• NAME
• VERSION
• SYNOPSIS
• EXPORT
• FUNCTIONS
• METHODS
• AUTHOR
• BUGS
• SUPPORT
• INSPIRATION
• COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
• TODO
• NOTE

NAME

Acme::Magic::Pony - Schwern asked for a Magic Pony!

VERSION

Version 0.03

SYNOPSIS

    use Acme::Magic::Pony;

That's it. Every time you use any module, Acme::Magic::Pony will look to see if you have it. If you do, it does nothing, but if you're missing it, it will attempt to use CPAN::Shell to install it.

EXPORT

Nothing.

FUNCTIONS

None.

METHODS

None.

AUTHOR

Jeff Lavallee, <jeff at zeroclue.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-acme-magic-pony at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Acme-Magic-Pony. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Acme::Magic::Pony

You can also look for information at:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Acme-Magic-Pony

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/Acme-Magic-Pony

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Acme-Magic-Pony

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/Acme-Magic-Pony

INSPIRATION

Michael G Schwern said:

    As long as we're talking platitudes, why don't we just say you never have to
    upgrade!  In fact, you never even have to install the software, magic ponies
    inside your computer will just know when you need it and go get it for you. [1]

    Also everyone gets a million dollars and a pet dragon.


    [1]  I anticipate the Acme::Magic::Pony auto-installer on CPAN by Monday.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2008 Jeff Lavallee, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

TODO

Acme::Magic::Pony doesn't offer to upgrade modules that aren't at the most recent version. Maybe it's not so magic after all!

NOTE

This might be vaguely useful when writing new code on a system that doesn't have modules you're used to using. It'll fire up CPAN for you and install things as you go. But heaven forbid you leave "use Acme::Magic::Pony" around in your code, it will be more or less guaranteed to cause anyone who runs across your code no end of headaches.

I'm sure this module could be vastly improved. Please file bugs and/or send me email directly. In particular, I'm not sure what a good testing strategy is - I suppose I could attempt to identify some module that the user doesn't have, and see that Acme::Magic::Pony installs it and that it can then be used, but that seems rather intrusive and risky. Ideas?