[Catalyst] Suggestions for CatalystX::Installer

[Matt S Trout]

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 02:52:58PM -0500, Mitch Jackson wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> Is CatalystX::Installer going to be used to help initally create a
> project, or help deploy a project that is already written to a server
> for use?  If it is for helping deploy a project to a server, there's a
> few things I think would be helpful.
> 
> - Generate a cpan preresiquites list from the source

If you haven't kept your Makefile.PL up to date, your app is broken. End of.

If you've made this particular fuckup dumping %INC in a running app and/or
running scandeps.pl from Module::ScanDeps should give you a start towards
bringing your Makefile.PL back up to date.

But keeping track of prereqs isn't a job for an installer. It's a job for
the developer, and part of basic competency when developing a Catalyst app.

> - Generate a file or archive of some sort that can be used to deploy
> the application

You want it to run 'make catalyst_par' for you?

> - Install the preresiquites via CPAN

You want it to run 'make installdeps' for you?

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