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List:       perl5-porters
Subject:    Re: directory name for upstream modules
From:       Nicholas Clark <nick () ccl4 ! org>
Date:       2009-09-29 19:16:51
Message-ID: 20090929191651.GI60303 () plum ! flirble ! org
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On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 02:00:20PM +0200, demerphq wrote:
> 2009/9/14 David Golden <xdaveg@gmail.com>:
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> wrote:
> >> So, what I think is more useful is a "can modify"/"update from CPAN, propagate
> >> patches back to author without applying" distinction. But I can't think of
> >> a snappy name for a directory. 'dist', maybe?
> >
> > +1
> >
> >> Does anyone have a better suggestion?
> >
> > "cpan"
> 
> core / dist / cpan
> 
> core: for stuff owned by core that does not get uploaded to cpan as a
> distinct package
> dist: for cpan packages owned by core that can be changed with inpunity.
> cpan: for cpan packages where cpan is the source.

For now, I've gone with cpan/dist/ext, as they all start with different
letters. I think that it should be fairly easy to change, if we want to.

Nicholas Clark
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