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| author | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2010-01-28 19:19:13 -0500 |
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| committer | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2010-01-28 19:19:13 -0500 |
| commit | 4592428789709e459662bc3ecbfa142cd912dfad (patch) | |
| tree | 4ec44b22d7445a539d9035627192d79caf980303 /Porting | |
| parent | adbcfde046cf8da9d6dd3380d5f534b24b478d84 (diff) | |
| download | perl-4592428789709e459662bc3ecbfa142cd912dfad.tar.gz | |
suggestion to use GET URL
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| -rw-r--r-- | Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | 10 |
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diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index 8bdb58ff33..b63f858b12 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -788,6 +788,16 @@ a new release with a new minor version or RC number. (Login, then select 'Upload a file to CPAN') +If your workstation is not connected to a high-bandwidth, +high-reliability connection to the Internet, you should probably use the +"GET URL" feature (rather than "HTTP UPLOAD") to have PAUSE retrieve the +new release from wherever you put it for testers to find it. This will +eliminate anxious gnashing of teeth while you wait to see if your +15 megabyte HTTP upload successfully completes across your slow, twitchy +cable modem. I<Remember>: if your upload is partially successful, you +may need to contact a PAUSE administrator or even bump the version of +perl. + Upload both the .gz and .bz2 versions of the tarball. =item * |