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Can you be a little bit more specific about how you want CPAN2 to work?
This has been a sore point for me lately, I really think we need to do a better job of lowering the barrier of entry to access CPAN.
For example, if I do some searches for CPAN (on Google), it's difficult to find clear instructions on how to install stuff. The examples I've seen show something like this:
perl -MCPAN -e shell
BEFORE introducing
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> Installing a CPAN module should be as easy as doing
>
> apt-get install (package)
It already is...
cpan install (package)
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http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=46045 [cpan.org]
Yes, it has the command-line sugar, but it also needs to be able to complete successfully (I realize this can be problematic with out-of-date installations)
Finally, we need to blat "cpan -i (package)" over the web so people can easily find out how to do it. Maybe even include some pointers to local::lib
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