On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Karen Etheridge <p...@froods.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Diab Jerius <djer...@cpan.org> wrote: >> >> >> I see two options: >> >> 1. Create an empty package which gets indexed; or >> 2. Add an entry to the "provides" field mapping the distribution's >> "package" name (App::pltvectors) to the script file. > > > Option 1 is correct -- create an App::pltvectors module which is indexable > and installable.
Ok. > However, it doesn't need to be an empty package -- not > only can it contain documentation for your script, but it could also contain > most of the functionality from the script as well, turning the script into a > wrapper that calls the module. That also allows others to make use of the > code in their own scripts. Modernizing 20 year old Perl distributions which used autotools for installation happens just one step at a time... Thanks, Diab
