Re: [Module-build-general] Re: Module Build 0.16 PPM

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 11:54  PM, Randy W. Sims wrote:

> ActiveState just opened a new list for PPM which I've CC'd so that 
> maybe Jan Dubois and Co. can offer some suggestions/insights.

Cool.

> The ppd target prints a simple xml file describing the distribution 
> for PPM. The format is based on the Open Software Description format 
> <http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-OSD.html>
>

Thanks for the reference, I hadn't seen that yet.

> The only problem with the ppd target under M::B is specifying prereqs-
> How will M::B's more dynamic & flexible dependencies be specified in 
> the static ppd file? (rf.
>  <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php
>   ?thread_id=1676522&forum_id=10905>
> ).

Yeah, that may be an issue.  I'd like to get the META.yml file to line 
up better, at least conceptually, with the PPD file.


> ActiveState regularly performs an automated build and packaging (PPM) 
> of modules on CPAN. If the module builds without problem it is 
> automatically placed in their repository (as M::B currently is for 
> most AS supported archs). It looks like you can check the status at
> <http://ppm-ia.activestate.com>
>
> Currently there is only one failure: perl-5.8 on hpux-ia64-lp64 (Hmm, 
> it passes with perl-5.6 on same arch; Unfortunately there doesn't seem 
> to be any log for the failures.)

Hmm, I wonder whether there's some way to see the output?  It would be 
helpful if they were linked.  Anyone at the PPM list have the power to 
make it so?

  -Ken