Re: metabase log failing to report distribution name
[email protected] (Slaven Rezic) Sat, 25 Oct 2025 19:03:30 +0200
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--------------uzFL5DmDzePnQXTb025xKRt5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unfortunately MetaCPAN has some problems and seems to serve stale data.=20 MetaCPAN's recent page is usually many hours behind (currently it's 17h)= =20 and possibly also other MetaCPAN APIs have the same problem. I opened=20 https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-api/issues/1388 some days ago. Regards, =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Slaven 23. 10. 2025. u 23:14, Doug Bell pi=C5=A1e: > This is happening because the CPAN Testers database is missing some=20 > PAUSE data. I'm running a re-sync from MetaCPAN which should correct=20 > that. > > > Doug Bell > [email protected] > > > >> On Oct 3, 2024, at 6:59=E2=80=AFAM, James E Keenan <[email protected]> = wrote: >> >> Many CPANtesters reports are being entered into the metabase without=20 >> their [AUTHOR/Distribution-Name] data being properly recorded. =C2=A0As= a=20 >> result, the summary pages for those distributions are not being=20 >> updated properly at fast-matrix.cpantesters.org and at=20 >> matrix.cpantesters.org. >> >> Just now I went to http://metabase.cpantesters.org/tail/log.txt and=20 >> searched for the string '[/]'. =C2=A0I got 33 matches -- reports whose= =20 >> uploader and distribution name were not recorded. =C2=A0Now, it happens= =20 >> that all these reports were from '[Chris Williams (BINGOS)]', but=20 >> *that* string was found 383 times on the page. >> >> Moreover, I noticed this over the weekend for reports I myself had=20 >> generated. =C2=A0Type-Tiny version 2.006000 was released 3 days ago=20 >> (https://metacpan.org/pod/Type::Tiny) and I generated some reports=20 >> that appeared in the log file with '[/]'. =C2=A0At=20 >> http://fast-matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny, you will be told= =20 >> "NOTE: no report for latest version 2.006000" and the most recent=20 >> version with reports presented will be 2.005_002. =C2=A0On the other ha= nd,=20 >> when I went just now to=20 >> http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny, a matrix for reports= =20 >> for 2.006000 was shown but was told "Reusing old cached file, 2.0=20 >> days old". >> >> Can this be investigated? =C2=A0We need this information to determine= =20 >> whether certain CPAN distributions have worked around "breakage" in=20 >> recent development versions of the core. >> >> Thank you very much. >> > --------------uzFL5DmDzePnQXTb025xKRt5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-= 8"> </head> <body> <p>Unfortunately MetaCPAN has some problems and seems to serve stale data. MetaCPAN's recent page is usually many hours behind (currently it's 17h) and possibly also other MetaCPAN APIs have the same problem. I opened <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https://github.com/metacp= an/metacpan-api/issues/1388">https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-api/issu= es/1388</a> some days ago.</p> <p>Regards,<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Slaven</p> <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">23. 10. 2025. u 23:14, Doug Bell pi=C5= =A1e:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" cite=3D"mid:[email protected]"> <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUT= F-8"> 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.=C2=A0 <div><br> </div> <div>=C2=A0<br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"> <div> <div>Doug Bell</div> <div><a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"mailto:doug@p= reaction.me">[email protected]</a></div> <div><br> </div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <div><br> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div>On Oct 3, 2024, at 6:59=E2=80=AFAM, James E Keenan <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:jkeenan@po= box.com"><[email protected]></a> 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. =C2=A0As a result, the summary pa= ges 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 <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"http://metabase= .cpantesters.org/tail/log.txt">http://metabase.cpantesters.org/tail/log.tx= t</a> and searched for the string '[/]'. =C2=A0I got 33 matches -- reports whose uploader and distribution name were not recorded. =C2=A0Now, it happens that all these reports wer= e 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. =C2=A0Type-Tiny version 2.006000 was released 3 days ago (<a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https://metacp= an.org/pod/Type::Tiny">https://metacpan.org/pod/Type::Tiny</a>) and I gene= rated some reports that appeared in the log file with '[/]'. =C2=A0At <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"http:/= /fast-matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny">http://fast-matrix.cpantes= ters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny</a>, 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. =C2=A0On the other hand, when= I went just now to <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"http://matrix.c= pantesters.org/?dist=3DType-Tiny">http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=3DTy= pe-Tiny</a>, 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? =C2=A0We need this information t= o 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> </blockquote> </body> </html> --------------uzFL5DmDzePnQXTb025xKRt5--