Yes, Perl modules are indexex on CPAN. So if you create a module for your script in the App:: namespace, others will find it... like this:
https://www.google.com/search?ix=ieb&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=site%3Ametacpan.org+App%3A%3A On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Vlado Keselj <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have looked up your example with psort. Very elegant! > I intend to use it as template. However, I don't understand how using the > App::* package helps in making the scripts easy to find. For example, is > there a web page listing all such scripts? > > Regards, > Vlado > > > On Mon, 12 Dec 2011, Slaven Rezic wrote: > > > Terrence Brannon <[email protected]> writes: > > > > > Which app builder module do you like the most slaven? I wrote up a > summary > > > of the CPAN scripting frameworks here - > > > http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=829276 > > > > > > App::Cmd is maybe the most widely used. > > > > Well, I use nothing :-) Usually I take the script as is, add the > > necessary distribution files (Makefile.PL etc.), and add a dummy App::* > > module for the CPAN/PAUSE indexer. > > > > Regards, > > Slaven > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Slaven Rezic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> Andrew Pam <[email protected]> writes: > > >> > > >> > I've followed the instructions at > > >> > http://www.cpan.org/scripts/submitting.html and uploaded my script: > > >> > > > >> > Files in directory authors/id/X/XA/XANNI > > >> > pmcheck-1.1.0 4595 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:15:16 GMT > > >> > > > >> > How long does it take for a script to appear on CPAN? > > >> > > > >> > > >> Hi Andrew, > > >> > > >> nowadays it's probably better to wrap a script into a normal CPAN > > >> module, possibly under the App:: namespace. Then you get everything > for > > >> free: a listing in search.cpan.org and metacpan.org, cpantesters > > >> results, and the script is installable using the various CPAN shells. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Slaven > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Slaven Rezic - slaven <at> rezic <dot> de > > >> BBBike - route planner for cyclists in Berlin > > >> WWW version: http://www.bbbike.de > > >> Perl/Tk version for Unix and Windows: http://bbbike.sourceforge.net > > >> > > > > -- > > Slaven Rezic - slaven <at> rezic <dot> de > > > > tkruler - Perl/Tk program for measuring screen distances > > http://ptktools.sourceforge.net/#tkruler > > >
