Perl Move to MetaCPAN
Summary
search.cpan.org web frontend for CPAN is being replaced by metacpan.org. Many Perl RPM packages refer to the search.cpan.org. This Fedora change aims to mass-update URL and Source RPM tags.
Owner
- Name: Petr Písař
- Email: <ppisar@redhat.com>
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 29
- Last updated: 2018-05-24
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Fedora packages store URL to the upstream web page and URL to source archive location in their metadata. Most of the Perl packages uses search.cpan.org for this purpose. However, search.cpan.org won't be the canonical source anymore. We should update the metadata to point to the new location.
Benefit to Fedora
Provide up-to-date home page in package descriptions to Fedora users. Fetch sources into Fedora infrastructure directly from upstream location.
Scope
- Proposal owners: Rewrite URL and Source addresses in Perl package specification files.
- Other developers: Make sure the new addresses are correct.
- Release engineering: #Releng issue number (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed)
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: Perl packaging guidelines will be updated.
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
This change has no impact on run-time.
How To Test
Package rebuilt after this change won't display search.cpan.org in rpm -qi' output.
User Experience
URL in in RPM packages uses metacpan.org instead of search.cpan.org.
Dependencies
There are no dependencies.
Contingency Plan
Reverting Perl packaging guidelines change.
Documentation
Release Notes
This change does not need to be highlighted in the release notes.