What's the proper way of obtaining an account on CPAN?
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Can you please tell me the steps I need to follow in order to obtain an account on CPAN? I'd like to contribute some modules. A while back, I tried to create an account, and I remember I got back a mail containing some of this text:
The following links are only valid for PAUSE maintainers: and there were 2 links :
Registration form with editing capabilities:
and
Immediate (one click) registration:
I remember I clicked on the Immediate registration but it asked me for a username & password.I did not knew how to go on from there. Was I going in the wrong direction? Does anyone have a step by step account registration tutorial?
Solution
Follow the steps from the CPAN FAQ PAUSE FAQ. You need to supply a user name and a password to create an account.
When I registered a couple years ago, the first email I got was a simple acknowledgement that I requested an account. The second email was to welcome me as a new user; it notified me of an auto-generated password, and requested me to change my password.
It looks like you might be able to track your progress from this website: PAUSE. Search for your user name.
I also ran a SuperSearch on PerlMonks to see if others have had problems with PAUSE. This is what turned up:
OTHER TIPS
It's been so long since I created my CPAN account that I almost forgot. But you need to go to http://pause.perl.org/ and click "Request a PAUSE Account". PAUSE is the upload backend for CPAN, and from there you can register your account, create a new module, etc.
The perldoc for perlnewmod is a good starting point, and includes all the instructions you will need to setup your module properly for CPAN.
Send email to modules@perl.org for assistance. Browse the archives for your PAUSE id application.
