WWW::Freshmeat::Project(3) retrieve project information

WWW::Freshmeat::Project methods

The "WWW::Freshmeat::Project" object provides some of the fields from the freshmeat.net entry through the following methods
url_project_page
URL of project page on Freshmeat
url_homepage
deprecated
projectname_full
desc_short
desc_full
license
trove_id
Removed.
projectname_short
www_freshmeat

Additionally, it provides the following ``higher-level'' methods:

name
description
Return either "projectname_full" (respectively "desc_full") or "projectname_short" (respectively "desc_short") if the former is empty.
version
Returns the version of the latest release.
url
Removed.

"url_homepage" returns a freshmeat.net URL that redirects to the actual project's home page. This url() method tries to follow the redirection and returns the actual homepage URL if it can be found, or the URL to the freshmeat.net entry for the project.

branches
Removed.

List of branches for project. Returns hash in form of (branch id => branch name).

popularity
Removed.

Freshmeat popularity data for project. Returns hash with keys record_hits, url_hits, subscribers

url_list
Removed.
url_list1
Returns list of URLs for project. Each URL is a WWW::Freshmeat::Project::URL object.
real_author
Removed.

Returns name of author (not maintainer).

release_date
Removed.

Returns date of latest release.

maintainers
Removed.

Returns list of names of maintainers.

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