ANNOUNCE: Text::Iconv 1.3

From: Michael Piotrowski (mxp_at_dynalabs.de)
Date: 06/28/04

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    I've just uploaded a new version of the Text::Iconv module to CPAN.
    The main changes are:

    - The Makefile.PL now tries to automatically detect whether -liconv is
      needed. It will also give you a much more helpful error message
      when it can't find an iconv implementation.

    - It is now possible to access the return value of the underlying
      iconv() function.

    When it has migrated to its final destination, you should be able to
    find it via
      
       <http://search.cpan.org/search?dist=Text-Iconv-1.3>
      
    It's also immediately available from
      
       <http://www.dynalabs.de/mxp/perl/Text-Iconv-1.3.tar.gz>

    Here's an excerpt from the README:
      
       This module provides a Perl interface to the iconv() codeset
       conversion function, as defined by the Single UNIX Specification.
       For more details see the POD documentation embedded in the file
       Iconv.pm.

    In other words (and if you aren't into terminology), this module lets
    you convert text from one character set into another character set
    using the iconv library, which is very likely to be already installed
    on your system (if it's a UNIX or UNIX-like system). You can also use
    this module with a separate iconv implementation, such as GNU libiconv. 

    -- 
Michael Piotrowski, M.A.                               <mxp@dynalabs.de>
Public key at <http://www.dynalabs.de/mxp/pubkey.txt>
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