Re: metabase log failing to report distribution name

[email protected] (Doug Bell) Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:14:54 -0500
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This is happening because the CPAN Testers database is missing some =
PAUSE data. I'm running a re-sync from MetaCPAN which should correct =
that.=20

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Doug Bell
[email protected]



> On Oct 3, 2024, at 6:59=E2=80=AFAM, James E Keenan <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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> Many CPANtesters reports are being entered into the metabase without =
their [AUTHOR/Distribution-Name] data being properly recorded.  As a =
result, the summary pages for those distributions are not being updated =
properly at fast-matrix.cpantesters.org and at matrix.cpantesters.org.
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> Just now I went to http://metabase.cpantesters.org/tail/log.txt and =
searched for the string '[/]'.  I got 33 matches -- reports whose =
uploader and distribution name were not recorded.  Now, it happens that =
all these reports were from '[Chris Williams (BINGOS)]', but *that* =
string was found 383 times on the page.
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> Moreover, I noticed this over the weekend for reports I myself had =
generated.  Type-Tiny version 2.006000 was released 3 days ago =
(https://metacpan.org/pod/Type::Tiny) and I generated some reports that =
appeared in the log file with '[/]'.  At =
http://fast-matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny, you will be told =
"NOTE: no report for latest version 2.006000" and the most recent =
version with reports presented will be 2.005_002.  On the other hand, =
when I went just now to http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny, =
a matrix for reports for 2.006000 was shown but was told "Reusing old =
cached file, 2.0 days old".
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> Can this be investigated?  We need this information to determine =
whether certain CPAN distributions have worked around "breakage" in =
recent development versions of the core.
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> Thank you very much.
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charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">This is =
happening because the CPAN Testers database is missing some PAUSE data. =
I'm running a re-sync from MetaCPAN which should correct =
that.&nbsp;<div><br></div><div>&nbsp;<br =
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<div>Doug Bell</div><div>[email protected]</div><div><br></div><br =
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<div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Oct 3, 2024, at 6:59=E2=80=AFAM=
, James E Keenan &lt;[email protected]&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Many CPANtesters reports =
are being entered into the metabase without their =
[AUTHOR/Distribution-Name] data being properly recorded. &nbsp;As a =
result, the summary pages for those distributions are not being updated =
properly at fast-matrix.cpantesters.org and at =
matrix.cpantesters.org.<br><br>Just now I went to =
http://metabase.cpantesters.org/tail/log.txt and searched for the string =
'[/]'. &nbsp;I got 33 matches -- reports whose uploader and distribution =
name were not recorded. &nbsp;Now, it happens that all these reports =
were from '[Chris Williams (BINGOS)]', but *that* string was found 383 =
times on the page.<br><br>Moreover, I noticed this over the weekend for =
reports I myself had generated. &nbsp;Type-Tiny version 2.006000 was =
released 3 days ago (https://metacpan.org/pod/Type::Tiny) and I =
generated some reports that appeared in the log file with '[/]'. =
&nbsp;At http://fast-matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny, you will =
be told "NOTE: no report for latest version 2.006000" and the most =
recent version with reports presented will be 2.005_002. &nbsp;On the =
other hand, when I went just now to =
http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny, a matrix for reports =
for 2.006000 was shown but was told "Reusing old cached file, 2.0 days =
old".<br><br>Can this be investigated? &nbsp;We need this information to =
determine whether certain CPAN distributions have worked around =
"breakage" in recent development versions of the core.<br><br>Thank you =
very =
much.<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>=

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