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| author | H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> | 2002-10-18 07:28:21 +0000 |
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| committer | H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> | 2002-10-18 07:28:21 +0000 |
| commit | efc41c8ef9279ab1e5f723c2c73a85333a96e0e2 (patch) | |
| tree | e798330f3166dedd86fb8ca6639d62f485ec3e9e /Porting/pumpkin.pod | |
| parent | 0fbedf1d02b8cd54a5c0f7085e51fe64e9af7892 (diff) | |
| download | perl-efc41c8ef9279ab1e5f723c2c73a85333a96e0e2.tar.gz | |
minor tweaks in Porting/pumpkin.pod
Fri, 18 Oct 2002; Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@gmx.net>
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18029
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting/pumpkin.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/pumpkin.pod | 18 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod index 54725ce946..1962f3eecb 100644 --- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod +++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ always match the regular expression: C<$1> in the pattern is always an even number for maintenance versions, and odd for developer releases. -In the past it has been observed that pumkings tend to invent new +In the past it has been observed that pumpkings tend to invent new naming conventions on the fly. If you are a pumpking, before you invent a new name for any of the three types of perl distributions, please inform the guys from the CPAN who are doing indexing and @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ settled elsewhere. If feasible, try to keep filenames 8.3-compliant to humor those poor souls that get joy from running Perl under such dire limitations. There's a script, check83.pl, for keeping your nose 8.3-clean. +In a similar vein, do not create files or directories which differ only +in case (upper versus lower). =head2 Seek consensus on major changes @@ -590,13 +592,13 @@ to change the version number near the top of the F<Changes> file. =head2 Todo -The F<pod/perltodo.pod> file contains a roughly-catgorized unordered list of -aspects of Perl that could use enhancement, features that could be -added, areas that could be cleaned up, and so on. During your term as -pumpkin-holder, you will probably address some of these issues, and -perhaps identify others which, while you decide not to address them -this time around, may be tackled in the future. Update the file -reflect the situation as it stands when you hand over the pumpkin. +The F<pod/perltodo.pod> file contains a roughly-categorized unordered +list of aspects of Perl that could use enhancement, features that could +be added, areas that could be cleaned up, and so on. During your term +as pumpkin-holder, you will probably address some of these issues, and +perhaps identify others which, while you decide not to address them this +time around, may be tackled in the future. Update the file to reflect +the situation as it stands when you hand over the pumpkin. You might like, early in your pumpkin-holding career, to see if you can find champions for partiticular issues on the to-do list: an issue |