The 2019 Perl Toolchain Summit
The 2019 Perl Toolchain Summit has come to a close. This annual gathering brings toolchain developers of both Perl and Perl6 together to work on the types of problems that … »
Perl Toolchain Summit 2018 - META6 dependency hello
I recently returned from the 2018 Perl Toolchain Summit that was held in Oslo, Norway. This event is important because it gathers many key people and tons of experience into … »
Perl Toolchain Summit 2017 - CPAN and Perl6
At the 2017 Perl Toolchain Summit (PTS) a lot of stuff got done. This is a brief demonstration style summary of the resulting CPAN-related feature enhancements to zef. First I … »
Slightly less basic Perl6 module management
This is meant to answer some of the reoccurring questions I've seen in #perl6 about module management. Solutions use the Perl6 package manager called Zef [https://github.com/ … »
A quick and simplified look at how Zef works
Everything has to start somewhere. A Perl6 package's story usually starts at its META.info file, a file containing various bits of information that describe the package and … »