On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:06 PM, David Golden wrote: > If CPAN required an Makefile.PL/Build.PL, then the clients would know > what do with scripts (i.e. install them!). There are raw .pm files on > CPAN, too. CPAN.pm generates a Makefile.PL for those.
Yeah, crazy, eh? Maybe I will require a Makefile just because it's easier for the toolchain. >> Will have to check that out. I plan to steal everything I can can from >> PAUSE, CPAN, CPAN.pm, CPANPLUS, and JSAN::Client. > > See File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent Interesting. I especially like the "!!!! PRE-ALPHA ALERT !!!!". > Yes, but you're talking about various PGXS extensions people might > add. I'm saying that you should be explicit about what is supported > and what not. (E.g. the pgan client will support PGXS version X.YZ) Oh, yes. It will support whatever is in PostgreSQL 8.0+ most likely. Maybe 8.1. >>> [Ed. note: If CT2.0 migration happens on schedule, a common CPAN/PLUS >>> config system may be my QA hackathon project.] >> >> I'll be at OSCON for sure! > > I may try to go this year as I've never been and some of the CPAN and > CPAN Testers developments would be fun to talk about. Yeah, it's a good show, a kind of annual reunion. You should come! Best, David
