Re: [Module::Build] codebase? paths in .tar.gz?

[Randy W. S. <Ra...@Th...>]

On 12/20/2003 12:17 PM, Glenn Linderman wrote:
> I'm no expert in the required contents of a .ppd file.  But I can't 
> imagine ever wanting one that doesn't have a version.  While it is nice 
> to also have the author and abstract, I can't see that having them or 
> not having them makes the module more or less functional.

Those fields are not required for a PPD file. It's been a long time 
since I've used ppm, but I recall seeing more than a few without 
abstracts and other info. But, I think it is more than reasonable to 
require this information. Browsing thruough several screens of module 
names (many of which are unhelpfully named to say the least) trying to 
figure out what each module does is a pain and a waste of time. An 
author name should also be required in case there are problems with the 
module or the distribution. Name and version are obvious requirements. 
Besides even if it was decided to not require this info for the PPD, it 
would still need to be required for the META.yml files, thus the info 
would be there anyway. :-)

Regards,
Randy.