NAME
Module::Release - Methods for releasing packages to CPAN and SourceForge.
SYNOPSIS
Right now, there are no user-servicable parts inside. However, this has been split out like this so that there can be in the future.
VERSION
Version 0.22
$Header: /cvsroot/brian-d-foy/release/lib/Module/Release.pm,v 1.16 2003/04/10 03:20:21 petdance Exp $new()
Create a Module::Release object. Any arguments passed are assumed to be key-value pairs that override the default values.
At this point, the new() method is not overridable via the release_subclass config file entry. It would be nice to fix this sometime.
clean()
Clean up the directory to get rid of old versions
build_makefile()
Builds the makefile from Makefile.PL
test()
Check the tests, which must all pass
dist()
Make the distribution
dist_test()
Check the distribution test
check_cvs()
Check the state of the CVS repository
check_for_passwords()
Makes sure that cpan_pass and sf_pass members are populated, as appropriate. This function must die if the calling program is not able to continue.
ftp_upload()
Upload the files to the FTP servers
pause_claim()
Claim the file in PAUSE
cvs_tag()
Tag the release in local CVS
make_cvs_tag()
By default, examines the name of the remote file (i.e. Foo-Bar-0.04.tar.gz) and constructs a CVS tag like RELEASE_0_04 from it. Override this method if you want to use a different tagging scheme.
sf_login()
Authenticate with Sourceforge
sf_qrs()
Visit the Quick Release System form
sf_release()
Release the file
get_readme()
Read and parse the README file. This is pretty specific, so you may well want to overload it.
get_changes()
Read and parse the Changes file. This is pretty specific, so you may well want to overload it.
run()
Run a command in the shell.
getpass()
Get a password from the user if it isn't found.