Hans Dieter Pearcey wrote:
Excerpts from David Golden's message of Fri Oct 09 07:56:24 -0400 2009:
33. Install Meta files and make them queryable
Proposal: Using something like .packlist or File::ShareDir, the Meta file
should be installed along with the distribution and Meta tools should allow
easy querying of meta information for installed modules. (Dagolden)
Strongly agree.
+1 to the concept, no vote on the implementation. Note that lacking
information/backwards compatibility may limit usefulness for a long time.
Comments:
* Should the installed meta be identical to the Meta file in the
distribution or should it be stored in a neutral format (e.g
Data::Dumper)? (Dagolden)
Identical.
I'd vote for identical format PLUS potentially extra information about
the installed files (aka packlist). Naturally, this extra info would
either need to be part of the meta spec or be confined to a single
top-level reserved keyword to be specced later (potentially separately).
Steffen
