David Golden wrote:
>> "Writing Perl Modules for CPAN":
>
> The tutorials on PerlMonks are probably better:
>
> http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=592240
I'll starting reading.
This sort of complicated Makefile.PL manipulation is why many people
have switched to Module::Install or Dist::Zil
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:40 PM, David Christensen
wrote:
> Does 'configure_requires' support map to a Perl version?
It really maps to CPAN client versions, but Perl 5.10.1 ships with
CPAN and CPANPLUS that understand configure_requires. Older Perls
only need to upgrade CPAN and/or CPANPLUS to s
David Golden wrote:
It's your responsibility to include META.yml.
ExtUtils::MakeMaker will generate it for you since EU::MM 6.46 or so.
Thanks for the clarification. Testing just now, it seems 'make dist'
puts META.yml in the tarball.
It's my understand that PREREQ_PM is for specifying ex
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 5:03 PM, David Christensen
wrote:
> I don't produce a meta.yml in my distributions. It's my understanding that
> the CPAN indexer does that for me after I upload a distribution tarball.
It does not. It's your responsibility to include META.yml.
ExtUtils::MakeMaker will g
Daniel Staal wrote:
If you separate 'module' from 'distribution', then I'd make that a cleaner
yes. One CPAN distro should contain all the modules needed for a basic
use of some functionality, which is often one module, but may be more.
I was groping for the word "distribution" -- thanks. :-)
I'll take a stab at starting a reply for this...
On Fri, December 10, 2010 4:22 am, David Christensen wrote:
> module-authors:
>
> I have a library of CPAN modules that I've turned into a CPAN bundle:
>
>
> http://search.cpan.org/~dpchrist/Bundle-Dpchrist-1.044/lib/Bundle/Dpchrist.pm
>
> If I'm r
module-authors:
I have a library of CPAN modules that I've turned into a CPAN bundle:
http://search.cpan.org/~dpchrist/Bundle-Dpchrist-1.044/lib/Bundle/Dpchrist.pm
If I'm remembering correctly, each module should contain just one *.pm file.
The top half (Dpchrist::ExtUtils::MakeMaker through
