Intermediate Perl

19.1. The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network We covered the basic CPAN history in Chapter 3, but that was from a user's perspective. Now we want to contribute to CPAN, so we have to look at it from an author's perspective. It's no accide...

19.2. Getting Prepared Since CPAN is just a big file-storage site, you just need to upload your code. To contribute to CPAN, you need two things: Something to contribute, ideally already in the shape of a moduleA Perl Authors Upload Server (PAUSE...

19.3. Preparing Your Distribution Once you've gotten your module name settled and you've tested your module with its new name (if needed), you should ensure your distribution is ready for prime time. While this is similar to releasing ...

19.4. Uploading Your Distribution Once you have your distribution ready to share, visit the PAUSE upload page at https://pause.perl.org/pause/authenquery?ACTION=add_uri. You'll have to log in using your PAUSE ID and PAUSE password, and then ...

19.5. Announcing the Module How will users learn about your module? Your module gets noticed automatically in many places, including: The "Recent modules" page of http://search.cpan.orgThe "new modules" section of http://use.perl.orgA daily an...

19.6. Testing on Multiple Platforms The CPAN Testers (http://testers.cpan.org) automatically test almost all modules uploaded to CPAN. Volunteers around the world automatically download and test each distribution on whatever setup they have. Am...

19.7. Consider Writing an Article or Giving a Talk Many of the short talks at Perl conferences involve the author of a distribution talking about his own work. After all, who is better qualified to help others use your module than you? The more...

19.8. Exercise You can find the answer to this exercise in "Answer for Chapter 19" in the Appendix. 19.8.1. Exercise [Infinite min] Write a module to solve the halting problem with respect to Perl source code.[*] Your module should export a fu...