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Andreas J. Koenig wrote: >>>>>>On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:47:35 +1100, Stas Bekman <stas@stason.org> said: >>>>> > > > Let's say we have a module Foo::Bar, which has a dual life. It's > > distributed in the original (master) package Far-Tar-0.01.tar.gz and > > is also included in an another package Mar-Car-0.06.tar.gz. The module > > Foo::Bar has the same version in both packages. What I'm asking for is > > a way to tell the indexer to pick the package Far-Tar-0.01.tar.gz when > > asked for module Foo::Bar. > > By hiding the module Foo::Bar in Mar-Car-0.06.tar.gz. If a > distribution (in this case Mar-Car-0.06.tar.gz) has an inc/ directory, > all modules below inc/ will be ignored by the PAUSE indexer. By the > way, the same is true for modules in the t/ directory. First of all, is that how indexer works today? Is that documented as a public "interface", so it won't change in the future? Second, as Autrijus followed up, it seems that it's not going to be inc. See, I haven't known about this indexer feature, if I had I won't have asked this question. I suppose that when making a distribution one can always organize to put bundled modules into a different directory. After all we are using the beloved MakeMaker which lets us do anything we want ;) But, I'm still thinking about an alternative solution, which doesn't require any filesystem layout manipulations. If you don't like the idea of introduction of the new variable which will designate the master package, how about the following approach. We introduce a new file called BUNDLED (similar to MANIFEST), which will list all the packages that are bundled and are to be ignored by the indexer. This solution is simple, and gives a full control to developers, if at some point in the future they decide to split one of the modules into a separate package, while keeping it bundled with the previous hosting package, all they need to do is to add this module name (actually file path) to the file BUNDLED, and release it on CPAN. __________________________________________________________________ Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org mailto:stas@stason.org http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.comThread Previous | Thread Next