Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-08-02 Thread Richard Hainsworth
On 07/30/2010 12:31 PM, Moritz Lenz wrote: Am 30.07.2010 09:24, schrieb Richard Hainsworth: Would it be possible to require that any module listed in the proto list s/require/suggest/ proto inclusion already requires a dependency file, No. It's perfectly fine to have none, if the module has no

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-08-01 Thread Moritz Lenz
Am 30.07.2010 09:24, schrieb Richard Hainsworth: The number of modules available to proto has grown considerably. I am not aware that there is a convenient way of obtaining a short description about each module, other than just the name? http://modules.perl6.org/ contains a short description,

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Guy Hulbert
On Fri, 2010-30-07 at 11:07 -0700, Darren Duncan wrote: > I *really* want to use a multi-language-savvy spec like this to > distribute with. CPAN will also have to be able to handle modules written in arbitrary natural languages (chinese, arabic etc) will it not ? -- --gh

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Darren Duncan
Jan Ingvoldstad wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:27, Steffen Schwigon wrote: Just an opinion: imho every effort should go towards integrating CPAN in any way. Maybe any of those META2.0, cpanminus, CPAN::Packager, CPAN::Dpendency, MyCPAN::*, POD6 thingies could be assembled into something to

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Patrick R. Michaud
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 04:08:49PM +0400, Richard Hainsworth wrote: > On 07/30/2010 01:27 PM, Steffen Schwigon wrote: > >Richard Hainsworth writes: > >>I am not aware that there is a convenient way of obtaining a short > >>description about each module, other than just the name? > > > >Perl withou

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Guy Hulbert
On Fri, 2010-30-07 at 16:08 +0400, Richard Hainsworth wrote: > All I am suggesting is that the directories containing modules also > contain a METADATA file with some standard items, and that this > metadata > is required for a module that is registered. Even if there is a CPAN > system, the met

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Richard Hainsworth
On 07/30/2010 01:27 PM, Steffen Schwigon wrote: Richard Hainsworth writes: The number of modules available to proto has grown considerably. I am not aware that there is a convenient way of obtaining a short description about each module, other than just the name? Just an opinion: im

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Jan Ingvoldstad
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:27, Steffen Schwigon wrote: > Just an opinion: imho every effort should go towards integrating CPAN > in any way. > > Perl without CPAN feels like Kung-Fu on stack-heel shoe. > > Maybe any of those META2.0, cpanminus, CPAN::Packager, > CPAN::Dpendency, MyCPAN::*, POD6 t

Re: Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Steffen Schwigon
Richard Hainsworth writes: > The number of modules available to proto has grown considerably. > > I am not aware that there is a convenient way of obtaining a short > description about each module, other than just the name? Just an opinion: imho every effort should go towards integrating CPAN in

Perl6 Modules - Documentation

2010-07-30 Thread Richard Hainsworth
The number of modules available to proto has grown considerably. I am not aware that there is a convenient way of obtaining a short description about each module, other than just the name? In order to make the perl6 internet-wide environment useful, there needs to be some form of directory in