Via ftp, I just had a look in /modules/by-module/Bundle. Why do a large number of the modules in there start with the name "Bundle-" but many do not?
A distribution may contain a number of modules that are unrelated to the distribution name. {snip}
Right. But I was just curious about the file naming convention here. Maybe there used to be a convention to name all bundles starting with that text "Bundle-" but then folks just stopped doing it...
If "distributions" are indeed separate and distinct from bundles, where can I go to browse them?
If you go to a distribution on search.cpan.org (for example, see Apache-ASP), follow the Browse link to examine files in the distribution.

Sorry. I may have been unclear. I meant: how can I browse CPAN itself to see a listing of all the distributions there, rather than just looking at the listing of modules.

My guess is that most packages on CPAN are single-module packages, and that there far fewer multi-module "distributions". I'll have to look around there, download some more, and look at their insides to get a better idea about this.

Thanks!

In reply to Re^2: CPAN: modules, distributions, and bundles by j3
in thread CPAN: modules, distributions, and bundles by j3

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.