Re: RFC: PGAN

On Jan 7, 2010, at 9:06 PM, David Golden wrote:

> If CPAN required an Makefile.PL/Build.PL, then the clients would know
> what do with scripts (i.e. install them!). There are raw .pm files on
> CPAN, too.  CPAN.pm generates a Makefile.PL for those.

Yeah, crazy, eh? Maybe I will require a Makefile just because it's easier for the toolchain.

>> Will have to check that out. I plan to steal everything I can can from PAUSE, CPAN, CPAN.pm, CPANPLUS, and JSAN::Client.
> 
> See File::Rsync::Mirror::Recent

Interesting. I especially like the "!!!! PRE-ALPHA ALERT !!!!".

> Yes, but you're talking about various PGXS extensions people might
> add.  I'm saying that you should be explicit about what is supported
> and what not.  (E.g. the pgan client will support PGXS version X.YZ)

Oh, yes. It will support whatever is in PostgreSQL 8.0+ most likely. Maybe 8.1.

>>> [Ed. note: If CT2.0 migration happens on schedule, a common CPAN/PLUS
>>> config system may be my QA hackathon project.]
>> 
>> I'll be at OSCON for sure!
> 
> I may try to go this year as I've never been and some of the CPAN and
> CPAN Testers developments would be fun to talk about.

Yeah, it's a good show, a kind of annual reunion. You should come!

Best,

David