For the particular needs of my question, I am lookng at adapting (and comaintaining) Tie::FTP, and I am in correspondence with the author via RT. But, I still think converting FuseFTP to a CPAN distribution is worthwhile, though I am not familiar with Fuse, and I may well have applications for this going forward.

My advice regarding where to start with a brand new module, is to install and familiarise yourself with a module boilerplating kit such as ExtUtils::ModuleMaker or Module::Starter. You could use h2xs, but the other kits are so much better (unless you are going to be using XS code. Even so, you are better using a starter kit to create your directories and boilerplate files).

Write pod for the module before writing any code. When you have something looking reasonably complete, post it to Perlmonks, either in your scratchpad or as a new node. Think very carefully about the module's interface. This is important, as you can't change it if you get it wrong, Once you have released a version of the distribution to CPAN, you will be maintaining it with the interface given.

I'd also recommend reading the tutorials on CPAN modules.

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In reply to Re: RFC FUSE::Remote modules by rinceWind
in thread RFC FUSE::Remote modules by marto

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