September 2010 Archives

So who knew...

I'm currently working with extracting data from a system with an XML based command UI, so I am fairly often dumping serialised (using Data::Dump) perl objects out whilst debugging.
You would not believe how long it takes, or how much memory is required, to run 110MB of perl datastructure dumps through perltidy!
Actually I don't know how long or how much memory it took eithe…

More thoughts on Dist::Zilla

Having just read Zbigniew's blog entry on Dist::Zilla managed distributions.

This is a real issue - admittedly I have been trying out a number of plugin bundles recently, but having to test a new config by doing dzil build and scroll back to the top error message to find the missing plugin, install that, redo is just not a fun development method.

Maybe as a first cut we could do with a dzil tool to spit out a required plugin/plugin bundles set …

Working For Bletchley Park

This might not seem like a perl blog post. However it is...
Perl builds on foundations laid at Bletchley.
After the war the role of Bletchley was treated as a state secret, and to the shame of the UK the whole history and site was allowed to crumble; only in the last few years have serious efforts been made to preserve the…

Adventures with Dist::Zilla - 3 - Can't Get No Satisfaction

I am still slowly working my way through Dist::Zilla attempting to get the config that works for me...

I suspect that the plethora of PluginBundles::personid are down to it being very hard to slightly modify a config other than by writing it out in full or by nasty filtering gymnastics...
For example I've been building a Task:: module for work - this pulls in everything I want as a base system on our servers. I started with an existing Task module, git cloned it, and modified it into the form I wanted - bringing along the initial Dist::Zilla config and changing that to…

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