Re: recursive_test_files in Module::Build and in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

2006-11-03 Thread brian d foy
In article
[EMAIL PROTECTED], David
Golden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On 11/2/06, Chris Dolan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  It's not an EU::MM bug -- it's a new M::B feature.

  What should you do?  You're not going to like this answer:
  Don't use recursive test directories. :-)

 Does Test::Manifest support nested test files?  If so, that might be
 an alternative.

I'm not sure what nested means, but Test::Manifest just takes a list
of files in t/test_manifest and passes them to run_all_tests. You can
put whatever you like in test_manifest, although all pathnames are
relative to t/.

I have thought about a `make testmanifest` that would work like `make
manifest`, but I haven't really needed it. If I have a lot of files, I
just :
 
$ find . -name *.t  test_manifest

I think the latest version of Test::Manifest has support for primitive
#include like behavior, so the test_manifest might reference other files
that include other lists of tests, recursively. If it's not on CPAN,
I'll have to take my local copy and upload it.


Re: Integrating Test::Run into an ExtUtils::MakeMaker+Test::Manifest Setup

2006-11-03 Thread brian d foy
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shlomi Fish
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 See http://xrl.us/sw5o for a recipe for integrating make runtest and make 
 distruntest targets into a Makefile.PL-generated Makefile that makes use of 
 Test::Manifest.

That Test::Manifest stuff in XML::RSS is old. Instead, you can just say:

eval use Test::Manifest 1.14;

However, if you are doing odd test things, you probably don't want to
use Test::Manifest. Just write your own thing to run the tests.


Re: CPAN code searches

2006-11-03 Thread Smylers
Michael G Schwern writes:

 A few people have asked how I do my CPAN scans.  I keep a minicpan
 handy and have a little script called grep_cpan ...

 http://schwern.org/src/grep_cpan

404.  But this works:

  http://www.schwern.org/~schwern/src/grep_cpan

Smylers


Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Chris Dolan

On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:01 PM, Thomas Klausner wrote:


metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS game. I'm
checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2. Most don't, because
they seem to use 1.0
Should I switch to 1.0-checking?


No.  The CPANTS game is a tool for change.  We might as well  
encourage people to change to the current spec.


Chris

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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread David Landgren

Thomas Klausner wrote:

Hi!

I had some time recently and added some first META.yml checking to
CPANTS (with the help of Gabor Szabo):


Aha, since I have your attention...

I've been meaning to suggest the following changes, on the best and 
worst reports pages:


This distributions got the most Kwalitee:
  -- These distributions have the most Kwalitee

This distributions got the least Kwalitee:
  -- These distributions have the least Kwalitee

Question: how are the dists sorted on the /author/CPANID page?

David

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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Chris Dolan wrote:
 On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:01 PM, Thomas Klausner wrote:
 
 metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS game. I'm
 checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2. Most don't, because
 they seem to use 1.0
 Should I switch to 1.0-checking?
 
 No.  The CPANTS game is a tool for change.  We might as well encourage
 people to change to the current spec.
 
 Chris

I don't agree... unless all of the various make dist commands within
M::B, EU::MM, etc actually always make the META.yml up the latest
version of the spec.

If a META.yml has declared itself as 1.0 version, then it need only to
be 1.0 compliant, and not 1.2 compliant. There no need to force an
upgrade from 1.0 to 1.2. The author has done the right thing and need
not be punished.

Now, for all META.yml files that don't declare a version at all...
that's a different story.



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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Christopher H. Laco wrote:
 Thomas Klausner wrote:
 Hi!

 I had some time recently and added some first META.yml checking to
 CPANTS (with the help of Gabor Szabo):

 metayml_is_parsable
 metayml_has_license
 metayml_conforms_spec

 metayml_has_license now indictes whether there's a computer readable
 license in META.yml, while (the also new metric)
 has_humanreadable_license does some where basic guessing if there's a
 human-readable license (LICENSE file or pod-section).

 metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS game. I'm
 checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2. Most don't, because
 they seem to use 1.0
 Should I switch to 1.0-checking?
 
 Well, files that declare themselves as nothing:  ---
 are a free for all...
 
 
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.0   should pass the 1.0 spec
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.1   should pass the 1.2 spec

err...
Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.2   should pass the 1.2 spec

I know what I meant. :-)



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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Christopher H. Laco wrote:
 Chris Dolan wrote:
 On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:01 PM, Thomas Klausner wrote:

 metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS game. I'm
 checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2. Most don't, because
 they seem to use 1.0
 Should I switch to 1.0-checking?
 No.  The CPANTS game is a tool for change.  We might as well encourage
 people to change to the current spec.

 Chris

 --Chris Dolan, Software Developer, Clotho Advanced Media Inc.
 608-294-7900, fax 294-7025, 1435 E Main St, Madison WI 53703
 vCard: http://www.chrisdolan.net/ChrisDolan.vcf

 Clotho Advanced Media, Inc. - Creators of MediaLandscape Software
 (http://www.media-landscape.com/) and partners in the revolutionary
 Croquet project (http://www.opencroquet.org/)



 
 I'm ok with has the latest and greatest 1.2 META spec being a metric,
 but I think it should be one of the above 100.00 bonus points metrics
 like the has_demo metric.
 
 and yes, I'm biased. I was #2. :-)
 
 -=Chris
 

I'm not sure why, but about every other post I make isn't showing up on
the list... hmm

-=Chris



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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Thomas Klausner wrote:
 Hi!
 
 I had some time recently and added some first META.yml checking to
 CPANTS (with the help of Gabor Szabo):
 
 metayml_is_parsable
 metayml_has_license
 metayml_conforms_spec
 
 metayml_has_license now indictes whether there's a computer readable
 license in META.yml, while (the also new metric)
 has_humanreadable_license does some where basic guessing if there's a
 human-readable license (LICENSE file or pod-section).
 
 metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS game. I'm
 checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2. Most don't, because
 they seem to use 1.0
 Should I switch to 1.0-checking?

Well, files that declare themselves as nothing:  ---
are a free for all...


Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.0   should pass the 1.0 spec
Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.1   should pass the 1.2 spec

If matchines versiones to their specs can't be done with the available
parsers, Id say go back to what you were going before...which I'll
assume was a simple throws error on load or doesn't throw error on
load check

-=Chris



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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Thomas Klausner
Hi!

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:35:41PM +0100, David Landgren wrote:
 
 Aha, since I have your attention...

:-)

 I've been meaning to suggest the following changes, on the best and 
 worst reports pages:
 
 This distributions got the most Kwalitee:
   -- These distributions have the most Kwalitee
 
 This distributions got the least Kwalitee:
   -- These distributions have the least Kwalitee

done.

 Question: how are the dists sorted on the /author/CPANID page?

Currently random (whatever the DB spits out), but I'll change that to
sorted by distname

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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Chris Dolan wrote:
 On Nov 2, 2006, at 11:01 PM, Thomas Klausner wrote:
 
 metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS game. I'm
 checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2. Most don't, because
 they seem to use 1.0
 Should I switch to 1.0-checking?
 
 No.  The CPANTS game is a tool for change.  We might as well encourage
 people to change to the current spec.
 
 Chris
 
 --Chris Dolan, Software Developer, Clotho Advanced Media Inc.
 608-294-7900, fax 294-7025, 1435 E Main St, Madison WI 53703
 vCard: http://www.chrisdolan.net/ChrisDolan.vcf
 
 Clotho Advanced Media, Inc. - Creators of MediaLandscape Software
 (http://www.media-landscape.com/) and partners in the revolutionary
 Croquet project (http://www.opencroquet.org/)
 
 
 

I'm ok with has the latest and greatest 1.2 META spec being a metric,
but I think it should be one of the above 100.00 bonus points metrics
like the has_demo metric.

and yes, I'm biased. I was #2. :-)

-=Chris



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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Michael G Schwern
Christopher H. Laco wrote:
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.0   should pass the 1.0 spec
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.1   should pass the 1.2 spec
 
 err...
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.2   should pass the 1.2 spec
 
 I know what I meant. :-)

I thought that was the version of YAML they're conforming to.  meta-spec is 
the META version.

meta-spec:
url: http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-v1.2.html
version: 1.2

PS  If someone would check the metafile generated by MakeMaker 6.31 for 1.2 
spec conformance I'd appreciate that.


Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Michael G Schwern wrote:
 Christopher H. Laco wrote:
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.0   should pass the 1.0 spec
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.1   should pass the 1.2 spec
 err...
 Files that declare: --- #YAML:1.2   should pass the 1.2 spec

 I know what I meant. :-)
 
 I thought that was the version of YAML they're conforming to.  meta-spec is 
 the META version.
 
 meta-spec:
 url: http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-v1.2.html
 version: 1.2
 
 PS  If someone would check the metafile generated by MakeMaker 6.31 for 1.2 
 spec conformance I'd appreciate that.
 
 

Right.

meta-spec version != yaml version.

/me smacks forehead.



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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread David Golden

On 11/3/06, Christopher H. Laco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 meta-spec:
 url: http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-v1.2.html
 version: 1.2


The one caution I'd give is around no_index.  The spec always called
for dir for directories, but CPAN/PAUSE were checking for
directory (they may now support both).  The blead spec has switched
to directory to reflect common usage, but anyone using no-index
successfully in the past will not be following the spec.

Options:

* Grandfather the blead spec for no_index
* Get Ken to formally release 1.3 (with directory) and get authors
to update various build-tools to declare 1.3 as the spec.  Have anyone
using directory re-release with a 1.3 META.yml.

David


Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Thomas Klausner
Hi!

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:47:36AM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote:
 
 meta-spec:
 url: http://module-build.sourceforge.net/META-spec-v1.2.html
 version: 1.2

The 'problem' is that this field was introduced in 1.1, and it seems
that quite a lot of dists use 1.0 of META-spec.

My question basically is: What is the 'stable' version of META-spec? I
guess I'll post this on the module-build list...

 PS  If someone would check the metafile generated by MakeMaker 6.31
 for 1.2 spec conformance I'd appreciate that. 

Hmm, I tried to do that (I usually use Module::Build):

~$ module-starter --module=FooTest --author='foo' --email='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Created starter directories and files
~$ cd FooTest/
~/FooTest$ perl Makefile.PL 
Checking if your kit is complete...
Warning: the following files are missing in your kit:
META.yml
Please inform the author.
Writing Makefile for FooTest
~/FooTest$ make dist
rm -rf FooTest-0.01
/usr/bin/perl5.8.8 -MExtUtils::Manifest=manicopy,maniread \
-e manicopy(maniread(),'FooTest-0.01', 'best');
mkdir FooTest-0.01
mkdir FooTest-0.01/t
mkdir FooTest-0.01/lib
-e: META.yml not found at -e line 1
Can't read META.yml: No such file or directory
make: *** [create_distdir] Error 2

I'm using ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.31

But the META.yml in MakeMaker confroms to META-spec 1.2, so if you use the same
tools to generate MakeMakers META.yml it should work:
http://cpants.perl.org/kwalitee/ExtUtils-MakeMaker

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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Michael G Schwern
Thomas Klausner wrote:
 Hmm, I tried to do that (I usually use Module::Build):
 
 ~$ module-starter --module=FooTest --author='foo' --email='[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
 Created starter directories and files
 ~$ cd FooTest/
 ~/FooTest$ perl Makefile.PL 
 Checking if your kit is complete...
 Warning: the following files are missing in your kit:
 META.yml
 Please inform the author.
 Writing Makefile for FooTest
 ~/FooTest$ make dist
 rm -rf FooTest-0.01
 /usr/bin/perl5.8.8 -MExtUtils::Manifest=manicopy,maniread \
 -e manicopy(maniread(),'FooTest-0.01', 'best');
 mkdir FooTest-0.01
 mkdir FooTest-0.01/t
 mkdir FooTest-0.01/lib
 -e: META.yml not found at -e line 1
 Can't read META.yml: No such file or directory
 make: *** [create_distdir] Error 2

Oh so THAT'S where all those reports of -e META.yml not found were coming 
from.  Module::Starter is being naughty and putting META.yml into the MANIFEST 
before it exists.


Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Thomas Klausner
Hi!

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 01:00:58PM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote:
 
 Oh so THAT'S where all those reports of -e META.yml not found were
 coming from.  Module::Starter is being naughty and putting META.yml
 into the MANIFEST before it exists.

Well, after fixing this by removing META.yml from MANIFEST everything
worked.

And the generated manifest complies to META.yml Spec 1.2


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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread Christopher H. Laco
Thomas Klausner wrote:
 Hi!
 
 I had some time recently and added some first META.yml checking to
 CPANTS (with the help of Gabor Szabo):
 
 metayml_is_parsable
 metayml_has_license
 metayml_conforms_spec
 
 metayml_has_license now indictes whether there's a computer readable
 license in META.yml, while (the also new metric)
 has_humanreadable_license does some where basic guessing if there's a
 human-readable license (LICENSE file or pod-section).
 
 metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS game. I'm
 checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2. Most don't, because
 they seem to use 1.0
 Should I switch to 1.0-checking?

Just for giggles, what's the code behind that? Is it different than the
current CPAN method: metayml_has_required_fields

Is there a good way to check for 1.2 in a test, other than a these
fields are required and YAML parses it type of strategy?

-=Chris



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Sort by kwalitee, descending! (Was: CPANTS and META.yml)

2006-11-03 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
 On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 06:47:03 +0100, Thomas Klausner [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 said:

   Hi!
   On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 03:35:41PM +0100, David Landgren wrote:
 
  Question: how are the dists sorted on the /author/CPANID page?

   Currently random (whatever the DB spits out), but I'll change that to
   sorted by distname

Sorting by qualitee shows which modules the author loves at the top
and the neglected ones at the bottom. So there is only one right sort
order: by kwalitee, descending.

Thanks:)
-- 
andreas


Re: Sort by kwalitee, descending! (Was: CPANTS and META.yml)

2006-11-03 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Andreas J. Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-11-04 04:55]:
 Sorting by qualitee shows which modules the author loves at the
 top and the neglected ones at the bottom. So there is only one
 right sort order: by kwalitee, descending.

Actually, by kwalitee, descending, then name, ascending.

Regards,
-- 
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Re: CPANTS and META.yml

2006-11-03 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Thomas Klausner [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-11-03 15:25]:
 metayml_conforms_spec currently very much busts the CPANTS
 game. I'm checking if the files comply to META.yml spec 1.2.
 Most don't, because they seem to use 1.0
 Should I switch to 1.0-checking?

Is there something broken about 1.0 that is fixed in 1.2? If so,
go ahead. If not, don’t. Once 1.3 is out, presumably with a fix
for the `no_index` stuff, then check for conformance to 1.3.

Regards,
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