Re: CMSP 29. Language

2009-10-11 Thread Zefram
David Golden wrote: Perl 6 is coming. Some code in Perl 6 is already being uploaded to the CPAN. A new language field is an important part of the structure we need to allow Perl 6 to reuse the existing CPAN We certainly need something in this direction. We should be clear that each language has

Re: CMSP 29. Language

2009-10-11 Thread Tim Bunce
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 01:44:16PM -0400, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote: Zefram wrote: David Golden wrote: Perl 6 is coming. Some code in Perl 6 is already being uploaded to the CPAN. A new language field is an important part of the structure we need to allow Perl 6 to reuse the existing CPAN

CMSP 29. Language

2009-10-09 Thread David Golden
29. Language Proposal: Perl 6 is coming. Some code in Perl 6 is already being uploaded to the CPAN. A new language field is an important part of the structure we need to allow Perl 6 to reuse the existing CPAN rather than to try to reinvent the whole thing. My recommendation would be that this

Re: CMSP 29. Language

2009-10-09 Thread Ricardo Signes
* David Golden xda...@gmail.com [2009-10-09T07:54:51] 29. Language Proposal: Perl 6 is coming. Some code in Perl 6 is already being uploaded to the CPAN. A new language field is an important part of the structure we need to allow Perl 6 to reuse the existing CPAN rather than to try to

Re: CMSP 29. Language

2009-10-09 Thread Graham Barr
On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Ricardo Signes wrote: * David Golden xda...@gmail.com [2009-10-09T07:54:51] 29. Language Proposal: Perl 6 is coming. Some code in Perl 6 is already being uploaded to the CPAN. A new language field is an important part of the structure we need to allow Perl 6

Re: CMSP 29. Language

2009-10-09 Thread David Golden
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Steffen Mueller nj88ud...@sneakemail.com wrote: David Golden wrote: 29. Language Proposal: Perl 6 is coming. Some code in Perl 6 is already being uploaded to the CPAN.  A new language field is an important part of the structure we need to allow Perl 6 to

Re: CMSP 29. Language

2009-10-09 Thread Ricardo Signes
* David Golden xda...@gmail.com [2009-10-09T07:54:51] 29. Language Branch available: http://github.com/rjbs/cpan-meta-spec/commits/29-language -- rjbs