Move ExtUtils-Install from cpan/ to dist/

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#122787 (status was 'rejected')

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From @jkeenan

See the p5p list discussion starting here​:
http​://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/08/msg218921.html

Consensus is leaning in the direction of moving ExtUtils-Install from cpan/ to dist/ within the Perl 5 core distribution, as it is primarily maintained in blead and has its bugs tracked right here at rt.perl.org.

I will make the change in a smoke-me branch, then make the change in blead in 4 to 7 days unless there is objection thereto.

Thank you very much.
--
James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

$ perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 20 subversion 0) configuration​:
 
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  Compiler​:
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  libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/include-fixed /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /lib/../lib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/../lib /lib
  libs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
  perllibs=-lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc
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  cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -L/usr/local/lib -fstack-protector'

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl)​:
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  USE_LOCALE USE_LOCALE_COLLATE USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
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  Built under linux
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  %ENV​:
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  PERLBREW_HOME="/home/jkeenan/.perlbrew"
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  PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALL_BASE=/home/jkeenan/perl5"
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  /home/jkeenan/perl5/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux
  /home/jkeenan/perl5/lib/perl5
  /home/jkeenan/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.20.0/lib/site_perl/5.20.0/x86_64-linux
  /home/jkeenan/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.20.0/lib/site_perl/5.20.0
  /home/jkeenan/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.20.0/lib/5.20.0/x86_64-linux
  /home/jkeenan/perl5/perlbrew/perls/perl-5.20.0/lib/5.20.0
  .

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From @jkeenan

On Mon Sep 15 17​:36​:37 2014, jkeenan wrote​:

See the p5p list discussion starting here​:
http​://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2014/08/msg218921.html

Consensus is leaning in the direction of moving ExtUtils-Install from
cpan/ to dist/ within the Perl 5 core distribution, as it is primarily
maintained in blead and has its bugs tracked right here at
rt.perl.org.

I will make the change in a smoke-me branch, then make the change in
blead in 4 to 7 days unless there is objection thereto.

Placing this on old pending hearing from Perl Toolchain Gang as to whether they're willing to take over maintenance of ExtUtils-Install. In that case, the distro's bug tracker would have to move out of rt.perl.org, but its position within the core distro would remain under cpan/.

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

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From @jkeenan

On Mon Sep 15 18​:04​:23 2014, jkeenan wrote​:

Placing this on old pending hearing from Perl Toolchain Gang as to
whether they're willing to take over maintenance of ExtUtils-Install.
In that case, the distro's bug tracker would have to move out of
rt.perl.org, but its position within the core distro would remain
under cpan/.

Looking at http​://search.cpan.org/dist/ExtUtils-Install/, I see that ExtUtils-Install's repository has been changed to https​://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/ExtUtils-Install and that its bug tracker has been changed to https://rt.cpan.org//Dist/Display.html?Queue=ExtUtils-Install.

Hence, ExtUtils-Install is now "maintained on CPAN" and there is no further need for this RT.

Thank you very much.

--
James E Keenan (jkeenan@​cpan.org)

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