Bug #36254 for PPM-Repositories: add http://voltar.org/active/5.8/

In general I'm trying to use the main domain name as the key for any new repositories, so I would call this one "voltar" and not "Paul's Repo", unless you have good arguments why a different name should be choosen. I would also like to get some kind of description of the repository (for the "desc" setting, assuming you are fine with the http://voltar.org/active/" URL for the repo home page). Generally there seem to be 3 kinds of repositories: 1) Comprehensive: attempt to build all modules on CPAN Examples: activestate, trouchelle 2) Complementary: hand-build lots of modules missing in #1 Examples: uwinnipeg 3) Specialized: hand-build one, or a group of related modules that require additional libraries, or are hard to build, etc. Examples: wxperl Historically there is one more type: 4) Author: all modules from a single author, compiled by the author Examples: roth, jenda There isn't really a good reason for #4 repositories unless they also fall into the #3 category. Having too many mixed repositories is not an advantage for the end-user, as the order in which repositories are added will determine where modules common to multiple repositories are being loaded from. I'm not quite sure into which category "Paul's Repo" falls. In some ways it looks like it is another "Gtk2" style repo, but it also contains a number of common modules already available in other repos. So can you explain how this repo is supposed to fit into the general PPM repo landscape as outlined above? (This isn't a prerequisite to listing the repo in PPM::Repositories, it is more for my general understanding).

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:25:47AM -0400, Jan Dubois via RT wrote: Show quoted text
Well, my only argument is that the name of the repo is "Paul's Repo" not "voltar." Nothing about my personal website is so perl specific that the repo deserves to be called "voltar." It's really up to you though. Show quoted text
Yes, that's fine. Show quoted text
I wanted all the modules it takes to use my map editor (http://voltar.org/grm/). That includes Gtk2 and quite a few other things. Show quoted text
It definitely has this also. Show quoted text
The only advantage to the end user is the Gtk2 modules and the fixed dependencies. Active seems to use the dist-name for its dependencies instead of the module names. Or on odd mixture of both. Example, Test::Harness requires File-Spec, so PPM tries to pull in File-Spec bringing File::Spec down from PathTool's 3.xx to the ancient File-Spec 0.82. I fixed that in my repository. Test-Harness requires PathTools. Show quoted text
The landscape? I couldn't find a Gtk2 repository that had a build later than 2006. I needed a more modern version so I spent the weekend figuring out how to compile it. I figured someone besides me would benefit from the up-to-date Gtk2 builds. Other than that, I can't imagine who would use it. It's really just my personal repo of modules I needed for work and home. Hence the name: Paul's Repo. Show quoted text
Another? Is there a fresher one besides http://www.lostmind.de/gtk2-perl/ppm/? That would have saved me a lot of trouble. In any case, my repo is likely to stay up to date. -Paul -- If riding in an airplane is flying, then riding in a boat is swimming. 85 jumps, 36.0 minutes of freefall, 69.1 freefall miles.

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 08:40:03PM -0400, jand@ActiveState.com via RT wrote: Show quoted text
That makes sense. I'm not opposed to calling the repo 'voltar' and putting Gtk2 and Games::RolePlay::MapGen in the description. I've had some time to reflect and I do not wish to go against the camel hair on this one. Show quoted text
That seems to be even more stale than lostmind. Technically I'm already behind a version myself, but I'm going to catch up shortly. Show quoted text
Doubtful. I don't know what was there besides Gtk2. If that's it, then yes, it's a superset. I'm still not opposed (see above) to putting Gtk2 and in the description for the 'voltar' repo. -Paul -- If riding in an airplane is flying, then riding in a boat is swimming. 85 jumps, 36.0 minutes of freefall, 69.1 freefall miles.

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 08:27:09PM -0400, jand@ActiveState.com via RT wrote: Show quoted text
I wasn't prepared to do this much marketing. I just wanted to list my Gtk2 repository. It was like one line in the wiki, done 20 seconds later. Show quoted text
This description works for me. -Paul -- If riding in an airplane is flying, then riding in a boat is swimming. 85 jumps, 36.0 minutes of freefall, 69.1 freefall miles.