Okay, I have never created a PPM package before. I read that one truly great node about "building and creating PPM distributions" here (sorry too lazy to link). It was very informative. I also looked at the activestate documentation. I know I should use PPM::Make to simplify things for me. Where I am lost is the whole repository thing. Why do some people, like crazyinsomniac, have their own repositories? What's the purpose? Isn't there a CPAN for PPM packages out there? What does the PPM utility query when I tell it to install something? Isn't that the central repository? See I am really confused here. Also I looked at the activestate website and I did see what appears to be a central repository. It's at:

http://ppm.activestate.com/PPMPackages/

So why do people have their own repositories? And why don't scripts like cpan-upload and brain d foy's release also allow you to release/upload your package to a PPM repository? Thanks, monks.

In reply to Central PPM Repository? by Anonymous Monk

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