[sf-perl] the next generation cpan (research and discussion)

[Paul Makepeace]

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 14:42, David Fetter <david at fetter.org> wrote:
> Popular CPAN modules get packaged and shipped with OSs, which means
> that to an excellent first approximation no one downloads them from
> CPAN.

(Except for upgrades)

Also package managers muddy the waters.

That said, I'd rather see what's there than nothing at all. I'm sure
there's *some* use in it, the paranoia in the lanl.gov page
notwithstanding.

Paul