On 03/13/2013 03:11 PM, Michael G. Schwern wrote: > Here's how BackPAN::Index does it... > > A distribution has a name and a list of releases. > > [snip]
This is the model MetaCPAN uses as well. See <https://github.com/CPAN-API/cpan-api/tree/master/lib/MetaCPAN/Document>. > It may make sense to move the formal information of project > meta data into the distribution, but keep the mechanism for updating it > to include it with the latest release. Effectively, most of the project > meta data is aliased to the latest release. +1 >> (b) We could extend PAUSE's permission system distribution names as >> well, so that distribution names would have primary/co-maint rights >> just as packages do. This would not fix any existing duplicates, but >> would prevent future infractions. It means changing a lot of PAUSE >> code, but would allow RT, search sites and CPAN Testers (CT) to pretty >> much remain as is. > > +1 > > IMO this is a necessary piece of missing CPAN meta data which everyone > else has to piece together again and again. Ditto. +1. If we attempt this solution, I suggest considering case-insensitive distribution names for purposes of general clarity (and portability). A semi-related discussion regarding case-insensitive module/package names petered out last year: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.workers/2012/03/msg997.html
