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.