[Bioperl-l] Misspellings in Bundle::BioPerl

[Sendu Bala]

Nathan S. Haigh wrote:
> Sendu Bala wrote:
>> Nathan S. Haigh wrote:
>>> Sendu Bala wrote:
>>>
>>>> Makefile.PL could be altered again to remove from PREREQ_PM those
>>>> modules the user didn't already have installed, thus CPAN would only
>>>> install Bioperl itself and nothing optional. The user could then
>>>> install Bundle::BioPerl if they wanted a quick way of getting all the
>>>> optional stuff to work.
>>>>
>>>> I'm happy either way; what do other people think?
 >>>
>>> From my point of view, removing them from PREREQ_PM means building the
>>> Bundle::BioPerl a bit of a pain :o(
 >>
>> Can I ask how you're generating Bundle::BioPerl? That is, how did the
>> typos get in there? Is there a way to certainly avoid typos in the
>> future?
> 
> I just modified the list by hand a while back :o( - I'm sure there must
> be a better way.

I'm not sure I understand why removing things from PREREQ_PM would be a 
problem for you then; the %packages hash would remain unchanged (ie. 
have everything) so you have something to refer to when manually editing 
the Bundle.

http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_make_bundle
might be helpful? I didn't really pay too much attention to the advice - 
does it offer a typo-avoiding solution?