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Id: 33107
Status: resolved
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Queue: ExtUtils-ModuleMaker-PBP
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Requestors: BAREFOOT [...] cpan.org
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Severity: Normal
Broken in: 0.09
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  Mon Feb 11 01:53:56 2008 BAREFOOT [...] cpan.org - Ticket created
In two places--the end of the README file, and the LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT section in the module file--the following text appears: This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This appears to show up regardless of what is chosen for license in mmkrpbp (I had chosen Artistic). I'm guessing that text isn't templated and should be, although I haven't dug through the code. (Also--and this should really probably be a wishlist request for ExtUtils::ModuleMaker rather than a bug report for EU::MM::PBP, but hopefully it's okay to just toss it in here--it sure would be nice if the interactive mode would tell you that your abstract was longer than 44 characters _before_ it exited. ;-> ) Thanx for the great module.
  Mon Feb 11 07:43:31 2008 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On Mon Feb 11 01:53:56 2008, BAREFOOT wrote: Show quoted text
> In two places--the end of the README file, and the LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT > section in the module file--the following text appears: > > This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. > > This appears to show up regardless of what is chosen for license in > mmkrpbp (I had chosen Artistic). I'm guessing that text isn't templated > and should be, although I haven't dug through the code. >
This is a fairly standard formulation of the license terms. You'll find it in many CPAN modules. Show quoted text
> (Also--and this should really probably be a wishlist request for > ExtUtils::ModuleMaker rather than a bug report for EU::MM::PBP, but > hopefully it's okay to just toss it in here--it sure would be nice if > the interactive mode would tell you that your abstract was longer than > 44 characters _before_ it exited. ;-> ) >
As a matter of fact, in just the past few days I upload a revision to ExtUtils-ModuleMaker in which the prompt for the Abstract is exactly 44 characters. So if you type underneath it, you'll get the correct length. But it turns out that that 44-char max is not an absolute barrier. This was discussed several years ago and it appears to relate to an older restriction in the CPAN indexer -- not to what gets displayed at, say, search.cpan.org. People had different opinions as to whether the 44- char max should be kept. Since my position was to preserve EUMM's functionality as of the point I took over maintenance unless I had reason to change it, I left that "Oops" in. But it poses no problem in every day use.
  Mon Feb 11 07:44:37 2008 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Mon Feb 11 07:44:39 2008 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added
On Mon Feb 11 01:53:56 2008, BAREFOOT wrote: Show quoted text
> In two places--the end of the README file, and the LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT > section in the module file--the following text appears: > > This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. > > This appears to show up regardless of what is chosen for license in > mmkrpbp (I had chosen Artistic). I'm guessing that text isn't templated > and should be, although I haven't dug through the code. >
This is a fairly standard formulation of the license terms. You'll find it in many CPAN modules. Show quoted text
> (Also--and this should really probably be a wishlist request for > ExtUtils::ModuleMaker rather than a bug report for EU::MM::PBP, but > hopefully it's okay to just toss it in here--it sure would be nice if > the interactive mode would tell you that your abstract was longer than > 44 characters _before_ it exited. ;-> ) >
As a matter of fact, in just the past few days I upload a revision to ExtUtils-ModuleMaker in which the prompt for the Abstract is exactly 44 characters. So if you type underneath it, you'll get the correct length. But it turns out that that 44-char max is not an absolute barrier. This was discussed several years ago and it appears to relate to an older restriction in the CPAN indexer -- not to what gets displayed at, say, search.cpan.org. People had different opinions as to whether the 44- char max should be kept. Since my position was to preserve EUMM's functionality as of the point I took over maintenance unless I had reason to change it, I left that "Oops" in. But it poses no problem in every day use.
  Mon Feb 11 07:51:58 2008 jkeenan [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'