GSoC Status Update

Howdy,

Over the past week I was able to implement a --nopoderrors flag in Pod::Html
and finish the test cases for Pod::Html, both of which were described in my
last update. However, I was not able to start on Pod::Checker yet, because I
spent the lesser half of the week struggling with the test cases, trying to
get them to pass on Windows. To make a long week short: I added
"File::Spec"s everywhere they were needed, among other things.

The brunt of the work is done, so now I need to get this patch applied to
perl's core. Before I do, however, I need to:
- fix up some porting/ test cases (e.g., authors.t, manifest.t, etc.),
- have my code reviewed by my mentors (and others),
- have the newest Pod::Simple shipped to cpan and integrated into the core
(looking at you, theory), and
- have a separate patch of mine accepted into the core that removes a test
case that tests an unsupported feature (lib/Pod/t/eol.t).

In addition, I want to try and get Pod::Html into Russ Allbery's podlators.

Most of what is on my todo list for next week involves me waiting for
others, so I plan to start refactoring the next module, Pod::Checker, so
that it uses Pod::Simple instead of Pod::Parser. My first thought is to try
and use Pod::Simple::Checker, but its feature set is severely lacking in
comparison, so I will have to port a lot of code over. Note that this is
being said before I have perused either module, so don't hold me to that.

Thank you,
Marc