Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of ModuleEcosystem

Timestamp:

09/28/09 06:00:08 (12 years ago)

Author:

japhb

Comment:

WIP: Updating metadata instructions section to new design, part 2

ModuleEcosystem

@@ -182 +182 @@
    * abstract
    * instructions
-     * fetch
+     * fetch ''(mandatory)''
        * type     ''(mandatory, short name of a VCS or protocol, such as ''svn'', ''git'', or ''http''; or ''custom'')''
        * revision ''(optional, defaults to ''HEAD'' equivalent)''
@@ -188 +188 @@
        * command  ''(only if ''type'' is ''custom'')''
        * include_externals ''(fetch externals/submodules; defaults to ''false'')''
-     * patch
-       * patches ''list of:''
+     * unpack ''(optional)''
+       * type ''(mandatory, archive type, such as ''tar'', ''zip'', etc.)''
+       * compression ''(''gzip'', ''bzip2'', etc.  optional, defaults to autodetection)''
+     * patch ''(optional)''
+       * ''list of:''
          * type     ''(''unified'', ''git'', etc.)''
          * uri      ''(location of patch file)''
          * command  ''(only if ''type'' is ''custom'')''
          * reversed ''(defaults to ''false'')''
-     * configure
+     * configure ''(optional)''
        * type       ''(''sh'', ''perl5-mm'', ''perl5-build'', ''perl5-configure'', ''nqp'', ''custom'', ...)'' 
        * command    ''(only if ''type'' is ''custom'')''
        * extra_args ''(extra arguments for configure script)''
-     * build
-     * test
-     * install
+     * build ''(optional)''
+       * type       ''(''make'', ''perl5-build'', ''custom'', ...)'' 
+       * command    ''(only if ''type'' is ''custom'')''
+       * extra_args ''(extra arguments for build tool)''
+     * test ''(optional)''
+       * type       ''(''make'', ''perl5-build'', ''custom'', ...)'' 
+       * command    ''(only if ''type'' is ''custom'')''
+       * extra_args ''(extra arguments for test harness)''
+     * install ''(mandatory)''
+       * type       ''(''make'', ''perl5-build'', ''custom'', ...)'' 
+       * command    ''(only if ''type'' is ''custom'')''
+       * extra_args ''(extra arguments for installer)''
      * runtime ''(here for completeness; necessary?)''
  * Manifest fields ''(still under discussion; for scriptless installs)'':
@@ -217 +229 @@
    * conflicts
    * requires
-     * ''Note: even 'basic' tools such as `make` must be declared as dependencies here -- anything not provided by Parrot and the ecosystem tools directly.''
+     * ''Note: even 'basic' tools such as `make` must be declared as dependencies here -- anything not provided by Parrot and the ecosystem tools directly.  However, you can assume anything installed by Parrot's `make install-dev` is Just There.''
+     * ''All values are arrays of virtual package names, such as `make` (satisfiable with `make`, `gmake`, `nmake`, ...) and `git` (satisfiable with `git`, `git-core`, etc.)''
      * fetch
      * configure