Re: CPAN::SDKMaker

Elaine -HFB- Ashton wrote:
> Stas Bekman [[email protected]] quoth:
> *>
> *>Hope that this list is alive and kicking
> *>
> *>We were discussing a module that I wrote: CPAN::Grab at module-authors 
> *>list: http://archive.develooper.com/[email protected]/msg00331.html
> *>and were thinking of a better name, I've suggested CPAN::SDKMaker which 
> *>lead me to think that it actually belongs to the SDK discussion. So what 
> *>do you think? I've attached the description at the end
> *>
> *>Since I haven't followed the SDK development. Do you have something like 
> *>CPAN::Grab already, or does my tool gives some good start?
> 
> Nothing on CPAN that I'm aware of does this presently. CPANPLUS may but
> I've not looked recently and I don't think it's on CPAN :)
> 
> *>NAME
> *>      CPAN::Grab - Grab a bundle or a number of modules from CPAN and 
> 
> "Grab" is one of those interchangeable words in the English language that,
> once appropriated by the computing industry, has taken on a life of it's
> own rendering it often vague and meaningless. "Grab" in a CPAN context
> would be more like 'fetch' since it would have more of a retrieval
> function which doesn't indicate the ultimate function of the module.
> 
> Since the module involves the CPAN concept of Bundle you should capitalise
> on that and incorporate it in the name...maybe CPAN::SuperBundle or
> CPAN::BundleBuilder or CPAN::BundleGrabber or .... Bundle should be in the
> name :)
> 
> The SDK* would likely be something of a misnomer as it's not really a
> 'development kit' hmm..what about a CBK , A CPAN Bundle Kit?
> CPAN::CBKMaker?

Sounds good!

Another name I've suggested was CPAN::DistroMaker. mnemonic: linux 
distros bundle a bunch of apps with some glueing code to make a distro.

So currently I'm thinking to choose from: 
CPAN::{Distro|Bundle}{Builder|Maker}


> I use the Bundle tool quite often and this is a practical use of it. :)



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