Re^2: Building a CPAN module with User Inputs

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Re^3: Building a CPAN module with User Inputs by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 28, 2008 at 10:09 UTC
I really detest programs that refuse to run before you first write a configuration file. But you're ok with doing it when installing a module? The exact same prompt you'd get from the module can be given by the program.	[reply]
Re^4: Building a CPAN module with User Inputs by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 28, 2008 at 10:31 UTC
So, if module X needs a configuration file, any program that uses X should have build in a dialog with the user to build the configuration file? Of course, that would require the program to run with priviledges to install system wide defaults - a priviledge which usually is there by the time 'make install' is run. Installing system wide defaults make sense to do at install time, not at first run time.	[reply]
Re^5: Building a CPAN module with User Inputs by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 28, 2008 at 10:44 UTC
So, if module X needs a configuration file, Going in circles. I don't buy the premise that the module needs a configuration in the first place. It hinders reusability. It hinders installation. It hinders configuration. And it hinders security to put a password in a world readable file.	[reply]
Re^6: Building a CPAN module with User Inputs by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 28, 2008 at 10:59 UTC
Re^7: Building a CPAN module with User Inputs by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 28, 2008 at 19:52 UTC