---
name: "Software::Release"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsoftware-release-perl"
version: "0.03-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Software::Release"
---

# Software::Release(3pm)

Object representing a release of software.

## NAME

Software::Release - Object representing a release of software.

## VERSION

version 0.03

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use DateTime;
    use Software::Release;
    use Software::Release::Change;
    my $change = Software::Release::Change->new(
        author => 'gphat',
        change_id => 'abc1234',
        date => DateTime->now,
        description => 'Frozzled the wozjob'
    );
    my $rel = Software::Release->new(
        version => '0.1',
        name => 'Angry Anteater',
        date => DateTime->now,
    );
    $rel->add_to_changes($change);
```

## DESCRIPTION

Software::Release is a purely informational collection of objects that you can use to represent a release of software.  Its original use-case was to provide a contract between a git log parser and a formatter class that outputs a changelog, but it may be useful to others to create bug trackers, dashboards or whathaveyou.

## ATTRIBUTES

### changes

A list of Software::Release::Change objects for this release.

### date

The date this software was released.

### name

The name of this release.

### version

The version of the release, as a string.

## METHODS

### add\_to\_changes ($change)

Add a change to this release's list of changes.

### has\_no\_changes

Returns true if this release's list of changes is empty.

## AUTHOR

Cory G Watson \<gphat@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.