>>>>> On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:55:06 -0800, Tyler MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
> Those modules were never approved... yet they're in 03modlist.data. > So what good is the "official" module list then? I was always under the > impression that it acted like a guardian, CPAN wouldn't allow you to > download a module that wasn't registered or wasn't uploaded by a registered > author, and that was supposed to prevent malice or accidents from happening > when somebody uploaded a module that was actually in somebody else's > namespace, or not approved. There are two ways to reach maintainership status: registration/approval and simple upload of a module in a namespace that is not yet taken on a first-come-first-serve basis. On CPAN you find two files: 411682 Jan 3 21:10 02packages.details.txt.gz 110183 Jan 3 19:49 03modlist.data.gz As you say, 03xxx contains namespaces that have been registered and went through some discussion of namespace issues and they have a description line and a DSLIP entry (metadata about Development status, Support level, Language used, Interface style, Public License). It contains evensome namespaces that have been registered in advance and that have never lead to a released module. In addition, there is 02xxx that contains actual uploads where registered and non-registered namespaces are mixed together. In CPAN.pm you find both file contents merged. You can tell the difference by watching if there is a description line and a DSLIP entry. Hope that helps, -- andreas
