BackPAN Archeology

BackPAN Archeology brian d foy brian@stonehenge.com August 15, 2008

The Goal • From any module ﬁle, report • distro it came in • dependencies at release time • MiniCPAN for the installation • Distributable database of all info

• Perl doesn't have a package manager • No ﬁle-to-distro reverse mapping • No version management • Most people aren't up-to-date • Most people shouldn't be up-to-date

• BackPAN is the bone yard of CPAN • It has an evolutionary record • No one explores it • CPAN tools only care about now

Info to record • File list, with meta-data • What's in blib after `make` • Packages in .pm ﬁles • Modules used in .pm, .pl, .t ﬁles • Prerequisites

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