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.

README_cygwin.pod
Instructions for Parrot in a cygwin environment.

README_win32.pod
Instructions for Parrot in a Win32 environment.

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

TODO
Where to find or put things that need doing in Parrot.

docs/project/release_manager_guide.pod
This is a description of the steps someone should follow when they have to prepare a new version for release.

Legal

LICENSE
The licence 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.

t/TESTS_STATUS.pod
The status of the Parrot test suite.

People

RESPONSIBLE_PARTIES
A list of some of the Parrot developers with SVN 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

docs/parrothist.pod
The Parrot history records

ChangeLog
Provide a timeline of changes made to the project.