--- Randy Kobes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 May 2004, DH wrote:
>
> [ ... ]
> > for whatever its worth,
> > PPM-NetStumbler-Wap does not have a blib directory
> > and is therefore not a ppm package
>
> I'm not sure we're talking about the same package?
whooops, apparently I got a broken version of winrar
(dang, not my regular machine)
> > There is no reason that PPM-NetStumbler-Wap should be on
> > CPAN or in any PPM repository (esp since it's not exactly
> > a ppm package). It's pure perl so there is no point to
> > make a ppm out of it, much less to put one up on CPAN.
>
> That certainly true that for simple pure perl modules like
> this a ppm package is a bit of overkill as far as
> installation goes, since you can simply copy the .pm file to
> the appropriate place. However, installing via ppm ensures
> the module is installed into the correct location, and also,
> it registers the package with ppm, so that updates and
> removal in the future can be done within ppm.
installing using CPANPLUS ensures the exact same thing.
Putting pure perl packages on ppm repositories just ppm breeds incompetence.
I get email all the time from people
who never heard of cpan.org/CPAN/CPANPLUS or who never read perlmodinstall.
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