Is there a full list of the modules to be split off? Karl
> On 4 Dec 2024, at 9:16 AM, Ed . <ej...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > This is due to a known problem in MetaCPAN the website (not CPAN as a whole). > It's triggered here by me releasing modules as independent distributions that > are currently part of the PDL distro (such as PDL::Transform::Proj4); when > MetaCPAN sees such a new release, it de-indexes the distro that package was > in before, which here is the whole of PDL. > > See https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-web/issues/3245 for more context. > > This should cease to be an issue once I have finished releasing all the > contained non-fundamental parts of PDL (which is many, many of them) > especially the ones with external dependencies (GSL, Proj4, HDF, GD, OpenGL, > the Fortran ones, among others). Shortly after that, I will release the new, > slimmed-down PDL. > > You may see a resemblance between this and the previously (in 2015 and > onwards) discussed splitting of PDL into a PDL::Core, other parts, and then a > rump PDL. I feel this is a better approach, particularly since those > externally-dependent modules could not actually be relied on since you might > install PDL without e.g. GSL; to get PDL with GSL, you'd need to reinstall > the whole of PDL again and hope for the best. > > What this means for users of PDL is currently that, as previously, if you > make code that needs certain parts of "main" PDL (like the GSL bindings), you > need to express this in the metadata of your project. What it will mean when > the process is finished, is that PDL will install (much) quicker, and that to > get those other modules, you expressly install them, and they will install > very quickly (on one device here, Transform::Proj4 builds and tests in about > 2 secs, and PDL::GSL in about 10). > > Any questions or problems, please let me know (possibly on the list)! > > Best regards, > Ed > > From: David Mertens <dcmertens.p...@gmail.com > <mailto:dcmertens.p...@gmail.com>> > Sent: 03 December 2024 2:22 PM > To: Jörg Sommrey <j...@sommrey.de <mailto:j...@sommrey.de>>; pdl-devel > <pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>> > Subject: Re: [Pdl-devel] PDL disappeared from CPAN? > > Fyi, this was resolved. I just realized I forgot to CC-all on my reply, so > I'm sending this back to the mailing list. > > David > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 8:21 AM Jörg Sommrey <j...@sommrey.de > <mailto:j...@sommrey.de>> wrote: > Probably a transient malfunction on CPAN. Searching CPAN for "PDL" > produced some hits, but not including "PDL" or "PDL::Core". Accessing > https://metacpan.org/pod/PDL::Core etc. resulted in a 404 error page. > > Looks like everything is back now. > > -jo > > > On Tue 03 Dec 2024 01:58:30 PM CET, David Mertens > <dcmertens.p...@gmail.com <mailto:dcmertens.p...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > I have no trouble locating PDL on metacpan, and from there the > > documentation links all work. Googling PDL::Core pulls up meetacpan link as > > the first hit. > > > > Do you mean metacpan or the CPAN client? > > > > David > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 5:12 AM Jörg Sommrey <j...@sommrey.de > > <mailto:j...@sommrey.de>> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> what happened to PDL on CPAN? Cannot see any of the core modules anymore. > >> > >> -jo > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pdl-devel mailing list > >> pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-devel > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > pdl-general mailing list > pdl-gene...@lists.sourceforge.net <mailto:pdl-gene...@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-general
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