On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 03:42:56AM +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote: > * Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-08-28 14:12]: > > 2. Make another release under the old name, leaving the > > functionality intact, but with a clear disclaimer near the top: > > > > "This is the last release under this name. Future development > > will happen under the name New::Name". Please use it when you > > write or update code." > > You could have the last release of the old module merely contain > a stub that transparently loads the new-name module, possibly > with a deprecation warning. The old distribution would then > depend on whatever the latest version of the new one is. CPAN.pm > will then detect a dependency and automatically install the new > module for anyone who requests the latest version under the > previous name.
Doing this stub with clear descriptive text above seems to me to be the best way to do it. Nicholas Clark
