Re: Introducing beta code into CPAN modules

I think your approach is wise and well thought out. I'm about to tackle a similar problem myself with some of my own code.

Perhaps distributing the Beta as a separate package would be better? That way it wouldn't be somewhat hidden. Anyone browsing CPAN directly would see it separately, and perhaps you could wire a message into the make sequence to notify people of the Beta. Thus, someone using CPAN.pm would also be made aware of it.

HTH

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Re(2): Introducing beta code into CPAN modules by FoxtrotUniform (Prior) on Nov 06, 2001 at 21:43 UTC
I prefer Masem's approach, if only because it's simpler (just one package to worry about). The only issues I can see with it are: Reduced visibility of the beta code (which isn't necessarily an issue: you don't really want people finding beta code before a stable version that already does what they want, and when they grab the stable version, oh hey, here's a beta module to try out) increased footprint (extra code means extra files that the user doesn't have much of a choice about downloading, which might be annoying for student users with fascist disk quotas to worry about). `-- :wq`	[reply]

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Re(2): Introducing beta code into CPAN modules
by FoxtrotUniform (Prior) on Nov 06, 2001 at 21:43 UTC

I prefer Masem's approach, if only because it's simpler (just one package to worry about). The only issues I can see with it are:

Reduced visibility of the beta code (which isn't necessarily an issue: you don't really want people finding beta code before a stable version that already does what they want, and when they grab the stable version, oh hey, here's a beta module to try out)
increased footprint (extra code means extra files that the user doesn't have much of a choice about downloading, which might be annoying for student users with fascist disk quotas to worry about).

-- :wq

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