> > On Mar 25, 2010, at 8:38, Andy Armstrong wrote: > > >> I like that solution better > > > > > > [snip] > > > > But solution to what? Are we convinced there's actually a problem here? > > CPAN has almost 200k files. www.cpan.org says there are "17627 modules". rsyncing a gazillion files doesn't work that well (on the server). Helping authors remember to delete things that are now irrelevant from the main CPAN system will make it easier to run mirrors and keep them fresh. > > > - ask
So the problem is not a 'purging' problem (that a few confused with deleting modules) but more a synchronization problematic between the CPAN mirrors. I think we all agree that all modules should be kept safely somewhere but only few need to be synchronized to all the mirrors. ccpan, cpanp and cpanm (other?) could have a older_versions_url_list that would be used if the module version is not part of what the author/community want to be mirrored. very old versions are, I think, seldom asked for (something that would need figures to confirm). Also, I'd bet that 95% of Perl users don't know what BACKPAN is. Nadim.
