The conventional, generally all-caps, project information files which contain assorted bits and pieces of information about the distribution.

Documentation ^

README
General information about licences, prerequisites, and building instructions.

NEWS
This file lists what's new in each version.

KNOWN_ISSUES
This is a list of thing that are known to be broken or at least provisionally implemented.

TODO
A list of things that need doing in Parrot.

RELEASE_INSTRUCTIONS
This is a description of the steps someone should follow when they have to prepare a new version for release.

Legal ^

LICENSES/Artistic
LICENSES/gpl.txt
The licences under which Parrot is distributed.

Status ^

PLATFORMS
A table showing which aspects of Parrot run on various platforms.

VERSION
Contains the version number of the distribution.

DEVELOPING
The presence of this file indicates that the distribution is a development version.

People ^

RESPONSIBLE_PARTIES
A list of some of the Parrot developers with CVS commit access.

CREDITS
A list of some of people who have contributed to Parrot.

Contents ^

See the ExtUtils::Manifest documentation for more information about MANIFEST files.

MANIFEST
Lists all the files in the distribution, with their metadata.

History ^

ChangeLog
Provide a timeline of changes made to the project.


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