On Friday, August 2, 2002, at 04:37 AM, Kurt D. Starsinic wrote:
> On Jul 30, Elizabeth Mattijsen wrote: >> What is the policy with regards to obsolete modules on CPAN? >> >> I just realised there are several versions of modules that I >> uploaded to >> CPAN still available e.g. through search.CPAN.org, at least with the >> CHANGELOG and the README. > > If you don't want them available, you can delete them from your > CPAN directory. That's what I recommend. I agree. >> Would it make sense to upload a non-functioning, higher >> versioned dummy >> module? E.g. a "threads::farm" version 0.02, telling you to use >> "Thread::Pool" instead? I think it's dangerous to upload a non-functioning replacement. If I were you I'd upload an identical replacement whose only change is the docs telling people it's now obsolete. You can then delete the older versions from CPAN. You probably shouldn't ever delete *every* version of the old module, because then people won't be able to find the migration path. -Ken
