> > The module install fails. It says you need a newer CPAN. CPAN
> >has told you how to (and recommended you do so) upgrade when you started
> >it.
> >
> > There's a new CPAN.pm version (v1.9101) available!
> > [Current version is v1.7601]
> > You might want to try
> > install Bundle::CPAN
> > reload cpan
> >
> > Sound familiar? What else is there to communicate?
>
> That it's actually compulsory, and not a warning that flies past.
>
> As for the failures, it failed in the middle of a 20-module recursion
> and flew past on the screen so fast that nobody had time to read it.
>
> This already happens today in some cases, and the users often have no
> idea what to do. So our education is currently inadequate.
>
Ok, I see your point. What can we do going forward in a non-kludgy
way to make this better? I don't see a sometimes-breaking compatibility
file as a part of the answer to this problem.
Austin
