Packaging CPAN modules for Fedora, the Oslo QA Hackathon, CPAN::Porters

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 07:34 +0000, Dave Cross wrote:
> Gabor Szabo wrote:

> 
> > I am using a wide range of Linux distros as I am a consultant and 
> > every client uses somethings else. I encounter missing modules on 
> > daily bases so I have no choice but to use CPAN.pm.
You have choice: package them as rpms and contribute them to Fedora.

> I also have this problem. Not many days go by without me needing a CPAN 
> module that isn't pre-packaged into an RPM.
> 
> In those cases I often find that cpanspec works to whip up a quick RPM 
> that that I can use. I don't know how many of those automatically 
> generated RPMs would reach the standards required for inclusion in 
> Fedora, but I'm slowly (manually!) making them available at
> 
>    http://rpm.mag-sol.com/

And why don't you contribute them back to fedora instead shipping them
on your own for your private pleasures?

Ralf