On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 04:54:31PM +0200, Steffen Mueller wrote: > Ricardo Signes wrote: >> * David Golden <xda...@gmail.com> [2009-10-09T07:54:13] >>> 27. Long description >>> >>> Proposal: >>> >>> Field for long description that can be used in search, when generating >>> README, OS packages or submitting dist to Ohloh, Freshmeat and similar >>> sites. --Chorny 19:40, 21 September 2009 (BST) >> >> Sure, why not? > > Because META should be *generated* from other sources. Where should > free-form data come from?
It could be generated from POD or the 'Abstract' field in Makefile.PL (I guess Build.PL has something similar). In favour of an optional long description field, and opposed to a short version. Cheers, Barbie. -- Birmingham Perl Mongers <http://birmingham.pm.org> Memoirs Of A Roadie <http://barbie.missbarbell.co.uk> CPAN Testers Blog <http://blog.cpantesters.org> YAPC Conference Surveys <http://yapc-surveys.org>
