On 2015-05-31 at 16:35:33 -0400, Chris Marshall wrote: > One problem I've had with Alien installs is control of the install process. > > In most cases, as a PDL user I *don't* want unknown > build-test-install processes to take place without my concurrence. > I would far prefer a LibDetect::XXX first with an option of > Alien::XXX install after that. > > Another thing that would be reassuring to me is the ability to > find/view/remove any and all files installed by Alien::XXX. > > Just some things I've been bitten by with the original Alien approach...
Yes, I would first go with extending the current system library detection in the builds and just adding an additional probe to check if the appropriate Alien package is installed after the system check. Moving that towards an (optional) automatic Alien::* build dep can be looked at later. As for removing Alien::* files, I have been using <https://metacpan.org/release/App-pmuninstall> and it works nicely. Cheers, - Zaki Mughal > > Cheers, > Chris > > > On 5/31/2015 16:27, Zakariyya Mughal wrote: > >On 2015-05-30 at 14:42:46 +0100, Ed wrote: > >>Chris, > >> > >>Great work! > >> > >>Now to press towards “splitting the iceberg”. I have a branch already that > >>will make a PDL::Core release 2.010, which consists of the current Basic/ > >>and Doc/. I am very keen to release PDL::Core 2.010, and then straight > >>afterwards, PDL 2.010 which depends on PDL::Core 2.010, but still has all > >>the other stuff still in. The reason is that a separated-out PDL::Core is > >>the “minimum viable product” (in this case, minimal change to the existing > >>distro), on which the next part (below) depends. > >> > >>Obviously, we also need to make individual CPAN releases of all the > >>currently-incorporated non-core modules. Each will need: > >> 1.. its own repo – I strongly suggest putting them on Github, set up > >> with all the goodies that Zaki made happen for PDL, with Travis and the > >> IRC notifications; > >Yes, thanks to Christian Walde' (Mithaldu) for setting up the mirroring > >and recently adding all the current SF repos to GitHub as well > >(pdl-linearalgebra, pdl-io-hdf5, etc.). See <https://github.com/PDLPorters>. > > > >> 2.. the history moved over from the current PDL repo into that repo (I > >> can do that once it’s set up, it’s straightforward enough); > >I seem to recall this was also done with Inline and Inline::C when they > >were split about a year ago? > > > >> 3.. sufficient build-system munging to make them work as a standalone > >> distro (I can take care of that, it’s easy with EUMM) > >> 4.. someone to “own” it (defaulting to Chris, but if someone else is > >> motivated to take it on, that surely will make Chris’s life easier) > >> 5.. an actual CPAN release by whomever is the “owner” > >>If everyone is happy with this as a general concept, I can go ahead and > >>make a list of all the individual new distros, and start executing points 2 > >>& 3 for each of them. I’ll be asking Zaki for his expertise on point 1 for > >>each. Zaki, will you feel like taking on release ownership of some of the > >>distros? > >Sure, I'll try my hand at a couple and then take what I learned from > >those to apply them to the others. I was thinking that starting with > >PDL::IO::GD might work nicely since that might involve also creating an > >Alien::GD. > > > >Cheers, > >- Zaki Mughal > > > >>The final step when this is all sorted, is to release “PDL” as just a small > >>empty distro that has dependencies on PDL::Core plus all the split-out > >>modules, for those who want to get the same as there is now, with the same > >>CPAN command. > >> > >>Best regards, > >>Ed > >> > >>From: Chris Marshall > >>Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:53 PM > >>To: pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >>Subject: [Pdl-devel] PAUSE indexer is happy with PDL-2.009 > >> > >>Thanks for all the help and great work! > >> > >> > >>--Chris > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ pdl-devel mailing list pdl-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pdl-devel
