So, the index we see in search.cpan.org is not the same "approved only" list that the namespace registration talks about? And you think that this index doesn't like ZIP files, even though PAUSE and the other infrastructure does?

search.cpan.org and the generated module list (used by installers like CPAN and CPANPLUS) have indeed nothing to do with namespace registration. I'm not sure if PAUSE supports zipfiles for distributing modules. I think it does not (you can upload other files, but not all are processed). Maybe PAUSE doesn't support your non-standard installation method, or perhaps you uploaded it using FTP ASCII transfer. I think you'll have to try. Use the log tail to see if your file is processed.

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I found it in the FAQ on search.cpan.org. It's not the zipfile, but that they only index things that extract to a single subdirectory.

I got reports from PAUSE indicating that it works OK. One person had troble testing; said his version didn't like the lack of a top-level directory. Others PASSED, so that must have been fixed or fixed-up by the users. I've downloaded it OK so I know the zip is OK. That's the first thing PAUSE checks is that the archive format is readable and OK. It processed in a second or two and has been in my author directory.

As for the "standard" install, if they ever get it to work right on Windows... Apparently it is severely alergic to filenames with spaces in them, as it goes deep and isn't easy to fix. The normal place for installing is under \Program Files\... .

For a module that doesn't need any compiling, I use a "lite" approach since the only thing it needs to do is copy the file to the proper place. I don't know if non-Windows people support PPM.

—John

I don't know if non-Windows people support PPM.

PPM is ActiveState-only. Unix people generally use ExtUtils::MakeMaker or something alike (I like CPAN::MakeMaker's documentation, but have yet to try this shiny new pearl).

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