feat(release): release 2.8.37

- refactor: replace system calls (whoami, hostname, printenv) with native Core Perl functions.
- chore: bump version to 2.8.37.

Author: jmrenouard

.agent/README.md

@@ -55,4 +55,4 @@ This directory contains the project's technical constitution, specialized skills
 
 
 ---
-*Generated automatically by `/doc-sync` on Fri Feb 13 09:11:08 CET 2026*
+*Generated automatically by `/doc-sync` on Sat Feb 14 11:35:52 CET 2026*

CURRENT_VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.8.36
+2.8.37

Changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.8.37 2026-02-14
+
+- refactor: replace system calls (whoami, hostname, printenv) with native Core Perl functions.
+- chore: bump version to 2.8.37.
+
 2.8.36 2026-02-13
 
 - fix: migrate CI workflows to native GitHub services to resolve Docker API version mismatch.

mysqltuner.pl

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
-# mysqltuner.pl - Version 2.8.36
+# mysqltuner.pl - Version 2.8.37
 # High Performance MySQL Tuning Script
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2026 Jean-Marie Renouard - jmrenouard@gmail.com
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2026 Major Hayden - major@mhtx.net
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ package main;
 use File::Spec;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Pod::Usage;
+use Sys::Hostname;
 use File::Basename;
 use Cwd 'abs_path';
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ package main;
 our $is_win = $^O eq 'MSWin32';
 
 # Set up a few variables for use in the script
-our $tunerversion = "2.8.36";
+our $tunerversion = "2.8.37";
 our ( @adjvars, @generalrec, @modeling, @sysrec, @secrec );
 
 # Set defaults
@@ -700,8 +701,7 @@ sub setup_environment {
     $opt{nocolor} = 0 if ( ( $opt{color} // 0 ) == 1 );
 
     # Setting up the colors for the print styles
-    $me = execute_system_command('whoami');
-    $me =~ s/\n//g;
+    $me = ( getpwuid($<) )[0] // $ENV{USER} // $ENV{USERNAME} // 'unknown';
 
     if ($is_win) { $opt{nocolor} = 1; }
     $good = ( $opt{nocolor} == 0 ) ? "[\e[0;32mOK\e[0m]"  : "[OK]";
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ sub mysql_setup {
             my $userpath =
               $is_win
               ? ( $ENV{MARIADB_HOME} || $ENV{MYSQL_HOME} || $ENV{USERPROFILE} )
-              : execute_system_command("printenv HOME");
+              : ( $ENV{HOME} // '' );
             if ( length($userpath) > 0 ) {
                 chomp($userpath);
             }
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ sub mysql_setup {
                       ? ( $ENV{MARIADB_HOME}
                           || $ENV{MYSQL_HOME}
                           || $ENV{USERPROFILE} )
-                      : execute_system_command("printenv HOME");
+                      : ( $ENV{HOME} // '' );
                     chomp($userpath);
                     unless ( -e "$userpath/.my.cnf" ) {
                         print STDERR "";
@@ -3131,14 +3131,14 @@ sub get_system_info {
       ? execute_system_command('ver')
       : execute_system_command('uname -r');
     infoprint "Kernel Release        : " . infocmd_one "uname -r";
-    $result{'OS'}{'Hostname'} = execute_system_command('hostname');
+    $result{'OS'}{'Hostname'} = Sys::Hostname::hostname();
     $result{'Network'}{'Internal Ip'} =
       $is_win
       ? execute_system_command(
 'ipconfig |perl -ne "if (/IPv. Address/) {print s/^.*?([\\d\\.]*)\\s*$/$1/r; exit; }"'
       )
       : execute_system_command('hostname -I');
-    infoprint "Hostname              : " . infocmd_one "hostname";
+    infoprint "Hostname              : " . Sys::Hostname::hostname();
     infoprint "Network Cards         : ";
 
     if ( which( "ip", $ENV{'PATH'} ) ) {
@@ -9789,7 +9789,7 @@ sub dump_csv_files {
 
 =head1 NAME
 
- MySQLTuner 2.8.36 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
+ MySQLTuner 2.8.37 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
 
 =head1 IMPORTANT USAGE GUIDELINES
 
@@ -9804,7 +9804,7 @@ =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-Version 2.8.36
+Version 2.8.37
 =head1 PERLDOC
 
 You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

releases/v2.8.36.md

@@ -20,12 +20,36 @@
 - docs: fix broken endoflife.date links in README files (Issue #877).
 ```
 
+## 📈 Diagnostic Growth Indicators
+
+| Metric | Current | Progress | Status |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
+| Total Indicators | 12 | 0 | 🛡️ |
+| Efficiency Checks | 0 | 0 | 🛡️ |
+| Risk Detections | 2 | 0 | 🛡️ |
+| Information Points | 10 | 0 | 🛡️ |
+
 ## 🛠️ Internal Commit History
 
-Initial release or no previous tag found.
+- feat(release): release 2.8.36 (2c1465c)
+- feat(update changelog and release notes for issue #877): docs (ce08d34)
+- fix(security): robust version-agnostic password column detection (Issue #22) (2450ebb)
+- docs: synchronize agent roadmap (8e207f7)
+- chore: fix typo in release-manager workflow (test-it -> test-all) (0c7a175)
+- docs: generate vulnerabilities list (6fc12e6)
+- docs: generate FEATURES.md (2b9415e)
+- chore: update Makefile to use Conventional Commits for generation targets (b00aedb)
+- style: tidy mysqltuner.pl (5ee6751)
+- feat: release 2.8.36 (0e84219)
+- fix: normalize CLI option keys in %opt to strip Getopt modifiers (79daa70)
+- docs: add systemic system call audit and core perl replacement candidates (daa60f8)
+- test: record laboratory audit findings in POTENTIAL_ISSUES (e801b8d)
+- chore: bump version to 2.8.36 (6a5b075)
 
 ## ⚙️ Technical Evolutions
 
+*Internal logic hardening (no interface or diagnostic changes).*
+
 ## ✅ Laboratory Verification Results
 
 - [x] Automated TDD suite passed.

releases/v2.8.37.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Release Notes - v2.8.37
+
+**Date**: 2026-02-14
+
+## 📝 Executive Summary
+
+```text
+2.8.37 2026-02-14
+
+- chore: bump version to 2.8.37.
+- refactor: replace system calls (whoami, hostname, printenv) with native Core Perl functions.
+```
+
+## 🛠️ Internal Commit History
+
+Initial release or no previous tag found.
+
+## ⚙️ Technical Evolutions
+
+## ✅ Laboratory Verification Results
+
+- [x] Automated TDD suite passed.
+- [x] Multi-DB version laboratory execution validated.
+- [x] Performance indicator delta analysis completed.