[perl #39757] [BUG] sprintf left-justification doesn't work

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Matt Diephouse # Please include the string: [perl #39757] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39757 > mini:~/Projects/parrot mdiep$ cat test.pir .sub main :main $P0 = new .Resiz

Re: HLL root globals and empty keys (was Re: test of get_namespace opcode)

2006-07-07 Thread Allison Randal
Chip Salzenberg wrote: Well, I see a lot to like about this, but (and you knew there was a "but" ("but" that's my job now :-))), in descending order of difficulty: And you do it so well. Thank you. :) * The division into two categories ("global" and "symbol") leaves the third category (c

Ruby on Parrot

2006-07-07 Thread Allison Randal
I gave a Parrot talk at a Ruby user group meeting tonight. Someone mentioned that they had seen somebody on #parrot who was working on a new Ruby implementation based on Punie. Do you exist? And is there anything we can do to help you? Allison

[perl #39754] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 core dump: t/pmc/resizablebooleanarray_20.pasm

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #39754] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39754 > (dbx) run --gc-debug t/pmc/resizablebooleanarray_20.pasm thread 0x3 signal Segmenta

[perl #39753] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 core dump: t/pmc/io_1.pir

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #39753] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39753 > (dbx) run --gc-debug t/pmc/io_1.pir Undef ok 1 Undef ok 2 Assertion failed: (unsign

[perl #39750] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 core dump: t/examples/japh_12.pasm

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #39750] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39750 > (dbx) run --gc-debug t/examples/japh_12.pasm Parrot VM: PANIC: Out of bound registe

Re: HLL root globals and empty keys (was Re: test of get_namespace opcode)

2006-07-07 Thread Allison Randal
Matt Diephouse wrote: So for the runtime (this is the HLL runtime, not the PIR runtime, btw) we're all set. Arrays fill the need perfectly and let us access the root HLL namespace. That makes me think that we don't need any new opcodes. Chip's latest simplification eliminates the need for crea

[perl #39742] [BUG] installed parrot conflicts with dev parrot.

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Will Coleda # Please include the string: [perl #39742] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39742 > The development version of parrot should not be detecting or interacting with the insta

[perl #39746] [NEW] t/codingstd/fixme.t - search for FIXME comments in source

2006-07-07 Thread John J. Trammell
# New Ticket Created by "John J. Trammell" # Please include the string: [perl #39746] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39746 > New "technical debt" test to look for FIXME, TODO, and XXX markers in C code and h

[perl #39552] Segfault on FreeBSD during make

2006-07-07 Thread Chip Salzenberg via RT
Is this bug still reproducible this even after removing everything Parrot-related from /usr/local? (Also /usr/bin and /usr/lib if you happen to have installed e.g. Debian's parrot packages.)

[perl #39756] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 core dump: t/examples/japh_10.pasm

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #39756] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39756 > (dbx) run --gc-debug t/examples/japh_10.pasm run --gc-debug t/examples/japh_10.pasm

[perl #39740] [PATCH] fix debug messages in io_unix bind, listen

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Chris Dolan # Please include the string: [perl #39740] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39740 > This trivial patch corrects a pair confusing stderr diagnostics from the bind() and lis

[perl #39745] [PATCH] Fixed TODO on t/codingstd/cppcomments.t

2006-07-07 Thread John J. Trammell
# New Ticket Created by "John J. Trammell" # Please include the string: [perl #39745] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39745 > Test now uses Parrot::Distribution module instead of mass globbing. output of dif

[perl #39744] accessing exception object should not throw an exception

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Chip Salzenberg # Please include the string: [perl #39744] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39744 > Keyed access to exception objects should be very forgiving of mistakes, returning the

[perl #39755] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 6 failures: getting NaNQs: t/pmc/complex.t

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #39755] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39755 > t/pmc/complexok 32/53 # Failed test (t/pmc/complex.t at

[perl #39751] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 core dump: t/dynoplibs/myops_4.pir

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #39751] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39751 > (dbx) run --gc-debug t/dynoplibs/myops_4.pir neither here thread 0x3 signal Segment

[perl #39743] [PATCH] change perl6-internals to parrot-porters in docs

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Chris Dolan # Please include the string: [perl #39743] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39743 > This patch changes the main Parrot mailing list address from perl6- internals to parrot-

Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]

2006-07-07 Thread Ovid
- Original Message From: Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not exactly. I suggested that if anyone is interested in working on > Test::Run, > he can file a proposal for a grant saying he'd like to work on it with me as > a mentor. I still don't have anyone who can work on it. This is

[perl #39752] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 core dump: t/op/lexicals_27.pir

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hietaniemi # Please include the string: [perl #39752] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39752 > (dbx) run --gc-debug t/pmc/lexicals_27.pir # Failed test (t/op/lexicals.t at l

Re: More on the TAP::Grammar

2006-07-07 Thread Ovid
- Original Message From: Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On 7/4/06, Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because we're discarding anything which does not look like a plan or a test > > line > > Don't discard them, just pass them through unaltered. Don't want to > lose any informat

Re: More on the TAP::Grammar

2006-07-07 Thread Ovid
- Original Message From: Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Also, since I had not seen the TAP::Harness work before, I didn't > know that a separate parser was already being planned. My only > motivation for writing TAP::Parser was my assumption that it was > needed and was not going to otherwis

Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]

2006-07-07 Thread Andy Lester
On Jul 7, 2006, at 4:30 AM, Ovid wrote: I oversee the grant committee but I don't speak for it so it's quite possible that what I say is wrong, but I'm willing to bet money If you do not include a bet amount, the bet will not be approved. Typical bets are generally in the $500 to $3000 rang

Re: [perl #39746] [NEW] t/codingstd/fixme.t - search for FIXME comments in source

2006-07-07 Thread Will Coleda
Thanks, applied as r13195 On Jul 6, 2006, at 5:17 PM, John J. Trammell (via RT) wrote: "John J. Trammell" -- Will "Coke" Coleda [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: contrib tool: search for opcodes

2006-07-07 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
João Cruz Morais schrieb: (moderator please reject my other message - wrong email) The subject says it all :) Given a valid regex (pcre) as an argument, the script will search inside every *.ops file for an opcode name that matches, and dumps both its arguments and its description. If no argumen

Re: contrib tool: search for opcodes

2006-07-07 Thread Bernhard Schmalhofer
João Cruz Morais schrieb: (moderator please reject my other message - wrong email) The subject says it all :) Given a valid regex (pcre) as an argument, the script will search inside every *.ops file for an opcode name that matches, and dumps both its arguments and its description. If no argumen

Re: [perl #39751] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 core dump: t/dynoplibs/myops_4.pir

2006-07-07 Thread Will Coleda
hcf is actually supposed to explode if possible. Not sure if we should: 1) skip the test usually; 2) close the ticket as "not a bug" 3) eliminate this particular (silly) dynamic opcode. Regards. On Jul 7, 2006, at 2:04 AM, Jarkko Hietaniemi (via RT) wrote: # New Ticket Created by Jarkko Hiet

[Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Ovid! On Friday 07 July 2006 12:30, Ovid wrote: > - Original Message > From: Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Not exactly. I suggested that if anyone is interested in working on > > Test::Run, he can file a proposal for a grant saying he'd like to work on > > it with me as a mento

Re: On "Gaming" CPANTS, and a Kwalitee Suggestion

2006-07-07 Thread Tels
Moin, On Thursday 06 July 2006 11:40, David Cantrell wrote: > Tels wrote: > > And, "improve compatibility" - with broken systems? OMG. :) > > Yeah, you know, like when you comment this out before release :-) > > # die("Sorry, you must have a computer to run this software\n") > # if($^O =~ /win32

TAP extension proposal: test attributes

2006-07-07 Thread Scott Bolte
A few years ago I created a system where a test would disclose all of the files on which it depended. This allowed for continuous monitoring of those files and immediate re-execution of the test when it or its dependencies changed. When combined with real-time generation of an HTML dashboard, it re

Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run

2006-07-07 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 11:57:42PM -0700, chromatic wrote: > On Wednesday 05 July 2006 23:02, Shlomi Fish n wrote: > > > I don't see using the X11 licence for my software as anti-social. Like I > > said, anyone can easily fork it as a software of a different licence. > > Supposing you actually fi

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences

2006-07-07 Thread Ovid
- Original Message > From: Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To battle such ignorance and give people (especially those with some > non-negligible authority) a quick-and-dirty intro to such issues, I've set up > the following wiki page: > > http://perl.net.au/wiki/Legal_Resources_for_H

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Chris Dolan
On Jul 7, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote: This kind of attitude was also said by another responder to this mailing list. It's sort of a "small headed" (see http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2004/12/06.html ) "I just want to write code and am not interested in any legal details" attit

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences

2006-07-07 Thread Pete Krawczyk
Subject: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]] From: Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:13:58 +0300 }Well, I'm not a lawyer, either, but I still have a

Re: Module Signatures [was Re: On "Gaming" CPANTS...]

2006-07-07 Thread Tels
Moin, On Thursday 06 July 2006 03:22, Jonathan Rockway wrote: > > It adds a dependency on a binary application (gpg) that users have to > > install by hand, doesn't check for the presence of it properly, and > > if you don't have it, installs an enormous chain of dependencies, > > with said deps h

List operations for S29

2006-07-07 Thread Aaron Sherman
I've worked over the basic list operations in S29 (see below, as I can't commit). The big shocker is going to be this: splice can't be as full-featured as we wanted. According to audreyt on #perl6, Perl 6.0.0 cannot expect to have MMD on both the inbound and outbound signature. Given that, we'll ha

Re: [perl #39745] [PATCH] Fixed TODO on t/codingstd/cppcomments.t

2006-07-07 Thread jerry gay
On 7/6/06, via RT John J. Trammell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Test now uses Parrot::Distribution module instead of mass globbing. thanks, applied as r13196, with some slight modifications, and additions. ~jerry

Re: contrib tool: search for opcodes

2006-07-07 Thread João Cruz Morais
Hi, I've just submitted the patch. PS: For future Python scripts a port of the Parrot::Config Perl5 module would be nice to have. Are you talking about the module that has the code to run the steps from Configure.pl? Regards, João C Morais

Re: contrib tool: search for opcodes

2006-07-07 Thread jerry gay
On 7/7/06, João Cruz Morais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are you talking about the module that has the code to run the steps from Configure.pl? Parrot::Config is a module *generated* by Configure.pl, containing parrot's configuration information in a format (perl module) that's easy for perl scri

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences

2006-07-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Friday 07 July 2006 17:07, Pete Krawczyk wrote: > Subject: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal > Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl > Foundation Grants]] From: Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 16:13:58 +0

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences

2006-07-07 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-07 15:25]: > It's sort of a "small headed" (see > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2004/12/06.html ) "I just > want to write code and am not interested in any legal details" > attitude. Oh, please. Are you really that audacious to suggest that all of P

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Chris! On Friday 07 July 2006 17:04, Chris Dolan wrote: > On Jul 7, 2006, at 8:13 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > This kind of attitude was also said by another responder to this > > mailing list. > > It's sort of a "small headed" (see > > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2004/12/06.html ) "I jus

Re: [perl #39755] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: tru64 6 failures: getting NaNQs: t/pmc/complex.t

2006-07-07 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
Jerry Gay via RT wrote: > i've related this ticket to #38887: (Nobody) Result of INFINITY or NAN > stringification is platform dependent [new] > > there are many platforms failing NaN/Inf related tests due to this issue. That is very true, and very worthy of a separate ticket, but isn't the failu

Re: Ruby on Parrot

2006-07-07 Thread Kevin Tew
Allison Randal wrote: I gave a Parrot talk at a Ruby user group meeting tonight. Someone mentioned that they had seen somebody on #parrot who was working on a new Ruby implementation based on Punie. Do you exist? And is there anything we can do to help you? Allison That would be me! PRuby i

Java Script in Parrot

2006-07-07 Thread Vishal Soni
Hi, Is any one working on Java Script(ECMA-262) implementation in Parrot? -- Thanks, Vishal

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences

2006-07-07 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-07 17:45]: > For the record, it is possible to be interested and > knowledgable about law, without having a Law Diploma. This is > similar to the fact that you can program without having a B.Sc. > in Computer Science or whatever. No, it’s more similar to

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Andy Lester
Those who disagree with Shlomi on licenses are small-headed and ignorant. Got it. Keep digging that hole, Mr. Fish! -- Andy Lester => [EMAIL PROTECTED] => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance

Any Clue about Devel::Cover Error Message "Corrupted storable file (binary v2.7) at ../../lib/Storable.pm"

2006-07-07 Thread Scott Wang
Hi Paul, Even, currently, there is no any zero size data file in structure folder in my regression code coverage run (lots of suites), I still got lots of messages like below: --- Corrupted storable file (binary v2.7) at ../../lib/Storable.pm (autosplit into ../../lib/auto/Storable/_retrie

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Friday 07 July 2006 18:39, Andy Lester wrote: > Those who disagree with Shlomi on licenses are small-headed and > ignorant. Got it. > > Keep digging that hole, Mr. Fish! > That's not what I said or meant. What I meant was that someone here said and I quote: http://www.mail-archive.com/perl-q

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences

2006-07-07 Thread A. Pagaltzis
Oh, and as a last point, before I leave well enough alone: * Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-07 17:45]: > I can tell you from my experience that one of my projects would > not have become half-as-successful as it has been, if it had > been released under the GPL instead of the Public Doma

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread chromatic
On Friday 07 July 2006 08:56, Shlomi Fish wrote: Shlomi, you are NOT reading or comprehending what people say here. Please stop and think about what I write until you understand it before you respond. > What I wanted to say is that people should have the > minimal knowledge to understand that M

Licenses, alligators

2006-07-07 Thread Ian Langworth
When the last giant thread happened, I felt guilty for not contributing. To absolve myself of any future guilt due to the lack of a contribution to recent conversations, here's some useful information about alligators, courtesy of Wikipedia: "There are only two countries on earth that have alliga

Re: Licenses, alligators

2006-07-07 Thread Jonathan T. Rockway
Great, now the mailing list archives have to be licenced under the GFDL :-) Ian Langworth wrote: When the last giant thread happened, I felt guilty for not contributing. To absolve myself of any future guilt due to the lack of a contribution to recent conversations, here's some useful informati

I'm pre-hackathoning at OSCON, not post-hackathoning

2006-07-07 Thread Chip Salzenberg
I'm unable to hang around Portland after Friday afternoon, I'm sorry to report, so Saturday hackathoning will miss me. However, I will be arriving a day _early_ so I'll be in Portland all day Sunday. I understood Patrick to be in a similar situation, so he might be there Sunday too. -- Chip Salz

Re: Any Clue about Devel::Cover Error Message "Corrupted storable file (binary v2.7) at ../../lib/Storable.pm"

2006-07-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:26:13AM -0700, Scott Wang wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Even, currently, there is no any zero size data file > in structure folder in my regression code coverage run > (lots of suites), I still got lots of messages like > below: > --- > Corrupted storable file (binary v

Re: Using Rules Today

2006-07-07 Thread Flavio S. Glock
2006/7/5, Joshua Gatcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I have not had a chance to look at Flavio's links yet. Since no one who actually knows rules seemed to be inspired to write an example for me - I will *eventually* figure it out on my own and post back to the list as an FYI. Here is a simple one t

TAP Namespace Nonproliferation Treaty

2006-07-07 Thread Michael G Schwern
I propose that we all avoid grabbing the juicy names in the top level TAP namespace, such as TAP::Grammar, TAP::Parser and so on. This avoids one module getting the special status of being "the" TAP::Parser. AKA "The CGI.pm problem". Sort of declare a namespace Antarctic Treaty. For example, I

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Michael G Schwern
On 7/7/06, chromatic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I DO NOT WANT TO RELICENSE YOUR CODE. It is a huge maintenance burden. It creates confusion for developers, who need to decide which version to patch. It creates confusion for users, who need to decide which version to use. You can't reuse patch

Re: Old and broken versions of Module::Install

2006-07-07 Thread James E Keenan
Steffen Mueller wrote: You can find a complete (and somewhat current) list of problematic modules at http://steffen-mueller.net/mi_old.html Thank you very much for this public service! jimk

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Michael G Schwern
Folks should read the fascinating document which is the LEGAL file which comes with the Ruby source code. http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/LEGAL?rev=1.12.2.2;content-type=text%2Fplain The Ruby source contains not one, not two, but SIXTEEN different licences including the "Beer-War

Re: More on the TAP::Grammar

2006-07-07 Thread Michael G Schwern
On 7/7/06, Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This long-winded (as usual) explanation brings me around to my actual question: is there really any need to have the lexing and parsing stages clearly delineated? I can't see why, but from you mentioning several times that "that's a parser's job, no

[perl #39760] make warnings (r13197 - x86-msvc-7.1)

2006-07-07 Thread via RT
# New Ticket Created by Jerry Gay # Please include the string: [perl #39760] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39760 > compilers\imcc\imcparser.c imcparser.c compilers\imcc\imcparser.c(878) : warning C4273: 'ma

Re: Ruby on Parrot

2006-07-07 Thread jerry gay
On 7/7/06, Kevin Tew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Allison Randal wrote: > I gave a Parrot talk at a Ruby user group meeting tonight. Someone > mentioned that they had seen somebody on #parrot who was working on a > new Ruby implementation based on Punie. Do you exist? And is there > anything we can

[perl #39759] [NEW] Util tool - search for opcodes

2006-07-07 Thread João Cruz Morais
# New Ticket Created by "João Cruz Morais" # Please include the string: [perl #39759] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39759 > Given a valid regex (pcre style) as an argument, the script will search inside any

[perl #39761] [NEW] t/codingstd/tabs.t - checks for tabbed indents

2006-07-07 Thread John J. Trammell
# New Ticket Created by "John J. Trammell" # Please include the string: [perl #39761] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=39761 > Found in docs/pdds/pdd07_codingstd.pod: All indentation must consist of s

Re: Ruby on Parrot

2006-07-07 Thread Allison Randal
Kevin Tew wrote: That would be me! PRuby is the project. Suggestions of a better project name are welcome. Possibly Cardinal? (A ruby-red bird.) The original Cardinal project was started in 2002, but talking last night we decided it needed a complete re-write in PGE/TGE (which is when you w

[perl #39704] [TODO] Tcl - Convert TODO/XXX comments to RT tickets

2006-07-07 Thread Will Coleda via RT
Suggestion for these and other areas in the source with TODOs... # XXX bad. # XXX (RT#39704) good. Then it's still obvious if you're in the code that a ticket was opened, and it's possible to automate your search for "bad" XXX's (or TODOs). On Mon Jul 03 23:58:41 2006, mdiep wrote: >mini:

Re: TAP extension proposal: test attributes

2006-07-07 Thread Yuval Kogman
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 08:36:33 -0500, Scott Bolte wrote: > I propose using of subset of the Config::Std syntax to allow tests to > declare attributes that are captured in Test::TAP::Model as a hash. > That would allow the test to declare configuration information, such > as its dependencies, whi

Re: [Slightly OT] Understanding Software Licences [was Re: Proposal Suggestion - Test::Run [was Re: [Israel.pm] Fwd: Call for proposals -- Perl Foundation Grants]]

2006-07-07 Thread Adam Kennedy
From my interpretation, what he said was "I don't care to understand licenses enough so I don't want to be bothere with it." Now I think this is a rather small-minded approach to this issue, which I think is very bad. Perhaps, the response to Ovid about it instead of this message was not appropr

Re: Old and broken versions of Module::Install

2006-07-07 Thread Adam Kennedy
James E Keenan wrote: Steffen Mueller wrote: You can find a complete (and somewhat current) list of problematic modules at http://steffen-mueller.net/mi_old.html Thank you very much for this public service! Indeed. Adam K