[Module-build-general] Re: META.yml specs

[Andreas J K. <and...@an...>]

>>>>> On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 03:41:08 -0700, Michael G Schwern <sc...@po...> said:

  > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 12:24:23PM +0200, Andreas J Koenig wrote:
 >> I believe the document should live in Ken's CPAN directory.

  > We'd still need a cannonical URL for the latest version since the one 
  > directly to CPAN would be constantly changing to match the version # or 
  > disappearing as old versions get deleted.

*.html files may be overwritten, so META-spec.html can remain the
latest spec. As long as it contains links to earlier versions, this
should be all you ever need to link to.

  > This is a problem for CPAN modules in general.

That's why there is the exception that says:

    documentation files may be overwritten. There's a simple regular
    expression that draws the line between docu und code:
    <code>/(README|readme|\.html|\.txt)$/</code>. Filenames matching
    this RE can be uploaded as often as you like.

(from CPAN/modules/04pause.html)

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andreas