Re: [Module::Build] [PATCH] Write minimal META.yml unless -e YAML.pm

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

Hi Randy,

Thanks, I'm working on applying this.

On Tuesday, December 30, 2003, at 12:37  AM, Randy W. Sims wrote:

> I'm not sure this patch is clean or complete (I'm up past my bedtime), 
> but I thought I'd post for comments. This patch:
>
>  - Adapts the 'author' parameter to accept either a string or 
> anonymous array of strings for multiple authors.
>
>  - Initialize dist_author and dist_abstract like dist_(name|version).

I think these methods were a little more complicated than they needed 
to be, I've simplified 'em (_pod_parse() does its own memoization).

Do we want $self->{dist_author} to always be an array ref, or always be 
however the user specified it?  I'm thinking the latter, but I'm not 
sure.

>
>  - Adds authored_by field to F<META.yml> and adapts PPMMaker.pm to 
> write multiple AUTHOR tags if appropriate in PPD files (which is 
> allowed by the PPD spec).

Can we change 'authored_by' to just 'author' in the META.yml?

>
>  - Adds abstract field to the F<META.yml> file.
>
>  - If YAML.pm is not installed, print a warning and generate a minimal 
> META.yml file.
>


Great.

  -Ken