Re: rakudo, nqp, perl6, etc

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

Do you mean the zef-based installer that does this ?
perl6 zef  --/build-depends --/test-depends --/depends --/p6c
--/metacpan --/cpan --force install ./modules$path_sep$module;

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:53 AM, matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> You are the second person to recommend managing the 39 (ish?) packages
> individually instead of a single wrapper for the entire 'star' bundle.
>
> I can see the appeal but it sounds like a lot of potential for drift.
>
> Is there a problem with zef as a build tool?  Maybe we can ask for
> some changes to it.
>
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:29 AM, Benny Siegert <bsiegert%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>> I think the rakudo-star packages should both be deleted, and the individual
>> pkgs imported from wip.
>>
>> What does not work yet is actually installing Perl 6 modules. There is a
>> script in the rakudo distribution that does the right thing, it needs to be
>> installed and used in the right place. wip/p6-zef is not suitable for
>> distribution packaging, it is meant for interactive use.
>>
>> matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost> schrieb am Fr. 28. Juli 2017 um
>> 05:07:
>>>
>>> Sorry I missed wip/rakudo-star (also abandoned?)
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 9:39 PM, matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'd like to get our perl6 packages lined up but would like to also
>>> > document what I found and get some opinions.  This is my second
>>> > attempt to look at this but I think things have settled a lot since
>>> > the "christmas release".
>>> >
>>> > lang/nqp (out of date),
>>> > lang/rakudo-star (abandoned?),
>>> > devel/MoarVM (current),
>>> > wip/rakudo (current),
>>> > wip/nqp (current)
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> >
>>> > So for starters I think we should:
>>> > 1) import wip/nqp into lang/nqp
>>> > 2) import wip/rakudo into devel/ or lang/
>>> > 3) replace lang/rakudo-star as being just the bundle of "core" modules
>>> > + zef as found here: https://github.com/rakudo/star
>>> > 4) make a lang/perl6 that is just an alias for the new rakudo-star pkg
>>> >
>>> > Anyone have a strong opinion?
>>> > Matt