* Burak Gürsoy <burakgur...@gmx.net> [2009-10-31T18:13:05] > I see that some modules have git:// protocol as the repo address in META.yml > and/or Pod. I don't think this is useful to anybody since we don't see the > address at all in cpan shell and hardly anyone downloads and checks every > file to locate a repo. The main way to interact with such an address is the > search.cpan.org site (or perldoc command if it's in Pod) and IMHO repo > addresses must be http(s):// to become clickable to ease accessibility unless > the repo somehow does not support http access. I think that *maybe* M::B and > any other builder can also warn if the repo is not /^http/?
I'm strongly opposed. There might not be any HTTP URL to my repositor, even though a CVS or Git URL may exist. There's no reason to require things to be clickably just to support some closed-source application that is only one way to access things. -- rjbs
