Bug #57267 for ExtUtils-MakeMaker: Add support for a new VERSION

Thu May 06 17:20:27 2010 byrne [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

Add support for a new VERSION_FROM format

I am the maintainer of Melody and a major contributor to Movable Type - a CMS powered by Perl. Our framework uses config.yaml files for its plugins, and I was hoping that the VERSION_FROM config attribute could be tweaked to support the following syntax for determining a version number: version: 1.0.1

Thu May 06 23:21:10 2010 schwern [...] pobox.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #57267] Add support for a new VERSION_FROM format
Date:	Thu, 06 May 2010 20:20:55 -0700
To:	bug-ExtUtils-MakeMaker [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Michael G Schwern <schwern [...] pobox.com>

On 2010.5.6 2:20 PM, Byrne Reese via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> I am the maintainer of Melody and a major contributor to Movable Type - a CMS powered by > Perl. Our framework uses config.yaml files for its plugins, and I was hoping that the > VERSION_FROM config attribute could be tweaked to support the following syntax for > determining a version number: > > version: 1.0.1

Thanks for your suggestion, but I have to reject the idea. VERSION_FROM is a heuristic tuned to skim Perl code. Trying to make it also figure out if the thing in question is YAML and skim that is too far afield. It would also mess with other heuristics that rely on VERSION_FROM being Perl code. Your Makefile.PL can simply read the config.yaml file and set VERSION with it. use YAML::Any qw(LoadFile); my $Config_File = "config.yaml"; my $version = LoadFile($Config_File)->{version} || die "No version found in $Config_File"; WriteMakefile( VERSION => $version, ... ); -- 54. "Napalm sticks to kids" is *not* a motivational phrase. -- The 213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army http://skippyslist.com/list/

Thu May 06 23:21:12 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu May 06 23:21:38 2010 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

Thu May 06 23:23:13 2010 byrne [...] majordojo.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #57267] Add support for a new VERSION_FROM format
Date:	Thu, 6 May 2010 20:22:57 -0700
To:	bug-ExtUtils-MakeMaker [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Byrne Reese <byrne [...] majordojo.com>

Thank your for help. This is indeed what I was looking for and is sufficient to my needs. On May 6, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Michael G Schwern via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> use YAML::Any qw(LoadFile); > my $Config_File = "config.yaml"; > my $version = LoadFile($Config_File)->{version} || > die "No version found in $Config_File"; > > WriteMakefile( > VERSION => $version, > ... > );

Thu May 06 23:23:15 2010 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'rejected' to 'open'

Mon Jun 21 23:08:29 2010 mschwern [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

Bug #57267 for ExtUtils-MakeMaker: Add support for a new VERSION_FROM format