Perl Toolchain Summit Results
H.Merijn Brand (Tux)
Thu 2018-04-19
- Devel::PPPort : discuss, amend documentation, test on 126 versions of perl (5.6.1 .. 5.27.10), integrate into CORE
- PR for Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee (skip files in MANIFEST.SKIP)
- general hints and helps regarding Configure
- Streamline Configure/Metaconfig issues with Aaron Crane (arc)
- System::Info changes for Breno Oliveira (garu) and Abe Timmerman (abeltje)
Fri 2018-04-20
- Left rakudobrew for direct perl6 and zef builds and prompter timings
- Big discussion on dual-life modules
- Discussion on including local::lib to CORE
- Verify David Golden (xdg)'s manual for PAUSE by installing PAUSE locally, setting it up and verifying all works
- Build/test/install perl-5.27.11 on laptop and dromedary + some basic module testing
Sat 2018-04-21
- Test Devel::PPPort-3.40 on many XS modules and many perl versions
David Golden (xdg)
Thu 2018-04-19
- Discovered that the README for setting up a private PAUSE for testing was out of date
- Learned how to install and configure mysql and nginx via macports
- Learned how to configure a private PAUSE on my laptop (with generous help from Kenichi Ishigaki (charsbar))
- Updated the README based on my findings, including how to turn off TLS to run with just plackup and no reverse proxy
- Added reCAPTCHA client code for PAUSE's request_id page, protected by a feature flag
- Added server-side code for PAUSE to validate reCAPTCHA responses, except for the actual new user registration when it validates
- Uploaded new Types::Path::Tiny with fixed test files
Fri 2018-04-20
- Studied PAUSE user registration codepaths
- Factored out sending PAUSE one-time password email
- Factored out sending PAUSE welcome emails
- Wired up PAUSE for directly adding users with recaptcha
- Submitted PAUSE PR for recaptcha work
- Discussed ideas with Rik for a "permissions manager" for PAUSE to ease the transition to adding an Admin level
Leo Lapworth (ranguard)
Thu 2018-04-19
Tina Müller (tinita)
Thu 2018-04-19
- Created 5 Pull requests:
- Test::Base Support the use of plain `use Test::Base` without any tests. (Merged) Fixes a Test::YAML/Test::Base problem with CPAN::Reporter, reported by Slaven Rezic
- YAML.pm Add support for less indented comments in block scalars
- YAML.pm Support trailing comments where this has been an error before
- YAML.pm WIP: Support ignoring trailing comments after content
- YAML.pm Remove dead code ($class is never set here)
- Started to make an overview of how numbers are serialized with all existing perl JSON/YAML processors
Fri 2018-04-20
- Still working on the number+JSON+YAML overview: https://gist.github.com/perlpunk/35a07521b07aeea5a6c23a7d068233e7
- Added a Haskell YAML processor to the YAML Test Matrix which is written on top of the YAML reference parser, so we can spot mistakes in the Spec more easily
- Started to implement LoadBlessed (deactivating loading objects) for YAML.pm
- YAML::PP now supports Inf and NaN (not yet on CPAN)
Tatsuhiko Miyagawa (miyagawa)
Thu 2018-04-19
- Merged and released HTTP::Tiny PRs
- Released MetaCPAN download_uri API support for cpanm
- Menlo repo split is split from cpanminus repo, and then back again to cpanminus repo with subdirectories
- Removed cpanm guts and made it a shim for Menlo backend, to avoid maintaining two codebases forever https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/pull/567
- Updated the tools to generate cpanm fatpack library
Fri 2018-04-20
- Shipped cpanm 1.8 trial that has the new Menlo-based cpanm executable
- Support `dist` keyword in cpanfile and cpanm/Menlo https://github.com/miyagawa/cpanminus/pull/568
Sawyer X (Sawyer X)
Thu 2018-04-19
- Released Storable.... and it's b0rked.
- Researched and bug fix for Ref::Util (with Aaron Crane (arc) and Karen Etheridge (Ether))
- Merged histories of Devel::PPPort (CPAN and core diverged)
Fri 2018-04-20
- Found problem with Storable
- Released perl 5.27.11
- Discussion on dual-life modules (with results!)
Shoichi Kaji (skaji)
Thu 2018-04-19
- Now cpm supports --pureperl-only build https://metacpan.org/release/SKAJI/App-cpm-0.964
- Created App::cpm::Requirement which will improves how to merging requirements https://metacpan.org/release/SKAJI/App-cpm-0.965
- Experimentally implemented "hook" feature in cpm. Maybe I should call it "prefs" insted of "hook" https://github.com/skaji/cpm/pull/119
Fri 2018-04-20
- Released a new CPAN module Command::Runner, where I finally implemented timeout feature for executing external programs in Windows! https://metacpan.org/release/SKAJI/Command-Runner-0.001
- Use Command::Runner in cpm https://github.com/skaji/cpm/pull/120
- Follow recent Menlo changes https://metacpan.org/release/SKAJI/App-cpm-0.966
Karen Etheridge (Ether)
Thu 2018-04-19
- Devel::PPPort discussion (arc, ilmari, leont, sawyer, Tux, me)
- provided a fix to an installation issue in Ref::Util
- released File-Temp-0.2305-TRIAL (Win32 taint fixes) and merged/closed a bunch of pull requests
- released Mac-SystemDirectory-0.11-TRIAL and 0.12-TRIAL (darwin gcc fixes)
- released Test-Pod-1.52 (added *.psgi to the search list)
- released Task-Weaken-1.06 (fixed dynamic prereqs for Scalar::Util)
- submitted PRs:
- https://github.com/rjbs/Dist-Zilla-PluginBundle-RJBS/pull/6
- https://github.com/rjbs/Test-Deep/pull/72
Fri 2018-04-20
- group discussion on best practices on handling dual-life module maintenance
- released File-ShareDir-Install-0.12
- group discussion on possibly putting local::lib into core
- merged https://github.com/moose/Moose/pull/160
- released a new strictures, for warnings categories added in 5.28
- improved travis testing for Sub-Name, Scalar-List-Utils
- discussed a cpan module security list for handling vulnerabilities
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