release of own projects

[Christoph Theunert]

Hi, I am a bioinformatics student from germany and I need your help

Working with perl and bioperl is pretty new to me -
currently I am working on a Bioperl project, and I don't know how to release my project when i am finished with it.

I want to pack my modules so that other users can download it and install it on their machines.

Do I use the command h2xs as to create cpan modules ( makefiles ...) or what is the best way to solve my
problem ?

thanks for help

Christoph

[Spiros Denaxas]

Hey,

Yes, IMHO the best way would be to create CPANesque modules that
people are able to download and install. The installation is pretty
straightforward, covers prerequisites  and more advanced features if
needed and as an approach it is widely supported. Also, it gives you
the ability to create and integrate tests seamlessly :)

Check out these URL's on how to do it:

http://search.cpan.org/~nwclark/perl-5.8.8/pod/perlnewmod.pod
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=158999
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=431702

Btw, more friendly and automated tools exist besides h2xs. Be sure to
have a look at:

http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?ExtUtils::ModuleMaker
http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Module::Starter

Hope this helps,
Spiros

ps. i suggest since its your research work you are going to be handing
out to read a bit on the various software licenses which exist and
which you prefer to license your code under.


On 9/11/07, Christoph Theunert <christoph.theunert@...> wrote:

>
> Hi, I am a bioinformatics student from germany and I need your help
>
> Working with perl and bioperl is pretty new to me -
> currently I am working on a Bioperl project, and I don't know how to release
> my project when i am finished with it.
>
> I want to pack my modules so that other users can download it and install it
> on their machines.
>
> Do I use the command h2xs as to create cpan modules ( makefiles ...) or what
> is the best way to solve my
> problem ?
>
> thanks for help
>
> Christoph
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Christoph Theunert wrote:

> Hi, I am a bioinformatics student from germany and I need your help
>
> Working with perl and bioperl is pretty new to me -
> currently I am working on a Bioperl project, and I don't know how to release
> my project when i am finished with it.
>
> I want to pack my modules so that other users can download it and install it
> on their machines.
>
> Do I use the command h2xs as to create cpan modules ( makefiles ...) or what
> is the best way to solve my
> problem ?

You can do it however you like. You can just stick the modules in a
folder, .tar.gz it and offer that to people. You can use h2xs to
automate certain things. You can use Module::Build.

To make your work available via cpan, see
http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html

If your modules are of general bioinformatic utility you might even
consider making them a part of bioperl itself.
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