Re: executable only Perl distributions & CPAN

On 09/07/2018 04:18 PM, Karen Etheridge wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Diab Jerius <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>     I see two options:
> 
>     1.  Create an empty package which gets indexed; or
>     2.  Add an entry to the "provides" field mapping the distribution's
>     "package" name (App::pltvectors) to the script file.
> 
> 
> Option 1 is correct -- create an App::pltvectors module which is 
> indexable and installable.  However, it doesn't need to be an empty 
> package -- not only can it contain documentation for your script, but it 
> could also contain most of the functionality from the script as well, 
> turning the script into a wrapper that calls the module. That also 
> allows others to make use of the code in their own scripts.

+1