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 should mention that now Perl6 distributions can be uploaded to CPAN (without needing to add a special Perl6/ folder), and will have their source-url automatically set or replaced with the appropriate CPAN url. Additionally App::Mi6 now has mi6 dist and mi6 upload to make the process even simpler.
Now lets get started by making sure we are using a version with features developed at PTS:
$ zef install "zef:ver(v0.1.15+)"
All candidates are currently installed
No reason to proceed. Use --force to continue anyway
Perl6 distributions uploaded to CPAN are now indexed. Currently the index is generated by https://github.com/ugexe/Perl6-App--ecogen and stored at https://github.com/ugexe/Perl6-ecosystems alongside a mirror of the existing p6c ecosystem. It is also enabled by default now:
$ zef list --max=10
===> Found via Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<cpan>
Inline:ver('1.2.1')
Inline:ver('1.2')
Inline:ver('1')
IO::Glob:ver('0.1'):auth('github:zostay')
Text::CSV:ver('0.007'):auth('github:Tux')
Text::CSV:ver('0.008'):auth('github:Tux')
Data::Selector:ver('1.01')
Data::Selector:ver('1.02')
NativeCall:ver('1')
CompUnit::Repository::Mask:ver('0.0.1')
Inline::Perl5:ver('0.26'):auth('github:niner')
$ zef info CompUnit::Repository::Mask
- Info for: CompUnit::Repository::Mask
- Identity: CompUnit::Repository::Mask:ver('0.0.1')
- Recommended By: Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<cpan>
Description: hide installed modules for testing.
License: Artistic-2.0
Source-url: http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/N/NI/NINE/Perl6/CompUnit-Repository-Mask-0.0.1.tar.gz
Provides: 1 modules
Depends: 0 items
A distribution can exist in multiple "ecosystems":
$ zef search Inline::Perl5
===> Found 3 results
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ID|From |Package |Description
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1 |Zef::Repository::LocalCache |Inline::Perl5:ver('0.26'):auth('github:niner')|Use Perl 5 code in a Perl 6 program
2 |Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<cpan>|Inline::Perl5:ver('0.26'):auth('github:niner')|Use Perl 5 code in a Perl 6 program
3 |Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<p6c> |Inline::Perl5:ver('0.26'):auth('github:niner')|Use Perl 5 code in a Perl 6 program
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Dependencies can be resolved by any and all ecosystems available, so distributions can be put on cpan and still have their dependencies that aren't get resolved:
$ zef -v install Inline::Perl5
===> Searching for: Inline::Perl5
===> Found: Inline::Perl5:ver('0.26'):auth('github:niner') [via Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<cpan>]
===> Searching for missing dependencies: LibraryMake, File::Temp
===> Found dependencies: File::Temp [via Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<p6c>]
===> Found dependencies: LibraryMake:ver('1.0.0'):auth('github:retupmoca') [via Zef::Repository::LocalCache]
===> Searching for missing dependencies: Shell::Command, File::Directory::Tree
===> Found dependencies: Shell::Command, File::Directory::Tree:auth('labster') [via Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<p6c>]
===> Searching for missing dependencies: File::Which, File::Find
===> Found dependencies: File::Find:ver('0.1'), File::Which [via Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<p6c>]
...<more output>...
In addition to CPAN we have access to CPAN testers. Garu worked with me to create a perl6 cpan testers report module: Zef::CPANReporter
$ zef install Zef::CPANReporter
===> Searching for: Zef::CPANReporter
===> Searching for missing dependencies: Net::HTTP
===> Testing: Net::HTTP:ver('0.0.1'):auth('github:ugexe')
===> Testing [OK] for Net::HTTP:ver('0.0.1'):auth('github:ugexe')
===> Testing: Zef::CPANReporter:ver('0.0.1'):auth('github:garu')
===> Testing [OK] for Zef::CPANReporter:ver('0.0.1'):auth('github:garu')
===> Installing: Net::HTTP:ver('0.0.1'):auth('github:ugexe')
===> Installing: Zef::CPANReporter:ver('0.0.1'):auth('github:garu')
# ...and in use:
$ zef -v install Grammar::Debugger
===> Searching for: Grammar::Debugger
===> Found: Grammar::Debugger:ver('1.0.1'):auth('github:jnthn') [via Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<p6c>]
===> Searching for missing dependencies: Terminal::ANSIColor
===> Found dependencies: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver('0.3') [via Zef::Repository::Ecosystems<p6c>]
===> Fetching [OK]: Grammar::Debugger:ver('1.0.1'):auth('github:jnthn') to /Users/ugexe/.zef/tmp/grammar-debugger.git
===> Fetching [OK]: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver('0.3') to /Users/ugexe/.zef/tmp/Terminal-ANSIColor.git
===> Testing: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver('0.3')
t/00-load.t .. ok
All tests successful.
Files=1, Tests=1, 0 wallclock secs
Result: PASS
===> Testing [OK] for Terminal::ANSIColor:ver('0.3')
Report for Terminal::ANSIColor:ver('0.3') will be available at http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/a9ed11ac-4108-11e7-9b92-c8514edb94d5
===> Testing: Grammar::Debugger:ver('1.0.1'):auth('github:jnthn')
t/debugger.t .. ok
t/ltm.t ....... ok
t/tracer.t .... ok
All tests successful.
Files=3, Tests=3, 1 wallclock secs
Result: PASS
===> Testing [OK] for Grammar::Debugger:ver('1.0.1'):auth('github:jnthn')
Report for Grammar::Debugger:ver('1.0.1'):auth('github:jnthn') will be available at http://www.cpantesters.org/cpan/report/ab9c911c-4108-11e7-a777-ca182bdd3934
===> Installing: Terminal::ANSIColor:ver('0.3')
===> Install [OK] for Terminal::ANSIColor:ver('0.3')
===> Installing: Grammar::Debugger:ver('1.0.1'):auth('github:jnthn')
===> Install [OK] for Grammar::Debugger:ver('1.0.1'):auth('github:jnthn')
This work (and my attendance) was made possible by a bunch of great perl companies and people:
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