Hi! Welcome, and thanks for your contribution to the CPAN.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Rene Schickbauer <rene.schickba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > While i'm a long term perl user (five, six years or so), i just got to > upload my first module to PAUSE. > > The module is called Maplat and is a framework for intranet web development. > But thats not my question, actually. Great! Sounds interesting... > > Ok, so now i uploaded my first module with some 50 or some packages/.pm > files and stuff. What actually happens next? > > While i read the many documentations and FAQ's, i'm not clear about the next > steps. How long will it take to index the module so it's visible on > search.cpan.org? How long, until it's available through my CPAN shell? It should index soon and be visible on search.cpan.org within a day or two. It might take a few days to get available via the CPAN shell. Some mirrors are on a fast update schedule, and will have your module within 30 seconds of the upload to PAUSE. cpan.hexten.net, cpan.dagolden.net and cpan.cpantesters.net are three mirrors I know of that have this feature. Other mirrors should get your module within a few days, so not to worry. > > How does that cpantesters stuff work? It's an automatic thingie, right? I > know i don't have enough test scripts (i actually only test if the thing > loads at all - i'm not clear how i'm gonna test the framework without a > postgresql database and without someone clicking an complaining that "all > looks wrong"). CPANTesters is an automated service. Many people run "smoke" servers which test all uploaded PAUSE modules, by building them and reporting to the central CPAN Testers database. It does this by sending emails with test results. The standard CPAN shell and CPANPLUS have plugins to report users' build/test logs to the CPAN Testers service as well. Of course, without any test scripts, your reports will probably all just PASS. You'll need to write better tests (and improve your test coverage) in order to get meaningful results, so I hope you do that soon. > > I know this questions will probably sound stupid (especially coming from > someone with years of perl experience), but i'd rather learn from you than > die stooopied ;-) Everyone has been there at some point. Good luck! > > LG > Rene > Cheers, Fellow PAUSE developer, JAWNSY (and FREQUENCY)
