[Pdx-pm] PGXN: It's CPAN for PostgreSQL

[David E. Wheeler]

On Apr 20, 2011, at 10:17 AM, Jonathan Duke Leto wrote:

> This sounds awesome.
> 
> Are there tools to help authors create a PGXN distribution (or
> whatever it is called) from an already existing project ?

Not yet. I plan at some point to do something with Dist::Zilla.

> I am thinking specifically of putting PL/Parrot and PL/Perl6 on PGXN.
> 
> And yes, I will bribe you with beer if you help me hack on it :)

Right on! At this point, it's really as simple as creating a META.json. Everything else is gravy.

Best,

David