net> + Stephen Adkins <stephen.adkins@officevision.com> + Ivan Adzhubey <iadzhubey@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> + Mark Anderson <mda@discerning.com> + Bradley Baetz <bbaetz@student.usyd.edu.au> + Thierry-Michel Barral <kktos@electron-libre.com> + Craig Barratt <craig@arraycomm.com> + Stas Bekman <stas@stason.org> + Tony Bowden <tony-tt@kasei.com> + Neil Bowers <neilb@cre.canon.co.uk> + Leon Brocard <acme@astray.com> + Lyle Brooks <brooks@deseret.com> + Dave Cash <dave@gnofn.org> + Piers Cawley <pdcawley@bofh.org.uk> + Darren Chamberlain <dlc@users.sourceforge.net> + Eric Cholet <cholet@logilune.com> + Dave Cross <dave@dave.org.uk> + Chris Dean <ctdean@babycenter.com> + Francois Desarmenien <desar@club-internet.fr> + Horst Dumcke <hdumcke@cisco.com> + Mark Fowler <mark@indicosoftware.com> + Michael Fowler <michael@shoebox.net> + Axel Gerstmair <anthill@web.de> + Dylan William Hardison <dylanwh@tampabay.rr.com> + Perrin Harkins <pharkins@etoys.com> + Bryce Harrington <bryce@osdl.org> + Dave Hodgkinson <daveh@davehodgkinson.com> + Harald Joerg <Harald.Joerg@fujitsu-siemens.com> + Colin Johnson <colin@knowledgepool.com> + Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> + Rafael Kitover <caelum@debian.org> + Ivan Kurmanov <http://www.ahinea.com> + Hans von Lengerke <hans@lengerke.org> + Jonas Liljegren <jonas@paranormal.se> + Simon Luff <simon@sports.com> + Paul Makepeace <Paul.Makepeace@realprogrammers.com> + Gervase Markham <gerv@mozilla.org> + Simon Matthews <sam@knowledgepool.com> + Robert McArthur <mcarthur@dstc.edu.au> + Craig McLane <mclanec@oxy.edu> + Leslie Michael Orchard <deus_x@ninjacode.com> + Eugene Miretskiy <eugene@invision.net> + Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <miyagawa@edge.co.jp> + Keith G. Murphy <keithmur@mindspring.com> + Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com> + Briac Pilpré <briac@pilpre.com> + Martin Portman <mrp@cre.canon.co.uk> + Slaven Rezic <slaven.rezic@berlin.de> + Christian Schaffner <schaffner@eeh.ee.ethz.ch> + Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> + Paul Sharpe <paul@miraclefish.com> + Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> + Doug Steinwand <dsteinwand@etoys.com> + Michael Stevens <michael@etla.org> + Drew Taylor <dtaylor@vialogix.com> + Swen Thuemmler <Swen.Thuemmler@paderlinx.de> + Richard Tietjen <Richard_Tietjen@mcgraw-hill.com> + Stathy G. Touloumis <stathy.touloumis@edventions.com> + Jim Vaughan <jim@mrjim.com> + Simon Wilcox <simonw@simonwilcox.co.uk> + Chris Winters <cwinters@intes.net> + +=head1 AUTHOR + +Andy Wardley E<lt>abw@andywardley.comE<gt> + +L<http://www.andywardley.com/|http://www.andywardley.com/> + + + + +=head1 VERSION + +Template Toolkit version 2.13, released on 30 January 2004. + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + + Copyright (C) 1996-2004 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved. + Copyright (C) 1998-2002 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd. + +This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. + + + +=cut + +# Local Variables: +# mode: perl +# perl-indent-level: 4 +# indent-tabs-mode: nil +# End: +# +# vim: expandtab shiftwidth=4: |