Re: Help regarding ActiveState's PPM repository module for DBD-pg -- which IS currently available from wxPerl !

Mark:
Thanks!  I got DBD-pg version 2.17.2 for ActivePerl from wxPerl !

Jan:
It would be nice if ActiveState could please note here 
http://code.activestate.com/ppm/DBD-Pg/ that the module is actually 
available from wxPerl, since they are misreporting that 'there aren't 
any builds for it in the package repositories" when there are, albeit 
from another suggested repository you folks are aware of.

DBD-pg Module Maintainers:
Can some one of your module maintainers please add some brief text to 
the module's perlpod on CPAN to inform ActiveState users that they can 
get this module from the wxPerl PPM repository?  Thanks again all!

Here's my suggested text to add to your perlpod as a starting point 
(please freely make improvements, no attribution required):

=head1 For ActiveState ActivePerl Users
You can find a version of DBD-pg by opening the GUI Perl Package Manager 
(PPM) from Window's Start, Programs, ActivePerl Menu, Perl Package 
Manager.  From the PPM Preferences (use <CTRL-P> or click top right 
button shaped like a gear), click on the "Repositories" tab, and from 
the "Suggested" dropdown list choose the wxPerl repository, then click 
the Add button.  When it finishes adding the wxPerl repository, you can 
then find a version of the DBD-pg in the "View all packages" and by 
typing "DBD-pg" into the search filter (the magnifying glass prompt), 
flag the module as "Mark for install," lastly click "Run marked actions."


On 4/19/2011 10:33 PM, Mark Dootson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I assume this is ActivePerl on Windows?
>
> If you open the Package Manager and add the repository
>
> wxPerl (it is in the drop - down list )
>
> you will find DBD::Pg 2.17.2 available.
>
> I shall build 2.18 in the next couple of weeks and post here when 
> available.
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
>
> On 15/04/2011 20:48, Lawrence Hixson wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I sit on The Perl Foundation's Steering Committee as the Donor Relations
>> Chair and I may have meet some of you at previous YAPC's.
>>
>> First, I want to personally THANK YOU ALL for supporting Perl and the
>> Perl Community with your programming skills! Secondly, I thank you for
>> supporting PostgreSQL, which I'm anxious to use with my version of Perl!
>>
>> I've just recently started trying to work with PostgreSQL and want the
>> full capabilities (or the most I can get) of the database using Perl,
>> but I'm forced to use ActiveState by my employer for various security
>> and IT policy reasons.
>>
>> I'm running ActivePerl 5.12.2 and cannot find your driver using their
>> PPM module installer.
>>
>> More research yields this: http://code.activestate.com/ppm/DBD-Pg/ and
>> clicking on red ! buttons shows why. I notice that this driver is not
>> available for ANY recent ActiveState version and I think it should be.
>>
>> I found this same situation was true for DBD-mysql, but I intervened and
>> connected the module author and ActiveState and at least now the
>> ActiveState DBD-mysql driver has some working versions that can be
>> installed and work fine!
>> Please see http://code.activestate.com/ppm/DBD-mysql/
>>
>> Not just for myself, but for the greater ActiveState Perl community, may
>> I please ask for your assistance in working with ActiveState to school
>> them on how to get your module to compile for their module repositories
>> so more of us can use PostgreSQL more fully?
>>
>> These are two GREAT people at ActiveState who can either help you or
>> direct you to those who can help to get your module working with
>> ActivePerl !
>>
>> Jan Dubois at [email protected]
>>
>> Jeff Hobbs at [email protected]
>>
>> If I can be of any other assistance to you, please email me! I plan to
>> attend YAPC::NA 2011 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. I hope some of
>> you will be attending!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Lawrence K. Hixson
>> Principal Systems Engineer/DBA
>> U.S. National Weather Service
>> Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
>> 301-713-0022 x190
>