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Hello. I'm working on the PDD for par. I would like to propose a standard directory structure for the files inside the archive, but I realise this depends greatly upon the directory structure of Perl itself. How does Perl 5 manage its directory structure? Suppose $PERL is the base directory where Perl is installed (that would be C:\PERL on Win and /usr/lib/perl5 or something like that on UNIX). Are always modules stored on $PERL/lib ? And shared libraries for modules always on $PERL/lib/auto ? What's $PERL/site for? What's the structure inside it? Is there a standard directory for storing scripts? I think this issue should be discussed along with `par', since we cannot install something if we don't know the structure that something is stored in. And Perl 5's directory structure is rather clumsy, I think we should set platform-independent conventions for that too, where it's possible. Perhaps we can write a separate PDD on directory structure, or put it all inside par's PDD. It would help if someone writes a snippet of a PDD on signing archives, etc. so that I can include it on the PDD. I have really no experience on that, so I probably would do it wrong. Anyone to volunteer? For the list managers: Could we have a list apart from -language, so that we don't bother all with this `par'-issue ??? Please? Perhaps a list that includes the issue on directory structure, and other issues related to installation and deployment of Perl itself and Perl programs & modules. - BrandenThread Previous | Thread Next