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.

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.

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

ChangeLog
Provide a timeline of changes made to the project.