I am currently in the middle of trying a new mechanism to deploy perl applications (several which are catalyst based) on servers at work while attempting to keep the level of supporting system (ie perl and the required modules) maintenance work to a minimum whilst being able to use modern perl - and we are running on Centos systems by default, so currently the system perl is 5.8.8. I intend to write about my proposed solution to this in a few weeks when I have had more of a chance to see how it works...
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I've been spending a bit of time this week looking at Pod enhancements for Dist::Zilla released modules, I have hit a bit of an impasse.
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I don't have the huge range of CPAN modules that some people are herding, so it may be thought that I don't need the substantial set of automation that others require to keep their interactions with PAUSE/CPAN under control.

However since I have to interact with PAUSE fairly rarely, as well as do the "pull everything together into a coherence CPAN release" dance infrequently, automating the whole process so I have fewer changes to get it wrong seems appealing.

I initially looked at Dist::Zilla a while back, but was having t…

I was never much of a prolific blogger - and since I was out of action nearly a year back for an extended period, I have not managed to resume at all...

So I'm aiming to do a little perl blogging here, as opposed to on my other (mostly abandoned) blog. Hopefully this should manage to keep going for a while.