Re: CPAN - tidying up the CPAN Index and PAUSE permissions

2020-08-24 Thread Darren Duncan
containing an actual Perl module, or otherwise do you know why that showed up on PAUSE but not Metacpan? Thank you. -- Darren Duncan On 2020-08-24 1:01 p.m., Neil Bowers wrote: Hi Darren, I’m one of the PAUSE admins. I’m tidying up distributions where either multiple people have first-come p

best practice for documentation-only distros

2017-10-30 Thread Darren Duncan
s well as other langauges, the parts that are agnostic to implementation. -- Darren Duncan

Re: BackPAN permissions block file downloads

2016-08-06 Thread Darren Duncan
t want to quickly browse the source as if it were a README. Thanks again. -- Darren Duncan On 2016-08-06 5:51 PM, Douglas Bell wrote: Alright, this seems to be fixed. Thanks for letting us know: That error meant that it was still trying to execute it as CGI (though there were 2 permission failu

BackPAN permissions block file downloads

2016-08-06 Thread Darren Duncan
;m writing modules@ to get the attention of whomever is best to deal with this problem. Thank you in advance for fixing this. -- Darren Duncan

Re: PAUSE permissions conflict between MyLib and mylib

2016-08-05 Thread Darren Duncan
to ignore modules in t/ and examples/ and only index those in lib/. The above url reflects this. I don't know if anyone will actually find this module useful in practice when contrasted with its peers, but at least now it is more the best it can be according to its original reason to exi

Re: PAUSE permissions conflict between MyLib and mylib

2016-07-30 Thread Darren Duncan
ublic CPAN directories correctly. It is still on you to give GAAS the "mylib" privilege or whatever you think he should have. I elected not to do a transfer grant myself to keep things simpler. -- Darren Duncan

Re: PAUSE permissions conflict between MyLib and mylib

2016-07-28 Thread Darren Duncan
have left the older ones up as placeholders of sorts and they should remain indexed. Thank you. -- Darren Duncan

PAUSE problem: Backpan not archiving newer modules

2003-09-27 Thread Darren Duncan
one asks about it, I do keep my own archives at home, so private copies still exist, but the public ones are still important.) Thank you. -- Darren Duncan

RFC: lack of registrations

2003-08-18 Thread Darren Duncan
instead on the backend coding for nntp.x.perl.org? I think that there are quite a few people now who are wanting to know. Also, would it be practical to authorize extra people to do registrations? -- Darren Duncan

Re: [RFC] SQL::AST (SQL Abstract Syntax Tree) - DBI related

2003-08-14 Thread Darren Duncan
t Syntax Tree' in the description? For example: SQL:: ::ObjectModel adhOg An abstract syntax tree for SQL DUNCAND So who likes that for a registration? Or should I keep SyntaxTree in the module name instead (and object model in the desc)? Or are there other suggestions? -- Darren Duncan

Re: [RFC] SQL::AST (SQL Abstract Syntax Tree) - DBI related

2003-08-14 Thread Darren Duncan
e feedback (thank you all), including that 11-character thing, I think that this is what I will try to register: SQL:: ::ObjectModel adhOg An abstract syntax tree for SQL DUNCAND Have a good day. -- Darren Duncan

[RFC] SQL::AST (SQL Abstract Syntax Tree) - DBI related

2003-08-14 Thread Darren Duncan
I be best to have a name like that, such as "libSQLAST". Or would it sound better without that, such as "SQLAST"? Thank you very much in advance for any feedback. -- Darren Duncan P.S. For your convenience, below is a copy of some pod from SQL::ObjectModel v0.03, which describ

Re: RFC: a SQL-representing object

2003-05-30 Thread Darren Duncan
worth being a module for it. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] is probably a better place to ask that. So maybe I'll try there soon. Just FYI: On a side note, I did send a different but related question to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, which I also subscribed to, since this seems to be made up mostly of database module developers. Thanks again. -- Darren Duncan

RFC: a SQL-representing object

2003-05-30 Thread Darren Duncan
Hello (and in particular to database module makers/users), I am at a point in the design/development of my "Rosetta" database abstraction tool where I am considering spitting the framework into more independant pieces than was previously planned, namely splitting up the "core", so that it is easie

RFC - reserving a namespace hierarchy

2003-03-29 Thread Darren Duncan
se a file specified in a manifest or something, if there is no individual module with the name of the framework. Is this feasable, or would it be beyond what CPAN is intended to be doing? Thank you in advance for any feedback to this RFC. Please cc any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my archival as I am not subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED], in addition to replying directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have a good day. -- Darren Duncan

Re: making POD files appear in CPAN Search listing

2003-02-11 Thread Darren Duncan
> On tisdag, feb 11, 2003, at 19:27 Europe/Stockholm, Darren Duncan wrote: > > As a follow-up to this thread that I posted yesterday, I'm letting you > > know that my problem is solved. On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, A. Bergman wrote: > you interested, what did you have to change?

Re: making POD files appear in CPAN Search listing

2003-02-11 Thread Darren Duncan
night. -- Darren Duncan

making POD files appear in CPAN Search listing

2003-02-10 Thread Darren Duncan
o see it, and the file is unformatted there. I would like the interpreted POD to appear in the main distribution details page like the POD extracted from Rosetta.pm does. What do I need to change in my distribution for this to happen? (I would like to upload a fix to this ASAP.) Thank you in advance

Re: Module submission Rosetta

2003-01-19 Thread Darren Duncan
ble. It will appear just beneath "Name" in my POD. Hopefully this will give you a better idea where I am heading than my previous summaries did, and what is more unique about my offering. Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide. -- Darren Duncan P.S. I am still doing d

Re: Module submission DBIx::Portable

2003-01-09 Thread Darren Duncan
remember seeing any. And I wouldn't want to do that myself, since it seems silly in the same way as naming something "Yet Another [something]"; it doesn't have anything to say about the uniqueness of the work. So, thank you (collectively) for all your help. I will be back. -- Darren Duncan

Re: Module submission DBIx::Portable

2003-01-08 Thread Darren Duncan
better with or without a "DB" prefix or suffix? If it would not be a problem, I am more inclined to use that than any other suggestions to date. Of course, I welcome any more suggestions. > > - PortableDB > > - AbstractDB > > those are too general, i think. Quite possible. Certainly, several existing CPAN modules use the terms somehow. -- Darren Duncan

Re: Module submission DBIx::Portable

2003-01-08 Thread Darren Duncan
ork name: - Cipher - CipherDB - DBCipher - ResolveDB - DBResolver - InterpreDB - DBInterpreter - TranslateDB - DBTranslator - RosettaStone - RosettaDB ... etc - PortableDB - AbstractDB Personally, I like the "Cipher" options best (hence, listed first). What do you think? Hopefully it won't be confused with encryption or anything. But "cipher" actually has a broader meaning than that. -- Darren Duncan

Re: Module submission DBIx::Portable

2003-01-07 Thread Darren Duncan
e will be significant but not paradigm-shifting changes in the mean-time. If the current POD doesn't provide enough information then I will re-apply for registering the module later, when there is more. Until registration is complete, I will continue to make uploads as DBIx-Portable, as a temprary name, so to avoid adding more clutter (temporary names) on CPAN. Thank you. -- Darren Duncan

Re: Module submission DBIx::Portable

2003-01-06 Thread Darren Duncan
ver::*"? If the first option would still have been chosen, then is it reasonable for me to also use a second top-level namespace, for example of "PortableDBD" or "PDBD", since the drivers for PortableDBI are meant to be created or used or owned in the same relative way as the drivers for DBI? Thank you in advance for your feedback. -- Darren Duncan

RE: Module submission Tie::WarnGlobal

2001-05-08 Thread Darren Duncan
f the latter is so, might I suggest you use a name like Devel::WarnGlobal instead? Or am I getting the wrong impression of your module's intended use? // Darren Duncan

RE: [CGI] RFC: a new name in CGI::* for HTML::Application

2001-04-30 Thread Darren Duncan
Thank you, Tommy, for your vote. So that's one vote in favor of CGI::Portable. Are there any others who agree with this name, or do you think something else is better? Good days, // Darren Duncan At 11:30 AM -0700 4/30/01, Tommy Butler wrote: > CGI::Portable is an excellent

RFC: a new name in CGI::* for HTML::Application

2001-04-26 Thread Darren Duncan
e any feedback on a good name to request for this main module. Thanks a lot, // Darren Duncan

Re: Module submission HTML::Application

2001-04-24 Thread Darren Duncan
(but not necessarily) are separate, but I don't know if that will make the module harder to use or not. Thank you, // Darren Duncan At 10:40 AM +0200 4/21/01, Perl Authors Upload Server wrote: >The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > mod

RFC: EventCountFile

2001-04-10 Thread Darren Duncan
making a formal request. Thank you, // Darren Duncan

Re: FINAL CALL: Policy request

2001-04-09 Thread Darren Duncan
I agree with Kurt Starsinic. Pause IDs are for individuals and should stay that way. For these companies on the queue they should elect a team member to be their proxy and that individual can sign up for an ID that group projects are submitted under. // Darren Duncan

re: Help!

2001-04-06 Thread Darren Duncan
d module upload, and/or follow-up on it somehow. Thanks for all your efforts, // Darren Duncan

please register File::VirtualPath namespace

2001-04-06 Thread Darren Duncan
translation-type data structure. If you have any questions then please ask. Or if you have suggestions for a more appropriate name then I can hear it (but I did do my research). Thank you, // Darren Duncan -- NAME File::VirtualPath - Portable abstractio

I request namespaces for File::VirtualPath, Config::HashTree,HTML::Application

2001-04-05 Thread Darren Duncan
the programmer using some components has but to properly set the preferences for the top level component, and those preferences say which other components the first one calls, and say how to set up their environment. If it would help, you can examine the code of my temporary modules CGI::WPM::Globals and CGI::WPM::PageMaker since prototypes of the above functionality are in them. Thanks for all your help. // Darren Duncan

RFC: cleaning up search.cpan.org

2001-03-12 Thread Darren Duncan
rectory is easy to keep clean with the deleting page. But is it possible to have a utility for cleaning up our CPAN Search listings? This would go a long way to making the directory more useful. So has anyone else noticed this problem, and what do you suggest to resolve it? Thank you, // Darren Duncan

RFC on proposed module HTML::Application

2001-02-17 Thread Darren Duncan
PP mailing list, please regard my plans as a complement to CGI::Application, rather than competition (the similarity of names is coincidence). Thanks in advance, // Darren Duncan --- I would like to register the namespace for a new module I am making: HTML::Applicat

CORRECTION - request HTML::Application

2001-02-09 Thread Darren Duncan
and I don't print things out. Differences from CGI::Screen include: - CGI::Screen subclasses from CGI.pm and is therefore strongly tied to it, and mine is not. - My module doesn't generate form html and such. - It is still a lot simpler than mine as far as added value goes. - Likewise, no hierarchy for organizing screens. If you have any questions then email me. So I look forward to you granting my namespace request. Thanks for all your hard work. Good days, // Darren Duncan

request namespace for HTML::FormTemplate

2001-02-09 Thread Darren Duncan
input method and I don't print things out. Differences from CGI::Screen include: - CGI::Screen subclasses from CGI.pm and is therefore strongly tied to it, and mine is not. - My module doesn't generate form html and such. - It is still a lot simpler than mine as far as added value goes. - Likewise, no hierarchy for organizing screens. If you have any questions then email me. So I look forward to you granting my namespace request. Thanks for all your hard work. Good days, // Darren Duncan

re: request namespace for HTML::FormTemplate

2001-01-05 Thread Darren Duncan
-FormTemplate-1.02 on PAUSE a few hours ago, where it can be seen at "http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/D/DU/DUNCAND/". So in case you were waiting to see the finished product before processing my request, you can see it whenever the directory is refreshed. Thank you, // Darren Duncan

request namespace for HTML::FormTemplate

2001-01-02 Thread Darren Duncan
e offering. Thanks in advance, // Darren Duncan --- NAME HTML::FormTemplate - Store definition and make persist forms, reports. DEPENDENCIES Perl Version 5.004 Standard Modules I Nonstandard Modules CGI::MultiValuedHash HTML::EasyTags SYNOPSIS

request namespace for HTML::EasyTags

2001-01-01 Thread Darren Duncan
n what the module does and how it is unique. Thanks in advance, // Darren Duncan

request namespace for Class::ParamParser

2000-12-31 Thread Darren Duncan
list as well. Thank you, // Darren Duncan NAME Class::ParamParser - Provides complex parameter list parsing. DEPENDENCIES Perl Version 5.004 Standard Modules I Nonstandard Modules I SYNOPSIS use Class::ParamParser; @ISA = qw( Class::ParamP

[RFC] for HTML::EasyTags

2000-12-31 Thread Darren Duncan
e TagMaker version. The main exception being that the last two methods from TagMaker were removed, since they were more proprietary in nature. Thanks in advance, // Darren Duncan P.S. If I get no response to this email in 24 hours, I will advance to making a namespace request for "HTML::EasyTa

request namespaces for Data::MultiValuedHash, CGI::MultiValuedHash

2000-12-30 Thread Darren Duncan
CAND. If anyone has further suggestions, such as whether the above should be separate distributions or a combined one (will do separate by default), please say. Good days, // Darren Duncan

[RFC] need name for "HashOfArrays"

2000-12-29 Thread Darren Duncan
the portion of the POD from Name, Dependencies, Synopsis, Description. Left out is the syntax and method list. Please tell me if this is too much information for this email. Thanks in advance, // Darren Duncan - NAME CGI::HashOfArrays - Perl module that implem

Re: RFC: WebsiteGenerator, etc.

2000-12-29 Thread Darren Duncan
t it is in the CGI:: namespace it should strive to be > compatible under Apache::*. Thanks for the tip; I will keep this in mind. Although that is partly why I chose the CGI space before... Good days, // Darren Duncan

Re: RFC: WebsiteGenerator, etc.

2000-12-28 Thread Darren Duncan
nality.) > Of course, I should be one to talk... I've never uploaded anything to CPAN > yet (although I've got an ID now... ). Congrats on taking that step forward. :) Thank you, // Darren Duncan

RFC/ANNOUNCE: WebsiteGenerator, FormGenerator, Class-ParamParser

2000-12-27 Thread Darren Duncan
nts. CGI::WPM::Redirect - Perl module that is a subclass of CGI::WPM::Base and issues an HTTP redirection header. CGI::WPM::Usage - Perl module that is a subclass of CGI::WPM::Base and tracks site usage details, as well as e-mail backups of usage counts to the site owner. Thank you, // Darren Duncan

need registration for 17 newish modules for CGI, class paramparsing

2000-09-05 Thread Darren Duncan
WPM::Base and tracks site usage details, as well as e-mail backups of usage counts to the site owner. Thank you, // Darren Duncan BTW, is it customary to get responses to requests like these, or are they only done if people feel like it?

need registration for 15 libdwg modules

2000-07-23 Thread Darren Duncan
navigation for one level in the web site page hierarchy from a parent node to its children, encapsulates and returns its childrens' returned web page components, and can make a navigation bar to child pages. Thanks for everything, // Darren Duncan

registering my name spaces

2000-07-19 Thread Darren Duncan
ault? On a related note, what kinds of things do I have to say to get a reply (other than registering a new developer). Thanks for everything, // Darren Duncan P.S. The modules on my web site still have their old names, but will be updated and their internal code updated any day now.

request namespace for Data::HashOfArrays

2000-07-15 Thread Darren Duncan
et it be known that at least 5 of my other modules use this one. Good days, // Darren Duncan -- =head1 NAME DDuncan::HashOfArrays - Perl module that implements a hash whose keys can have either one or several associated values. I =head1 DEPENDE

request namespace for CGI::WebPageContent

2000-07-15 Thread Darren Duncan
. Likewise, I appreciate suggestions for a better brief description for use in the module list. For a good description of my module, I have provided part of its POD at the end of this letter. The rest of the POD is on my site. Currently, at least 2 of my other modules use this one. // Darren Duncan

request namespace for HTML::FormMaker

2000-07-15 Thread Darren Duncan
. // Darren Duncan -- =head1 NAME DDuncan::HTMLFormMaker - Perl module that can create web fill-out forms as well as parse, error-check, and report their contents. Form contents are persistant if desired, and form field definitions can be stored in a file

request namespace for HTML::TagMaker

2000-07-15 Thread Darren Duncan
them. Likewise, I appreciate suggestions for a better brief description for use in the module list. For a good description of my module, I have provided part of its POD at the end of this letter. The rest of the POD is on my site. Currently, at least 2 of my other modules use this one. // Darren

request namespace for Method::ParamParser

2000-07-14 Thread Darren Duncan
appreciate suggestions for a better brief description for use in the module list. For a good description of my module, I have provided part of its POD at the end of this letter. The rest of the POD is on my site. Currently, at least 2 of my other modules use this one. // Darren Duncan

request namespace for IO::SequentialFile

2000-07-14 Thread Darren Duncan
appreciate suggestions for a better brief description for use in the module list. For a good description of my module, I have provided part of its POD at the end of this letter. The rest of the POD is on my site. Currently, at least 1 of my other modules uses this one. // Darren Duncan

request namespace for Data::HashOfArrays

2000-07-14 Thread Darren Duncan
s one. Good days, // Darren Duncan -- =head1 NAME DDuncan::HashOfArrays - Perl module that implements a hash whose keys can have either one or several associated values. I =head1 DEPENDENCIES =head2 Perl Version 5.004 =head2 Standard Modules =i

registering myself as a developer

2000-07-08 Thread Darren Duncan
hours worth) so that it could be used and enjoyed by the widest number of people. And so, by the numbers... 1. My Name: Darren Duncan 2. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. Homepage: www.DarrenDuncan.net 4. preferred id: DUNCAND 5. What I offer: My modules were developed originally to implement