[Catalyst] Fwd: PAR support for Catalyst

[Sebastian Riedel]

Forwarded, maybe someone here can help...



> From: Sebastian Riedel <sri at oook.de>
> Date: 16. November 2005 20:34:11 MEZ
> To: par at perl.org
> Subject: PAR support for Catalyst
>
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to add PAR support to Catalyst, but it's not as easy as it  
> sounds.
> Modules are auto-loaded by Module::Pluggable::Fast and we have to  
> support different deployment platforms like CGI, FCGI and mod_perl.
>
> A usual Catalyst project looks much like every cpan dist. (should  
> be packaged in this non installed state)
>
>     ./Build.PL
>     ./Changes
>     ./Makefile.PL
>     ./README
>     ./lib
>     ./lib/MyApp
>     ./lib/MyApp/Controller
>     ./lib/MyApp/Model
>     ./lib/MyApp/View
>     ./lib/MyApp.pm
>     ./root
>     ./root/favicon.ico
>     ./script
>     ./script/myapp_cgi.pl
>     ./script/myapp_create.pl
>     ./script/myapp_fastcgi.pl
>     ./script/myapp_par.pl
>     ./script/myapp_server.pl
>     ./script/myapp_test.pl
>     ./t
>     ./t/01app.t
>
> Ok, since it's nearly impossible (imho) to create par's that  
> support all deployment platforms my plan was to create a par for  
> each one.
>
>     ./script/myapp_package.pl myapp_cgi.par CGI
>
> The script initializes the whole app and loads all needed modules  
> (works for all platforms), so it has everything we need in the par  
> in %INC.
>
>
> Now the parts i need some help with:
>
> 1. How do i create a par from my %INC?
> 2. How do i add the whole Catalyst project (like shown above) to  
> the par?
>

--
sebastian