* "Andreas J. Koenig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-08-03T00:57:26] > >>>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:12:14 -0500, Graham Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > The primary source of permissions search uses is the CPAN > > 02packages.details.txt data file. It remembers what packages PAUSE > > indexed for a user. However when a user is given perms and uploads a > > developer release it does not know the user has permissions because pause > > will not index it. > > > As a backup search also pulls the PAUSE database dump and loads from > > the 'perms' table. This is why you have permission for MIME::Lite > > Thanks for the clarification! Now we know how much database semantics > really matter:)
...and thanks for keeping me in the loop! I know a lot of CPAN authors think of the everything beyond 02packages as scary and mysterious, and I'm one of them. Seeing a bit more about this is really nice. -- rjbs
