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Hi, http://xrl.us/bi6n9 (link to svn.berlios.de) is a functional spec for a way to tag and classify CPAN modules. Those tags and catgories should end up in the META.yml. However, inserting them by hand by editing the Build.PL will be: 1. Error-prone. 2. Not capabale of being manipulated by an external program - "Only perl can understand Perl, etc.". 3. Because of #2 won't allow the current design in the functional spec of invoking a "./Build config --gui" stage which will communicate with a web-service to give an up-to-date selection of categories. Of course, this is not limited to this issue. I've overheard a conversation on a #perl where some people said they'd like to have all the (non-code) parameters to Module::Build be speicified in a YAML format or so. So I've been thinking of having a special file or files for this (or alternatively possibly re-use the __DATA__ section of the Build.PL) in order to specify machine-manipulatable parameters to the Build process. Given enough willingness, I'm willing to volunteer the time to implement it in the current version of M::B (and possibly EU::MM and M::I). I suppose it can also be implemented as a user-land wrapper around Module::Build, but would like to get some input first. And if anyone has a preference for the location of the data file or files (or __DATA__) - voice his opinion now.[1] Regards, Shlomi Fish [1] - let the flames begin! ;-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish shlomif@iglu.org.il Homepage: http://www.shlomifish.org/ I'm not an actor - I just play one on T.V.Thread Next