Comments on: What’s actually installed in that perl library? http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/ Listen. Reflect. Explore. Solve. Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:36:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TimBunce http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/#comment-2530 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:04:01 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-2530 We wanted as few variables as possible for the 5.8 -> 5.10 jump (which for us will also include a CentOS5 to CentOS6 migration). We might take the trial-an-error (“take no baggage”) approach for the 5.10 -> 5.12 or 5.12 -> 5.14 upgrades.

]]> By: Chip Salzenbergp http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/#comment-2529 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:51:15 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-2529 We did our 5.12 -> 5.14 the hard way – trial and error, but on purpose: We wanted to install what was needed, not what we had previously installed. Still, I would have liked to have this available. :-)

]]> By: Simon http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/#comment-2524 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:13:18 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-2524 Thanks for this. My company will likely also do a big upgrade from 5.8, and your tool may prove very useful in this endeavor.

]]> By: TimBunce http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/#comment-2517 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:10:02 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-2517 I hadn’t released it to CPAN until just a few hours ago. I should have at least mentioned the git repo. I’ll update the post. Thanks.

]]> By: anon http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/#comment-2516 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:19:59 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-2516 You might want to link to the actual tool. It took me forever to figure out what it was called and where it was located

http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?dist_surveyor

]]> By: TimBunce http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/#comment-2513 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:55:34 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-2513 The “similarly flawed approach” comment was in relation to BackPAN::Version::Discover.

Re MyCPAN, I had honestly completely forgotten about the data license fees. I had flagged it in my mind as “not an option for us” and when I wrote this post I only remembered your previous blog post where it seemed clear there was still work to be done before it was complete.

I’m sorry for misrepresenting the state of MyCPAN. It certainly wasn’t intentional. I’ve updated the post. Let me know if it’s not clear.

]]> By: brian d foy http://blog.timbunce.org/2011/11/16/whats-actually-installed-in-that-perl-library/#comment-2512 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:54:17 +0000 http://timbunce.wordpress.com/?p=502#comment-2512 It’s not that MyCPAN “isn’t usable”. I have the generated data and the scripts to use that data to do the task. You declined to use my data. There’s no “similarly flawed approach”.

The DPAN you mention in your slides isn’t the part of this process that does the part you are trying to do. You’ve never seen the stuff I told you that I had because I haven’t made it public. You declined to license it.

I’m perfectly fine with you not using it, but don’t misrepresent things.

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