Re: The list has moved

2006-06-09 Thread Ron Savage
On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:30:58 -0500, Ken Williams wrote: Hi Ken > *) get whatever list archives we have to look at the new list (what > archives do we have, even?). http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=module-build-general -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/06/200

Re: Error Installing Module::Build::PodParser

2006-06-09 Thread Ron Savage
ded the max allowed for your shell. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/06/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Re: The list has moved

2006-06-09 Thread Ron Savage
On Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:20:27 -0700, David Wheeler wrote: Hi David >> I can't hunt down an obvious unsubscribe... > Look in the headers: > List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just a sec. Isn't that for the new list? -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL P

Re: Error Installing Module::Build::PodParser

2006-06-13 Thread Ron Savage
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:35:29 -0500, Ken Williams wrote: Hi Ken > It's actually not the shell, it's the kernel. :-/ Oh. I was assuming Module::Build /was/ the kernel :-)). -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 14/06/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Mic

[OT] Opinions sought: Module::Info 'v' Module::Which etc

2006-06-14 Thread Ron Savage
Module::Info a reliable alternative? -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Installing in x/lib 'v' x/lib/perl5

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks OS: GNU/Linux Perl: 5.8.0 (Nuff said) When I installed V 0.2611 it went into my-lib/lib/. When I installed V 0.2801 it went into my-lib/lib/perl5. o Why? o Why did it not delete the previous version, given I used: perl Build install uninst=1 -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

When Module::Build is a core module...

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks Just wondering. When Module::Build is a core module will it still live in /perl/site/lib/Module/ or will it move to /perl/lib/Module/? -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Installing in x/lib 'v' x/lib/perl5

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Savage
, the new version installed into /perl/site/lib, and not /perl/site/lib/perl5 (having regard to the change you quoted), because (under Windows) I don't use install_base and everything just works. Sigh. Another complication :-(. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: When Module::Build is a core module...

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Savage
l/lib/Module, and never install itself into /perl/site/lib/Module, so the question is moot, right (he said hopefully)? -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Installing in x/lib 'v' x/lib/perl5

2006-06-18 Thread Ron Savage
ocation shouldn't have changed, nor > the --prefix location, so I'm not sure what's going on there. Nope. I use (having checked for the presence of Build.PL): o perl Build.PL o perl Build o perl Build test o perl Build install uninst=1 -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: When Module::Build is a core module...

2006-06-19 Thread Ron Savage
I love to hate. Some other modules eval its version number as a numeric, and report many errors because 2.121_04 is not numeric. Death to dev versions! -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 20/06/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Re: When Module::Build is a core module...

2006-06-19 Thread Ron Savage
get > -- uninst to work when upgrading perl, but if so I don't know it. Exactly my thoughts. That's why I'm prompting for clarification from demerphq himself. > If you just upgrade M::B within a 5.8 installation, it will > continue to go into site/lib/, even if it's a

Re: When Module::Build is a core module...

2006-06-19 Thread Ron Savage
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:26:15 -0700, David Wheeler wrote: Hi David > What do those programs look like? I wouldn't mind seeing them. Sure. Give me a few days though, to wrap them up. It's all OO BTW. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Need Help .. regarding installation

2006-07-01 Thread Ron Savage
old) and install the latest in a directory which does not have spaces in its name. Please send all replies to the list. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2/07/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Re: When Module::Build is a core module...

2006-07-02 Thread Ron Savage
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:27:42 -0700, David Wheeler wrote: Hi David A couple of mini-crises fabricated (by others) at work has distracted me, but I have documented almost everything in my Local::* modules. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 2/07/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let

Re: Installing in x/lib 'v' x/lib/perl5

2006-07-02 Thread Ron Savage
Image::Magick, when compiled from source via configure with the --enable-installed option set, stores hard-codes paths to its support files. Details: http://imagemagick.org/script/advanced-unix-installation.php -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: When Module::Build is a core module...

2006-07-04 Thread Ron Savage
g them. Start here: http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules/html/local-module-overview.html Local::* modules are in the usual place: http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules.html I don't expect to be putting these on CPAN. What's installed: http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules/html/local-module-report.html --

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Ron Savage
ion numbers, and in that case the Right! Everybody take a deep breath, and go back to basics! -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/07/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Ron Savage
ess stable. OK. > distribution. He may reevaluate that now; I am fully prepared to > maintain a parallel code inside M::B (since the code is already > modular enough to support that). OK. So what steps do you suggest I take, exactly (in my situation only)? -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL

Re: Yet another version.pm release and a patch for Module::Build

2006-07-22 Thread Ron Savage
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:00:10 -0400, David Golden wrote: Hi David > All three are specific, well-understood (in hindsight) and have now > been addressed. We are probably all aware that many things, including hindsight, and clear in hindsight :-). -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on

Re: Bundling dependencies [was Re: Module::Build/version tango of doom]

2006-07-26 Thread Ron Savage
Thanx for coming up with this idea. It look promising, at least to me. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 26/07/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-05 Thread Ron Savage
ndency requires compilation, although dare I say that should be the goal of this first step. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 5/10/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Re: Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-06 Thread Ron Savage
s, that will not generally be reflected in the > compiler flag... I assume this is based on a misunderstanding. I'm not suggesting a flag for whether or not the author has a compiler installed, but whether or not the module's user needs one installed. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PRO

Re: Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-07 Thread Ron Savage
bet. I was an install, not an upgrade. > So you see, if authors almost always have C compilers, the META.yml > files are going to return false positives saying you need C > compilers. Here I'd agree authors would normally have compilers, in that we develop modules on a machine with one,

Re: Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-07 Thread Ron Savage
On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 20:32:19 -0500, Ken Williams wrote: Hi Ken, Adam I had a slight suspicion when I first posted that this might be a can of worms, and now I know :-(. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 8/10/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an

Re: Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-08 Thread Ron Savage
Strawberry Perl, since it comes with GCC included, which means I can use Apache but have to abandon mod_perl unless the latter 2 can be compiled with that version of GCC (but that's another story). Thanx for reading this far. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 9/10/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Re: Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-09 Thread Ron Savage
nto a bit, since that way I can dump data without anyone needing to interpret it.) And yes, I'm assuming English here. And the meta data file is small, so a few bytes are nothing. o Don't aim to solve all imagined problems with the first version. Plan for extension of the feature set -- Che

Re: Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-09 Thread Ron Savage
> The various Alien modules are another. There's already existing > wrapper modules for ssh, rsync and gpg. Sounds good to me. In fact, now some experts have entered the fray, I can problably sink back into well-deserved obscurity. BTW I'll be trying Alien's XML soon. -- Cheers

Re: Extending META.yml for 'requires a C/C++ compiler'

2006-10-09 Thread Ron Savage
s, but now see them more like triggers, causing the parser to fire off callbacks on a per-target basis. I leave the details as an exercise for the student. -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/10/2006 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company

Re: --allow_mb_mismatch and CPANTesters

2007-03-31 Thread Ron Savage
-interactive install would throw a warning, but not stop the installation. Errr, and WTF happens when I'm installing via a CGI script :-)? -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/

[Fwd: Re: _detildefy -- r9408]

2007-05-02 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks Don't you just hate that. I sent this to Ken, not the list... Original Message Subject: Re: _detildefy -- r9408 From: "Ron Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Thu, May 3, 2007 2:30 am To: "Ken W

Re: Compatibility Makefile.PL Complaint

2007-05-22 Thread Ron Savage
s resolved. Reference: For Module::Install V 0.64, the real problem is a line 58. Of the 2 values being compared, one is UTC, one not. Hence the patch invoking Win32::UTCFileTime. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compatibility Makefile.PL Complaint

2007-05-23 Thread Ron Savage
Adam Kennedy wrote: Hi Adam Curious Delighted to get a response. So, any idea what you or I have done to Strawberry Perl to make your version magically work and mine to fail? I would /really/ like to solve this problem. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Compatibility Makefile.PL Complaint

2007-05-23 Thread Ron Savage
the absolute latest M:I in it. I did (without installing any other modules first), and it installed without complaint. My apologies. The problem is more complex than it seemed. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compatibility Makefile.PL Complaint

2007-05-30 Thread Ron Savage
d both with and without installing Module::Install separately. So, IMHO I'd say this problem has been solved, which is good news, although I can't say /exactly/ what solved it :-(. No need to spend any more time examining the Strawberry directory I sent you unless the problem reappear

Re: Tags for CPAN modules.

2007-07-08 Thread Ron Savage
ess someone screams "NO, STOP!" I intend to add this functionality to > MakeMaker. Do it no matter who screams! -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compatibility Makefile.PL Complaint

2007-07-23 Thread Ron Savage
s\Params-Util-0.25> =><8= I'm using Strawberry Perl V 5.8.8 alpha 2 in both cases. Any ideas? -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Compatibility Makefile.PL Complaint

2007-07-23 Thread Ron Savage
Ron Savage wrote: Hi Ron Any ideas? Well, yes, actually... Under WinXP: shell>echo %TZ% displayed %TZ%. When I ran shell>set TZ=+1000 (as per the Win2K machine), then Param::Util's inc/Module/Install.pl line 60 'if stmt' triggered the error under XP the same as was a

Re: META.yml author field

2007-10-28 Thread Ron Savage
y, it violates the Principle of Least Surprise. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: META.yml author field

2007-10-28 Thread Ron Savage
e politest interpretation I see is that the author intended (fingers crossed) that array covers scalar - as $value - without having to use the heavy-handed construct [$value]. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Adding a perl_version key to META.yml

2007-11-24 Thread Ron Savage
estion I've seen on this topic. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Can't call method "ur". Module::Build V 0.2808

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Savage
ule::Build; Module::Build -> new ( module_name => 'Local::Application', license => 'artistic', dist_abstract => 'Local::Application', dist_author => 'Ron Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>', requires

Re: Can't call method "ur". Module::Build V 0.2808

2008-01-02 Thread Ron Savage
#x27;1.00'; at the start of a package, so the remaining 'ur' was deemed by Perl to be a function/subrouting call of some sort. Sorry about that. I have a great excuse, but I'll save it up for another time :-). -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Can't call method "ur". Module::Build V 0.2808

2008-01-04 Thread Ron Savage
On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 17:46 +0100, demerphq wrote: Hi Yves > Kurrila has that one right What is that? I Googled for that, and Google says try Kurilla, but could not see anything relevant. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Can't call method "ur". Module::Build V 0.2808

2008-01-04 Thread Ron Savage
kurila Perhaps just think of it as: Google has not yet indexed the One True Kurila Site (to your satisfaction) :-). -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Optioanlly installing YAML and YAML::Syck

2008-03-13 Thread Ron Savage
stall YAML and YAML::Syck after asking the user if they want to. Or are these modules designed deliberately to disallow that? Seeking clarification. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Optioanlly installing YAML and YAML::Syck

2008-03-13 Thread Ron Savage
eDir loaded ok (v0.69) > ... Excellent. Perhaps a trifle obscurantistic (not you, the problem :-), but... $many x $thanx; -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Help needed diagnosing 'perl Build.PL Build'

2008-03-25 Thread Ron Savage
3.html and /Volumes/Media/smoke/perl562/bin/perl "-Iblib/arch" "-Iblib/lib" Build.PL Build in http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.cpan.testers/2008/03/msg1203263.html Only the latter says Module::Build not found. Any ideas? -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Help needed diagnosing 'perl Build.PL Build'

2008-03-25 Thread Ron Savage
ne: > > 'PL_FILES' => {} > > I suspect that keeps older EU::MM from thinking that Build.PL should > be automatically included. So that's what that's for! And you're right, the current CGI::Session Makefile.PL does not contain any such line. $many x $thanx; -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Curious warning from Module::Build 0.2808

2008-05-15 Thread Ron Savage
;===8><===> Not sure which stmt triggered the warning. Worth worrying about? Since the latter 2 are in a different package, I'd expect to not get that warning. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Q: How to specify a minimum version of Perl

2008-07-08 Thread Ron Savage
00562: No such file or directory So the second question is, what's the Makefile.PL equivalent of:  perl=> '5.005_62', TIA. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Q: How to specify a minimum version of Perl

2008-07-08 Thread Ron Savage
enough. > I believe that M::B::Compat in 0.2808_01 will do this for you if you > are having M::B generate your Makefile.PL. OK. But I maintain all my Makefile.PL's manually, at the moment. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: ship it

2008-07-09 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Eric Pick the odd one out :-): Everybody hates: o Module::Signature o Development-style version numbers o Thread implementations which don't work o XYZ implementations which don't work o Less than infinitely fast response times o MS Win2FK o MS WinXFP o MS WinFVista o Etc --

Confused about docs for script_files & M::B V 0.280801

2008-07-15 Thread Ron Savage
if you \n"; print "* wish to utilize the HTML output options of ini.report.pl. \n"; print "* Run ini.report.pl -h for details. \n"; print "\n"; <==8><==> One user has reported the script not getting installed, but I don't know the verion of M::B he's using yet. I take it, however, that the behaviour of the code has changed and the docs are just out of date? -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Confused about docs for script_files & M::B V 0.280801

2008-07-15 Thread Ron Savage
just love docs which match reality, as distinct say, from newspapers... Thanx for the quick response. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: testing alpha toolchain modules

2008-09-09 Thread Ron Savage
p fund it. -- Ron Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: automating the M::B release cycle?

2009-01-26 Thread Ron Savage
: http://microformats.org/ -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: automating the M::B release cycle?

2009-01-26 Thread Ron Savage
Hi David > > Hopefully from Eric's reply you'll see that it was VCfs I was > questioning, as in "use VCfs;" which from context is some sort of > abstraction of a "Version Control File System". Version Control!? Damn. Something else I ha

Suggestion: New tag in META.yml: pure_perl

2009-03-21 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks For those of us who wish to indicate to a program that our distro is a pure Perl module, I'm thinking that a pure_perl tag in META.yml is the way to go. Would it be possible to support that in the tool chain? -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: Suggestion: New tag in META.yml: pure_perl

2009-03-21 Thread Ron Savage
Damn - my replies have not been going to the list... On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 10:03 +1100, Ron Savage wrote: > Hi Lyle > > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 18:12 +, Lyle wrote: > > Ron Savage wrote: > > > Hi Folks > > > > > > For those of us who wish to

Re: Suggestion: New tag in META.yml: pure_perl

2009-03-21 Thread Ron Savage
Damn - my replies have not been going to the list... On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 10:00 +1100, Ron Savage wrote: > Hi Eric > > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 10:44 -0700, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > # from Ron Savage > > # on Saturday 21 March 2009 02:16: > > > > >For those of

Re: Suggestion: New tag in META.yml: pure_perl

2009-03-21 Thread Ron Savage
Damn - my replies have not been going to the list... On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 10:47 +1100, Ron Savage wrote: > Hi Eric > > On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 16:21 -0700, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > > # from Ron Savage > > # on Saturday 21 March 2009 16:00: > > > > >compi

Re: Suggestion: New tag in META.yml: pure_perl

2009-03-21 Thread Ron Savage
, I'd like to see a statement as to whether or not a module, and all its dependencies, are pure Perl, for example. So, I was expecting this metadata would be stored somewhere convenient. Of s^Hcourc^Hse, I have no problem with the data being easily generatable, on demand... -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html

[OT] Which module which tells you your Build.PL/Makefile.PL are/not up-to-date?

2009-07-05 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks The subject says it all. -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: [OT] Which module which tells you your Build.PL/Makefile.PL are/not up-to-date?

2009-07-06 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Curtis On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 10:58 -0600, Curtis Jewell wrote: > I wonder if he means Test::Prereq (which tests if you've updated your > requirements in the module, but not in your .PL file)? Test::Prereq is indeed the one I was searching for. $many x $thanx; -- R

Finding all version numbers in a distro's *.pm files

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks I've been reading up on version numbers and the docs for version.pm, and looking on CPAN for this one. Is there a program/module which will scan all *.pm files in a dir, and extract what version.pm thinks are version numbers? TIA. -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.n

[Fwd: Re: Finding all version numbers in a distro's *.pm files]

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks This went straight to David, instead of the list :-(. Forwarded Message > From: Ron Savage > To: David Golden > Subject: Re: Finding all version numbers in a distro's *.pm files > Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:38 +1000 > > Hi David > >

Re: Finding all version numbers in a distro's *.pm files

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Eric On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 18:46 -0700, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > # from Ron Savage > # on Monday 31 August 2009 18:04: > > >Is there a program/module which will scan all *.pm files in a dir, and > >extract what version.pm thinks are version numbers? > > Have you l

Re: Finding all version numbers in a distro's *.pm files

2009-08-31 Thread Ron Savage
Hi David On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 23:57 -0400, David Golden wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Ron Savage wrote: > > I want to ensure all files in the dir return the same version number, if > > I print them using version.pm. > > Assuming your *.pm files are in

Re: Making Module::Build less noisy?

2009-09-04 Thread Ron Savage
ot;, "Deleting this", "Removed this", etc. > type messages. > > I think we should try to make the overall Module::Build experience > pretty quiet by default and only spew process messages if --verbose is > true. +1 -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: alpha dists without the underscores

2009-09-06 Thread Ron Savage
o, recognize that it's saying something about the *.pm file set, and put it in the meta docs. Hence my Module::Metadata::Changes, which attempts to make the Changes (aka *) file confusion into machine-readable confusion. -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: DWIM inc bundling design discussion (LONG)

2009-09-11 Thread Ron Savage
ning it off make any sense? o Off-line: For those of us who work on machines with no mini CPAN and no internet access, I assume this mechanism will be self-contained, in that everything will 'just work' without that access? Yes? -- Ron Savage r...@savage.net.au http://savage.net.au/index.html

Re: DWIM inc bundling design discussion (LONG)

2009-09-11 Thread Ron Savage
Hi David $many x $thanx for the detailed reply. More below. On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 20:39 -0400, David Golden wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Ron Savage wrote: [snip] > > o Off-line: For those of us who work on machines with no mini CPAN and > > no internet access

Re: DWIM inc bundling design discussion (LONG)

2009-09-11 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Ron Damn, don't you just hate that! I forgot to mention one of my pet hates... On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 10:07 +1000, Ron Savage wrote: [snip] o Development releases: Can you guarantee (nothing personal :-) we won't have another fiasco a la Data::Dumper (I think it was) a few years

Re: DWIM inc bundling design discussion (LONG)

2009-09-11 Thread Ron Savage
Hi David On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 22:10 -0400, David Golden wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Ron Savage wrote: > > o Development releases: Can you guarantee (nothing personal :-) we won't > > have another fiasco a la Data::Dumper (I think it was) a few years ago, >

Re: DWIM inc bundling design discussion (LONG)

2009-09-12 Thread Ron Savage
Hi David On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 07:52 -0400, David Golden wrote: > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Ron Savage wrote: > > My concern is authors choosing to include a dev version of module, which > > is in conflict with my policy of - as far as humanly possible - of never >

Nothing to enter for 'provides' field in metafile

2011-03-16 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks I've just started to get the warning msg in the Subject. I assume it's a side-effect of V 0.3800. I could not see any reference to a provides key in the docs for M::B, nor via googling, altho I assume it goes in Build.PL somehow. What should I do to silence this msg? --

Docs for meta_add, meta_merge

2011-05-11 Thread Ron Savage
Hi Folks I couldn't find any docs for meta_add etc in Module::Build. I did find them by googling. Can't say exactly where they should go, but I'd like to see at least a reference to them in there somewhere. -- Ron Savage http://savage.net.au/ Ph: 0421 920 622