Re: Re: Re: Central PPM Repository?

Hm, could ActiveState perhaps send mail to the CPAN author (through the associated CPAN author email) when a build fails? I'd never even considered testing my modules for Windows/PPM/ActiveState inclusion, but if I got an email I may or may not be inspired to fix any minor issues. I doubt I'd sign onto some mailing list or develop an ActiveState registered identity, as I wouldn't be active.

I have three modules on CPAN, all simple and pure perl. None show on your (admittedly not up-to-date) status page, but I don't know if it's age or breakage at issue.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Central PPM Repository? by jand (Friar) on Aug 18, 2003 at 18:46 UTC
This is certainly possible. I would want two things to happen first though: 1. We need to be reasonably confident that most build/test failures can be blamed on the module/Makefile/test script and not on the automated build system. :) 2. We should have some documents online outlining the typical pitfalls and how to fix them. I hope that we get to that stage within the next 2 months or so. Sending email before that time would probably be more of an annoyance than helpful. Could you please send me the names of your modules? Even though they may not have been build, they should still be listed on the status pages if they are on CPAN.	[reply]

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by jand (Friar) on Aug 18, 2003 at 18:46 UTC

1. We need to be reasonably confident that most build/test failures can be blamed on the module/Makefile/test script and not on the automated build system. :)

2. We should have some documents online outlining the typical pitfalls and how to fix them.

I hope that we get to that stage within the next 2 months or so. Sending email before that time would probably be more of an annoyance than helpful.

Could you please send me the names of your modules? Even though they may not have been build, they should still be listed on the status pages if they are on CPAN.

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