Re: Repository links in META/Pod should be http://

2009-11-02 Thread David Cantrell
On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 12:13:05AM +0200, Burak G?rsoy wrote: I see that some modules have git:// protocol as the repo address in META.yml and/or Pod. I don't think this is useful to anybody since we don't see the address at all in cpan shell and hardly anyone downloads and checks every

RE: Repository links in META/Pod should be http://

2009-11-02 Thread Burak Gürsoy
-Original Message- From: David Cantrell [mailto:da...@cantrell.org.uk] Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:36 PM To: module-authors@perl.org Subject: Re: Repository links in META/Pod should be http:// I think that non-http(s) URLs are perfectly legal (eg ftp://) and are Just Fine

Re: Repository links in META/Pod should be http://

2009-11-02 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* Burak Gürsoy burakgur...@gmx.net [2009-11-02 19:10]: (IMHO) I only care to download the repository only if I am interested in patching/developing the code. If I just want to take a peek I don't bother installing a VCS client and/or cloning the repo. You don’t, therefore no one else should?

Re: How to best detect availability of C compiler in Makefile.PL?

2009-11-02 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* O. STeffen BEYer ost...@gmail.com [2009-10-13 15:30]: I'd rather have the user decide what he/she wants, as in this attached file. That’s the wrong way to think about it. OK, hyperbole; it’s not *wrong*. But it’s very incomplete. Don’t forget that there are a lot of people who might merely

RE: Repository links in META/Pod should be http://

2009-11-02 Thread Burak Gürsoy
-Original Message- From: Aristotle Pagaltzis [mailto:pagalt...@gmx.de] Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 5:18 AM To: module-authors@perl.org Subject: Re: Repository links in META/Pod should be http:// * Burak Gürsoy burakgur...@gmx.net [2009-11-02 19:10]: (IMHO) I only care to

Re: How to best detect availability of C compiler in Makefile.PL?

2009-11-02 Thread O. STeffen BEYer
Hello Aristotle, I'll answer below: 2009/11/3 Aristotle Pagaltzis pagalt...@gmx.de * O. STeffen BEYer ost...@gmail.com [2009-10-13 15:30]: I'd rather have the user decide what he/she wants, as in this attached file. That’s the wrong way to think about it. OK, hyperbole; it’s not