On 2018/10/30 20:40, Charlene Wendling wrote: > > I'm proposing here a change for CPAN modules' default HOMEPAGE to > metacpan.org instead, as search.cpan.org is no more [1]: > > - This would avoid useless redirections > - It provides https for homepages > > It's the first time i touch to something in the infrastructure, i may > have missed something. I've rebuilt and install various Perl ports with > that change, it works as expected. > > Any comments or feedback? > > Charlène. > > [1] https://log.perl.org/2018/05/goodbye-search-dot-cpan-dot-org.html > > > Index: cpan.port.mk > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/ports/infrastructure/mk/cpan.port.mk,v > retrieving revision 1.20 > diff -u -p -r1.20 cpan.port.mk > --- cpan.port.mk 20 Mar 2016 19:56:44 -0000 1.20 > +++ cpan.port.mk 29 Oct 2018 21:46:21 -0000 > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ MASTER_SITES ?= ${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN: > MASTER_SITES ?= ${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN:=../by-authors/id/$ > {CPAN_AUTHOR:C/^(.).*/\1/}/${CPAN_AUTHOR:C/^(..).*/\1/}/$ > {CPAN_AUTHOR}/} .endif > -HOMEPAGE ?= http://search.cpan.org/dist/${DISTNAME:C/-[^-]*$//}/ > +HOMEPAGE ?= https://metacpan.org/release/${DISTNAME:C/-[^-]*$//} > > CATEGORIES += perl5 > .if ! ${CONFIGURE_STYLE:L:Mperl} >
REVISION will need to be bumped on every port that has its HOMEPAGE changed as a result. This is possible, but easier for someone with commit and already familiar with this type of change to do it when they have time.
