[Catalyst] catalyst.pl-generated installer installs MyApp/root in same dir as MyApp/lib/*?

The simple answer you're looking for is 'hysterical raisins'.

I'm hoping that we'll move to using File::ShareDir for template for
installed applications as well as the (Catalyst::Helper) helper files at
some point in the future (Reaction is doing this already, I see no
reason not to pull it back into core at some point).

However most people don't actually install their applications (in a make
install type way), and so this isn't so much of an issue for them...

Cheers
t0m

We have a bit of code in the Helper section that looks for the stuff in the
distribution, as t0m has said, but it's untested, and not really implemented
yet tbh. People *don't* really install their applications, although they
should, because a reasonable developer keeps their Makefile.PL up to date
and thus keeps application dependencies up to date.


-dhoss

This is so strange to me; I *always* install my applications with make install,
or make debian packages of them, or...

hdp.

Ditto. For me, the most important aspect of actually doing an
installation is having dependencies get pulled in automatically. For
example, if you're doing automatic continuous integration testing, or
automatically building local::libs or debian packages for deployment on
lots of machines, you've got to have some kind of automation for
dependencies.

Rob

Ok, so, I'm obviously full of crap. (This should not be news to
anyone who reads the list)

A lot of people install their applications.

A lot of people find the fact that their config gets installed into
MyApp/myapp.yml, and your templates go into MyApp/root odious and
offensive.

You're preaching to the converted, I say we move them into a
sharedir, which is at least somewhat more sane, or we could even
adopt the crazy schemes proposed by john (http://
jjnapiorkowski.vox.com/library/post/rfc-non-code-data-directories-and-
standards-for-catalyst.html).

We're going to merge the first stage of the -Devel stuff shortly, at
which point branches to change the application structure (s/root/
share/) etc, welcome.

Please to be commenting on John's blog and branching Runtime 5.80 in
the mean time + stealing the sharedir handling out of Reaction, and
getting Alias to accept patches to do the 'am I in a checked out
dist' special move on File::ShareDir?

Well volunteered.

Cheers
t0m