Re: Getting a module on CPAN

On 06/08/2007 01:04 PM, IanW wrote:
[...]
I did actually register a namespace on the 17th too. I got an email like
this on the 19th:

#The next version of the Module List will list the following module:
#
# modid: GD::3DBarGrapher
# DSLIP: Rdpfp
# description: Professional looking 3D Bar Graphs
# userid: SWARHURST (S I Warhurst)
# chapterid: 18 (Images_Pixmaps_Bitmaps)
# enteredby: blahblah
# enteredon: Sat May 19 08:12:38 2007 GMT
[...]

This is what the CPAN shell says to me about your module:

Module id = GD::3DBarGrapher
DESCRIPTION Professional looking 3D Bar Graphs
CPAN_USERID SWARHURST (S I Warhurst <CENSORED>)
CPAN_VERSION undef
CPAN_FILE Contact Author S I Warhurst <CENSORED>
DSLI_STATUS Rdpf (released,developer,perl,functions)
INST_FILE (not installed)

It sounds like CPAN is aware of the namespace, but it can't associate that with a tarball. Your tarball seems to have the correct name. I can't see why your upload isn't recognized (indexed by CPAN).

I was able to "get" your tarball by doing this:

cpan> get SWARHURST/GD-3DBarGrapher-0.9.1.tar.gz

All of the files in your tarball seem to have permissions set to 0700. That would exclude everyone but the owner from seeing the files. Perhaps that is what is stopping CPAN's indexing.

It looks like you use Windows. AFAIK, Windows doesn't have a native tar program. What utility did you use to create the tarball?

PS.
Please provide an e-mail address for people to report problems about your module. If you don't want to get spammed, use the comment field of your email like so:

ian.somewhere+nospam.see.readme@xxxxxxxxxxx

The string "+nospam.see.readme" is the comment for the email address ian.somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxxx In the README file, you'd say something like this:

| All messages to this address must have the string "[perl]"
| in the subject line, or they will be DELETED unread.

Then you set up a filter to do just that. Obviously, this should be done with a new e-mail address.

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