With regard to CPAN:
> From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@snakemail.hut.fi>
>
> Tim Bunce writes:
> > The src/5.0/patches tree looks badly in need of a clear out.
> >
> > Tim.
>
> Please be more specific. Do you want a "rm -rf" for the whole thing?
> If not, what?
The src/README refers to dist and patches directories that don't exist
in that directory. It also does not mention latest.tar.gz file.
In src/5.0 I think the naming style for perl5a12h.tar.gz and
perl5b3h.tar.gz is confusing in relation to perl5.001m.tar.gz etc.
I'd suggest perl5.000a12h.tar.gz and perl5.002b3h.tar.gz.
That would also make the files sort correctly.
In src/5.0/patches/perl5-porters the perl5alpha and perl5beta directories
are confusingly named in relation to the 5.000 and 5.001 directories
and people talking about 'the beta'. I'd suggest renaming them to
5.000alpha and 5.000beta. That would also make them sort correctly
Perhaps 5.0/patches/perl5-porters/5.000* directories could be deleted now.
CPAN needs a policy on posterity. CC'd to perl5-porters for comment.
A src/5.0/patches/perl5-porters/5.002beta directory is needed, or
at least a README pointing to the id/ANDYD directory. As it stands,
current perl5-porters patches are not appearing in the expected
place: src/5.0/patches/perl5-porters/...
Tim.
> From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@snakemail.hut.fi>
>
> Tim Bunce writes:
> > The src/5.0/patches tree looks badly in need of a clear out.
> >
> > Tim.
>
> Please be more specific. Do you want a "rm -rf" for the whole thing?
> If not, what?
The src/README refers to dist and patches directories that don't exist
in that directory. It also does not mention latest.tar.gz file.
In src/5.0 I think the naming style for perl5a12h.tar.gz and
perl5b3h.tar.gz is confusing in relation to perl5.001m.tar.gz etc.
I'd suggest perl5.000a12h.tar.gz and perl5.002b3h.tar.gz.
That would also make the files sort correctly.
In src/5.0/patches/perl5-porters the perl5alpha and perl5beta directories
are confusingly named in relation to the 5.000 and 5.001 directories
and people talking about 'the beta'. I'd suggest renaming them to
5.000alpha and 5.000beta. That would also make them sort correctly
Perhaps 5.0/patches/perl5-porters/5.000* directories could be deleted now.
CPAN needs a policy on posterity. CC'd to perl5-porters for comment.
A src/5.0/patches/perl5-porters/5.002beta directory is needed, or
at least a README pointing to the id/ANDYD directory. As it stands,
current perl5-porters patches are not appearing in the expected
place: src/5.0/patches/perl5-porters/...
Tim.