On Apr 14, 2010, at 6:48 AM, Tim Bunce wrote: > >> If we separate Perl 5 and Perl 6 distributions within the file system, >> we can distinguish between them easily and without relying on indexes, >> meta data files or other elements of complexity. > > True, but is that *really* a significant need? Why bother?
If we do not, then we need a different naming convention for the tar files. Otherwise how can we upload FooBar-1.45.tar.gz that works for perl5 and also FooBar-1.45.tar.gz that is written in perl6 The perl5 version may work with perl6, but no visa-versa. I think there needs to be some separation in the file space in order to do this. Using a directory perl6/ and controlling that via PAUSE seems a bit more reliable and consistent than expecting users to use a particular convention not to confuse files. >> We also thought that it might be relatively easy for to add >> radio-boxes to the PAUSE upload page to indicate Perl 5 or Perl 6 and >> to place Perl 6 distributions into the proper directory without it >> having to be specified explicitly. (Whether it *must* be specified as >> one or the other, which would require updates to Perl 5 tools like >> CPAN::Uploader I will defer to Andreas' judgment.) > > No need for a radio-box if PAUSE auto-detects from the META file. I think there are arguments both for and against. For example what to do if PAUSE cannot detect ? Graham.
