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• CPAN also? (Score:1)

  by Ron Savage (5224)

  Is there anything you've said about BackPAN which does not also apply to CPAN?
  
  Don't forget, a passive repository is harmless /until/ a human (directly or via a program) intervenes...
  
  • Re: (Score:1)

    by hex (3272)

    The big difference being that backpan contains all the files deleted from cpan, and those files were deleted for a reason.
    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Ron Savage (5224)

      Not such a difference.
      
      To delete V 1.00 because V 1.01 is better makes sense, but you're assuming V 1.01 is perfect, whereas in time CPAN (V 1.01) will be deemed just as faulty because V 1.02 will come along...
      
      • Re: (Score:1)

        by hex (3272)

        I'm not assuming anything of the kind. I think you've misunderstood.
        • Re: (Score:1)

          by Ron Savage (5224)

          Nope. But I see further discussion is pointless.
          • Re:CPAN also? (Score:1)

            by runrig (3385) <dougwNO@SPAMcpan.org> on 2008.05.08 19:15 (#62758) Journal

            I'll rephrase what hex said. Sometimes modules (not just releases) are deleted from CPAN. For a reason.

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            • Re: (Score:1)

              by hex (3272)

              Yes, absolutely. I hadn't thought of that, and it's a very serious addition to the point I was making.