cpan-meta-parsing.txt

xdg: oalders, META.yml throwing errors in the YAML parse or in interpretation?
[09:39am] oalders: xdg: Errors when trying to load the file, so parse I guess?
[09:39am] xdg: Loading with what YAML parser?
[09:40am] oalders: xdg: YAML.pm
[09:40am] xdg: !!
[09:41am] xdg: First try CPAN::Meta::YAML, then fall back to other YAML parsers
[09:41am] xdg: They are all slightly different.
[09:41am] xdg: http://echo.dagolden.com/~xdg/meta-yaml-testing/
[09:41am] xdg: that's a very old test to find distributions where different YAML parsers disagreed either on validity or results
[09:42am] xdg: mouse over the colored boxes to see a description in the tooltip
[09:42am] xdg: this is, btw, one reason why YAML is such a pain in the ass
[09:43am] oalders: xdg: Thanks. I'll do that.  This is very helpful.  I had also looked at Parse::CPAN::Meta, but I'll try this first.
[09:43am] oalders: The whole issue with serialization modules is why I think we need module up and downvoting.  It might take some of the pain out of it.
[09:43am] xdg: Parse::CPAN::Meta has been revised.  The old YAML::Tiny copy in its guts is factored out to CPAN::Meta::YAML
[09:44am] xdg: With the latest CPAN::Meta, you should just be able to do CPAN::Meta->load_file($name) and retry changing PERL_YAML_BACKEND to different YAML parsers if the first try fails
[09:45am] oalders: Excellent.  That will improve the coverage significantly.
[09:45am] xdg: that's probably not well documented yet. mea culpa.
[09:45am] xdg: Actually, it's documented in Parse::CPAN::Meta
[09:46am] xdg: And CPAN::Meta just uses Parse::CPAN::Meta for reading
[09:46am] xdg: happy to help, but now I have to get back to $job
[09:47am] xdg: Feel free to ask other META questions.  Any mention of "xdg" gets copied to my email and I'll stop by the channel eventually
[09:47am] xdg: Oh, I mean changing $ENV{PERL_YAML_BACKEND} if that wasn't clear
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[09:49am] oalders: xdg: Thanks very much for this.  It's a big help.