Alien::Base Grant - Report #1
Sun, 25-Mar-2012 by
Makoto Nozaki
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< and [A::B::ModuleBuild::API](https://github.com/jberger/Alien-Base/blob/master/lib/Alien/Base/ModuleBuild/API.pod).
* Created an initial dev release, `0.000_001` and given the testers results, two further releases; now at `0.000_003`.
Still on my list:
* Fix a recurring bug that the testers see. It seems to always happen on Solaris, but also appears occasionally on other platforms.
* Provide a few inheritable tests so that Alien:: authors can have a backbone test provided for them. I expect this will be something in a Test::Class kind of implementation. However the abstractions make this test hard to test, so I'm working on it.
Finally I want to share a little story. At just the right time, I happened to notice that Richard Simões had started an Alien::Nettle project on his GitHub account. Just for fun, I decided to see how easy it would be to write my own Alien::Nettle for this `nettle` library that I had never heard of, but which seemed to meet my mental image of a good candidate for the Alien::Base system. The project to me all of about 5 minutes and worked successfully! I contacted Richard to mention it and he was quite excited.
This has been added to the examples directory (in his name). There are other examples too, including my own pet Alien::GSL. Take a look to see how easy this can be.
Do you have an Alien:: project that you wish you could write? Once I knock out this bug, I will release an alpha version, probably `0.001` and I will issue a call-to-arms. The reason for this is two-fold.
1. I want to hear what problems you have in writing your Alien:: module. Where is the framework not flexible enough? How is it confusing to you? Alien::Base has no purpose without users, I want to have you involved sooner rather than later.
2. I want my actual release (`1.000`) to be accompanied by a host of other releases of YOUR Alien:: projects. Hopefully coordinated on the same day. What could be a better demonstration of a new easy mechanism for library support?
Finally, just wanted to mention that the project is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/jberger/Alien-Base) - including those examples :-) Please, take a peek and comment either there or here, email me at joel dot a dot berger at gmail, or even chat me up on irc.perl.org #alien, which I have created to support the authors after my call-to-arms.
Cheers!
*Original article at [Joel Berger \[blogs.perl.org\]](http://blogs.perl.org/users/joel_berger/2012/03/alienbase-perl-foundation-grant-report-month-1.html).*
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