[Module-build-general] Remove YAML document header from META.yml spec
Status: Beta
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From: Michael G S. <sc...@po...> - 2003-08-18 11:47:12
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I just got a patch for MakeMaker's META.yml generation adding the YAML document header to the metafile. That's the "--- #YAML:1.0" thing. I rejected it because its optional in YAML and just clutter in a short document like META.yml. But I've noticed that nowhere else in the META.yml spec does it attempt to specify the format of the YAML file. Everywhere else the formatting rules are left to the YAML spec. Mentioning the document header is then something of an unnecessary inconsistency and should probably be removed. The first line of a META.yml file should be a valid YAML document header like "--- #YAML:1.0". That line. -- Michael G Schwern sc...@po... http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ |