Thank you! On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 4:59 AM Neil Bowers <neil.bow...@cogendo.com> wrote:
> Hi Joe, > > About 16 years ago I submitted a module to CPAN called "SlideMap.pm". The > module converted coordinates from microtitre plates to spotted arrays. The > software was used at The Institute for Genomic Research. > > After I submitted my work, I was able to find the code in CPAN when I > needed a fresh download. Now, it seems, I am not able to find the > distribution. > > Can you tell me whether this code is still in CPAN? If not, why not. > > It is still on CPAN, in your author directory: > https://www.cpan.org/authors/id/J/JW/JWHITE/ > > It is also listed in the CPAN Index, and I just installed it locally by > running the following: > cpan J/JW/JWHITE/SlideMap_1_2_2.tar.gz > > Even though it’s listed in the index, it doesn’t appear on your author > page on MetaCPAN, and searching for SlideMap on MetaCPAN doesn’t return > anything. CPAN has a convention that underscores in the version number of a > release indicates a developer release, so even though it’s in the index, > that may be why. > > If you want it to appear on MetaCPAN, and be easier to find, the simplest > thing you could do is: > > - bump up the version of the module, to something like 1.3, and put a > note in Changes > - perl Makefile.PL > - make dist > - You’ll end up with a tar ball like SlideMap-1.3.tar.gz > - You can then upload this, and it should be indexed > - Various things have changed since 2005, both in Perl, and in the > CPAN conventions for a distribution, so there are things you could brush > up, but the above should get a working distribution on CPAN. > > Cheers, > Neil >
