Re: [Module::Build] Re: Opting out of rt.cpan.org

On Mar 9, 2006, at 8:16 AM, Graham Barr wrote:

> On Thu, March 9, 2006 3:25 am, Randy W. Sims wrote:
>>
>> The repository field could be constructed as a mapping:
>>
>>    repository:
>>      type: cvs
>>      location:
>> :pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/module-build
>>
>> or possibly some type of (icky) compound field:
>>
>>    repository: [svn] https://svn.versiondude.net/randys/CPAN-Metadata
>
> I think it would be good to keep the field as a URL. Why does it  
> have to
> actually give the direct access point. Why could it not be a link to a
> page that gives details about the repository.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.  For a mailing list, for example,  
you don't want to give a mailto: URL or something, you want to point  
to an info page.  Probably the same thing is true with repositories.

  -Ken