(This is in reference to Re: When you change Perl versions, how do you resync all the CPAN modules you have installed [tag://sysadmin,cpan,modules,upgrade] and its parent)

I working on cpan-izing a pair of scripts for building Perl in a given location and installing a set of CPAN against that perl so that using that perl automatically finds the modules (as opposed to needing to use lib $dir; all over the place). I've got a few questions:

  1. The name. Right now, I'm leaning towards Perl::Install, but Perl:: is a new TLN and I'm a bit leery of taking that. Where else would it go?
  2. The distro packaging. I've got a lot of CPAN modules out there, but they're all .pm files with occasional scripts. This is purely a pair of scripts (at least, initially) with no .t files. How should I package this? Is there another distro with a similar setup that I can look at?
  3. Alien dependencies. The script depends on, among other things, wget. While I expect that (should the script be deemed useful), it will improve beyond that hard dependency, right now it has that dep. Do I just document it or should I test for it? How would I test for it?

Update: Thanks for all the feedback. I have gone ahead and released it as Perl::Install, but will be amenable to renaming later.

My criteria for good software:
  1. Does it work?
  2. Can someone else come in, make a change, and be reasonably certain no bugs were introduced?

In reply to CPANization of a script for building Perl by dragonchild

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