NAME
    Pinto - Curate a repository of Perl modules

VERSION
    version 0.046

SYNOPSIS
    See pinto to create and manage a Pinto repository.

    See pintod to allow remote access to your Pinto repository.

    See Pinto::Manual for more information about the Pinto tools.

DESCRIPTION
    Pinto is a suite of tools and libraries for creating and managing a
    custom CPAN-like repository of Perl modules. The purpose of such a
    repository is to provide a stable, curated stack of dependencies from
    which you can reliably build, test, and delploy your application using
    the standard Perl tool chain. Pinto supports various operations for
    gathering and managing distribution dependencies within the repository,
    so that you can control precisely which dependencies go into your
    application.

METHODS
  run( $action_name => %action_args )
    Runs the Action with the given $action_name, passing the %action_args to
    its constructor. Returns a Pinto::Result.

  add_logger( $obj )
    Convenience method for installing additional endpoints for logging. The
    object must be an instance of a Log::Dispatch::Output subclass.

FEATURES
    Pinto is inspired by Carton, CPAN::Mini::Inject, and MyCPAN::App::DPAN,
    but adds a few interesting features:

    *   Pinto supports mutiple indexes

        A Pinto repository can have multiple indexes. Each index corresponds
        to a "stack" of dependencies that you can control. So you can have
        one stack for development, one for production, one for feature-xyz,
        and so on. You can also branch and merge stacks to experiment with
        new dependencies or upgrades.

    *   Pinto helps manage incompatibilies between dependencies

        Sometimes, you discover that a new version of a dependency is
        incompatible with your application. Pinto allows you to "pin" a
        dependency to a stack, which prevents it from being accidentally
        upgraded (either directly or via some other dependency).

    *   Pinto can pull archives from multiple remote repositories

        Pinto can pull dependencies from multiple sources, so you can create
        private (or public) networks of repositories that enable separate
        teams or individuals to collaborate and share Perl modules.

    *   Pinto supports team development

        Pinto is suitable for small to medium-sized development teams and
        supports concurrent users. Pinto also has a web service interface
        (via pintod), so remote developers can use a centrally hosted
        repository.

    *   Pinto has a robust command line interface.

        The pinto utility has commands and options to control every aspect
        of your Pinto repository. They are well documented and behave in the
        customary UNIX fashion.

    *   Pinto can be extended.

        You can extend Pinto by creating Pinto::Action subclasses to perform
        new operations on your repository, such as extracting documentation
        from a distribution, or grepping the source code of several
        distributions.

Pinto vs PAUSE
    In some ways, Pinto is similar to PAUSE <http://pause.perl.org>. Both
    are capable of accepting distributions and constructing a directory
    structure and index that Perl installers understand. But there are some
    important differences:

    *   Pinto does not promise to index exactly like PAUSE does

        Over the years, PAUSE has evolved complicated heuristics for dealing
        with all the different ways that Perl code is written and packaged.
        Pinto is much less sophisticated, and only aspires to produce an
        index that is "good enough" for most situations.

    *   Pinto does not understand author permissions

        PAUSE has a system of assigning ownership and co-maintenance
        permission of modules to specific people. Pinto does not have any
        such permission system. All activity is logged so you can identify
        the culprit, but Pinto expects you to be accountable for your
        actions.

    *   Pinto is not (always) secure

        PAUSE requires authors to authenticate themselves before they can
        upload or remove modules. Pinto does not require authentication, so
        any user with sufficient file permission can potentialy change the
        repository. However pintod does suport HTTP authentication, which
        gives you some control over access to a remote repository.

BUT WHERE IS THE API?
    For now, the Pinto API is private and subject to radical change without
    notice. Any API documentation you see is purely for my own references.
    In the meantime, the command line utilities mentioned in the "SYNOPSIS"
    are your public user interface.

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

      perldoc Pinto

  Websites
    The following websites have more information about this module, and may
    be of help to you. As always, in addition to those websites please use
    your favorite search engine to discover more resources.

    *   Search CPAN

        The default CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Pinto>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        The CPAN Ratings is a website that allows community ratings and
        reviews of Perl modules.

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Pinto>

    *   CPAN Testers

        The CPAN Testers is a network of smokers who run automated tests on
        uploaded CPAN distributions.

        <http://www.cpantesters.org/distro/P/Pinto>

    *   CPAN Testers Matrix

        The CPAN Testers Matrix is a website that provides a visual overview
        of the test results for a distribution on various Perls/platforms.

        <http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Pinto>

    *   CPAN Testers Dependencies

        The CPAN Testers Dependencies is a website that shows a chart of the
        test results of all dependencies for a distribution.

        <http://deps.cpantesters.org/?module=Pinto>

  Bugs / Feature Requests
    <https://github.com/thaljef/Pinto/issues>

  Source Code
    <https://github.com/thaljef/Pinto>

      git clone git://github.com/thaljef/Pinto.git

AUTHOR
    Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Imaginative Software Systems.

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

