--- Convert-UUlib/UUlib.pm 2020/12/12 10:48:39 1.54 +++ Convert-UUlib/UUlib.pm 2020/12/13 06:36:09 1.55 @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ =head1 NAME -Convert::UUlib - Perl interface to the uulib library (a.k.a. uudeview/uuenview). +Convert::UUlib - decode uu/xx/b64/mime/yenc/etc-encoded data from a massive number of files =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ =head1 DESCRIPTION +This module started as an interface to the uulib/uudeview library by Frank +Pilhofer that can be used to decode all kinds of usenet (and other) +binary messages. + +After upstream abondoned the project, th library was continuously bugfixed +and improved in this module, with major focuses on security fixes, +correctness and speed (that does not mean that this library is considered +safe with untrusted data, but it surely is safer than the poriginal +uudeview). + Read the file doc/library.pdf from the distribution for in-depth information about the C-library used in this interface, and the rest of this document and especially the non-trivial decoder program at the end.