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Sunday June 17, 2007
01:46 AM
search.cpan.org behaving strangly?
Net::Server shows version 0.46 while searching for Net::Server
reveals that it has version 0.96 marked as unauthorized.
Even though it is from the same author.
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Or is it a BUG?"
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Not strange at all (Score:1)
This is by design.
If you look at the 0.96 version of the distro [cpan.org] you’ll see that Net::Server::Multiplex is unauthorized. Search for Net::Server::Multiple [cpan.org] and you’ll find that the one who has the permissions to that namespace is Rob Brown [cpan.org], who released the 0.87 version of the distro [cpan.org], not Paul Seamons [cpan.org], who released both 0.46 and 0.96. If you look at 0.87 you’ll see that Rob Brown made a largely unauthorised release – except for the addition of Net::Server::Multiplex, which didn’
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Just because something is "by design" doesn't mean it isn't strange.
And we don't have to just learn to deal with it.
search.cpan.org oddness (Score:2)
Net::Serverbut I also ran into a search.cpan.org oddity today.Trying to find
CGIis proving to be rather entertaining [cpan.org]Re: (Score:2)
Re: (Score:1)
Almost exactly the same message subject, even [perl.org].