NAME

Pakku::RecMan - Recommendation Manager for Pakku

SYNOPSIS

Parse all distributions archives in store directory and add them to database

recman.raku --database=recman.sqlite --store=/path/to/distributions/archives update

serve the disributions's meta and archives, ( also can cooperate with other Pakku::RecMans )

PAKKU_RECMAN_HOST=localhost PAKKU_RECMAN_PORT=4242 recman.raku --database=recman.sqlite --store=/store --cooperate=recman.cpan.org --cooperate=recman.pakku.org serve;

INSTALLATION

pakku add Pakku::RecMan

# or 

zef install Pakku::RecMan

DESCRIPTION

Pakku::RecMan is a Recommendation Manager for Pakku

• store is an IO::Path directory containing the *.tar.gz archives of the distributions you want to serve.

• To request meta of a distribution: http://recman.pakku.org/meta?name=MyModule&ver=0.0.1

• Download archive of a distribution: http://recman.pakku.org/archive/distribution-path-provided-in-meta.tar.gz ( The returned meta will have recman source key containing the url of the archive )

• Currently recman.pakku.org has meta and archives for all Raku distribution's in p6c and cpan, ( Except distributions with issues in META file )

• Can request any distribution's meta, eg: http://recman.pakku.org/meta?name=Inline::Perl5&ver=0.50

• When running in cooperative mode, RecMans can cooperate together to fulfill a request

USE CASE

Having MyModule1 and MyModule2 served by local RecMan running in cooperative mode with other RecMans. Requesting MyModule1's meta will provide MyModule1 from the local RecMan and dependencies from the cooperative RecMans

CREDITS

• I'm using crai to mirror locally the archives of the distributions in p6c and cpan

• database schema is stolen from crai and modified to suit Pakku's needs

AUTHOR

Haytham Elganiny elganiny.haytham@gmail.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2020 Haytham Elganiny

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.