How to create META.json using Module::Build and how to link to the VCS?

[Gabor Szabo]

Hi,

recently I wrote an article how people could include a link to their
version control system in the META.yml file.
http://perl5maven.com/how-to-add-link-to-version-control-system-of-a-cpan-distributions

After getting a few comments I found out that beside the link to the
repository one could also include the type of
the repository (git/svn/etc...), but as far as I can see only
META.json holds that information.
At least in the distributions I checked only META.json had this.
All these distributions were generated using Dist::Zilla.

So I wonder how can ask Module::Build to generate META.json as well,
and how can I tell it
to include the other fields of the repository as well?

regards
Gabor

[Leon Timmermans]

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Gabor Szabo <ga...@szabgab.com> wrote:
> After getting a few comments I found out that beside the link to the
> repository one could also include the type of
> the repository (git/svn/etc...), but as far as I can see only
> META.json holds that information.
> At least in the distributions I checked only META.json had this.
> All these distributions were generated using Dist::Zilla.
>
> So I wonder how can ask Module::Build to generate META.json as well,
> and how can I tell it
> to include the other fields of the repository as well?

Since version 0.3800 Module::Build generates valid META.json, but it's
actually upconverted meta 1.4, so it won't contain any of the new
fields. This is a known bug. I would welcome someone adding proper
meta 2.0 support, but it's fairly low on my own todo list to be
honest. MakeMaker has the same issue.

Leon

[Gabor Szabo]

Thanks.

I checked on a distribution that is using MB and it created the
META.json for me too. ++!

Interestingly Sam Graham posted a link to his article where he shows
how he did this
2 years ago:
http://www.illusori.co.uk/blog/2013/01/03/setting-repository-with-module-build.html

I tried the same using MB 0.4003 but got the following error:

Error is: Invalid metadata structure. Errors: 'HASH(0xfcde50)' for
'repository' does not have a URL scheme (resources -> repository)
[Validation: 1.4]

Was the feature removed?

regards
Gabor

[Gabor Szabo]

John,

just a misunderstanding.

repository => 'git://github.com/jgamble/Math-Polynomial-Solve.git',

works

repository => {
url => 'git://github.com/jgamble/Math-Polynomial-Solve.git',
web => 'http://github.com/jgamble/Math-Polynomial-Solve',
type => 'git',
}

does NOT. (but it would be nice if it did)

Just as Leon wrote.

Gabor

[Leon Timmermans]

What we really need is a meta_merge2 key. Or maybe a repository key.
Or probably both would be nice to have.

Leon