Re: Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread Michael G Schwern
Eric Wilhelm wrote: > # from Michael G Schwern > # on Thursday 19 July 2007 08:00 am: > >> The way MakeMaker traditionally handles a perl prerequisite is by >> sticking "require 5.xxx" at the top of the Makefile.PL. The CPAN >> tools can spot the resulting error message and take the appropriate >

Re: Adding configure_requires to META.yml

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Ken Williams on Tuesday 12 June 2007 09:00 pm: >It's currently exactly analogous to the >other prereq types, except that during the "dist" action we'll warn >the author if there's an item in config_requires that isn't present >in any of the other prereq fields. # from Ken Williams on

Re: Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Michael G Schwern # on Thursday 19 July 2007 08:00 am: >The way MakeMaker traditionally handles a perl prerequisite is by > sticking "require 5.xxx" at the top of the Makefile.PL.  The CPAN > tools can spot the resulting error message and take the appropriate > action. Interesting. Any ch

Re: compiling "accessory" C code

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Ken Williams # on Sunday 15 July 2007 07:31 pm: >> At the moment, it looks like EU::CB won't want to >> play nice. >What about EU::CB isn't working?  It should be able to build   >executables, more or less. I didn't say it wasn't working :-D More "I don't want to be the first to try it."

Re: Tags for CPAN modules.

2007-07-19 Thread Ken Williams
On Jul 19, 2007, at 7:04 AM, Gabor Szabo wrote: Hi, I have started to export the data collected on CPAN::Forum for anyone to use. The various formats and the links are available here: http://www.cpanforum.com/faq/#data Awesome, thanks Gabor. -Ken

Re: Adding configure_requires to META.yml

2007-07-19 Thread Ken Williams
On Jun 13, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote: # from Ken Williams # on Tuesday 12 June 2007 09:00 pm: In most cases, M::B will be the only c_r entry (and will be auto.) I would really like to not need to state any explicit M::B requirement in Build.PL, so then you get into special-casin

Re: [PATCH] Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread David Golden
On 7/19/07, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yeah, well, that's what we've got. Its written down on the CPAN testers wiki and I also confirmed it with Barbie at YAPC. "Making distributions CPAN Testers friendly" http://cpantest.grango.org/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?act=wiki-page&pagename=CPA

Re: [PATCH] Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from David Golden # on Thursday 19 July 2007 04:23 am: > On 7/19/07, Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Presumably, the compatibility Makefile.PL isn't used for ./Build >> dist, so the META.yml shouldn't be affected, right? > >The distribution that triggered this investigation is Module::

Re: [PATCH] Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread David Golden
On 7/19/07, Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: # from David Golden # on Wednesday 18 July 2007 09:05 pm: >While EU::MM doesn't handle >'perl' well (it issues a warning about a missing prerequisite), it >does still write it into the Makefile PREREQ_PM line and into the >META.yml. Presumably

Re: [PATCH] Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread David Golden
On 7/19/07, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The way MakeMaker traditionally handles a perl prerequisite is by sticking "require 5.xxx" at the top of the Makefile.PL. The CPAN tools can spot the resulting error message and take the appropriate action. Is this documented anywhere?

Re: [PATCH] Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread Michael G Schwern
David Golden wrote: > On 7/19/07, Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The way MakeMaker traditionally handles a perl prerequisite is by >> sticking >> "require 5.xxx" at the top of the Makefile.PL. The CPAN tools can >> spot the >> resulting error message and take the appropriate actio

requires, perl and META.yml

2007-07-19 Thread Michael G Schwern
Speaking of requiring perl, I've noticed there's no formal provision in the META.yml for requiring perl. Though it is in the intro example, the description of "requires" and the rest all say "The keys are the module names, and the values are version specifications as described in VERSION SPECIFICA

Re: [PATCH] Module::Build::Compat should support 'perl' as a prerequisite

2007-07-19 Thread Michael G Schwern
David Golden wrote: > Module::Build::Compat drops 'perl' from the list of prerequisites when > generating a Makefile.PL and/or Makefile. While EU::MM doesn't handle > 'perl' well (it issues a warning about a missing prerequisite), it > does still write it into the Makefile PREREQ_PM line and into

Re: Tags for CPAN modules.

2007-07-19 Thread Gabor Szabo
Hi, I have started to export the data collected on CPAN::Forum for anyone to use. The various formats and the links are available here: http://www.cpanforum.com/faq/#data Your input and cooperation is welcome! Gabor On 7/12/07, Randy Kobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Eric W