Release to CPAN

[johannessen]

To facilitate use of this software, it should be released to CPAN sooner rather than later. I think the following issues should be addressed before that happens:

• ~#4 Unicode support (see PR #10)~

• ~#9 Loading module prints -lneo4j-client< to stdout~

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In my opinion, the following issues are somewhat less urgent and could be deferred for future updates. However, addressing these will introduce backwards-incompatible changes in certain edge cases, so it may be advisable to see if there are easy ways to fix them first.

• ~#5 REST::Neo4p as_simple format may conflict with properties~

• ~#11 Paths are returned as array references~

• ~#12 Boolean value representation~

• ~#17 REST::Neo4p as_simple format may conflict with Maps~

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The following issues are IMHO not urgent at all. There should be no need to implement these for the first release:

• ~#6 Obtain the version number of a connected Neo4j server~

• 7 Obtain query execution plans and profiles

• 8 Obtain query notifications

• ~#13 TLS support~

• 19 Empty maps and lists cannot be passed as parameters

• 22 Timeout is not configurable

[johannessen]

I’m hoping there currently aren’t any existing clients using Neo4j::Bolt directly. If that’s true, backwards compatibility shouldn’t be an issue.

I intend to offer fixes for #5 and #11 that roughly follow the examples I gave in these two issues. If you'd like me to hold off until we can discuss this, just let me know.

[johannessen]

All right, what’s left to do before release?

• Additions to Build.PL:
  • dist_author
  • meta_merge => { resources => { bugtracker => 'https://github.com/majensen/perlbolt/issues', repository => 'https://github.com/majensen/perlbolt.git', }, },
  • no_index => {file => 'Builder.pm'}, I guess?
• License: Your choice of apache_2_0 was intentional, right?
  (Just asking because the Perl community tends to prefer either perl_5 or artistic_2. Other than potential future license compatibility issues, I have no problem with the Apache license as such.)
• Changes update: either remove entry for 0.1 (= 0.10) or increment module $VERSION to match it

Anything else?

[johannessen]

All right then!

All that’s left seems to be uploading the distribution to CPAN. I could just use my PAUSE id, but you did some amazing work with this project and it really deserves to be published under yours.

https://github.com/majensen/perlbolt/releases/tag/v0.10

[johannessen]

What do you say, @majensen? Would you like to upload the distribution to CPAN, or should I?

[majensen]

I will do it @johannessen very shortly

[majensen]

I think I chose Apache 2 in keeping with libneo4j-client... not sure that it matters too much!

[johannessen]

Thanks! I didn’t mean to push you. It’s just that I’m eager to release an update of Neo4j::Driver with official Bolt support, and obviously Neo4j::Bolt needs to be released before that can happen.

I just didn’t want to be impolite and publish it for you without asking first, that’s all.

[majensen]

https://metacpan.org/pod/Neo4j::Bolt !

[johannessen]

Great, thanks!

And https://metacpan.org/pod/Neo4j::Driver 😎