>>>>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:23:09 +0200, "Gabor Szabo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
> The mapping of flag to Module-Version pairs could actually reside on any > server with ftp or http access. CPAN.pm would be configured to use such > a URL. > What do you think? What you describe can be done with CPAN.pm since the very early days, but never was it deployed widely. It's called bundle mechanism and the point of bundles is that they can reference modules, distributions and recursively bundles again. By including distributions with their CPAN path you freeze not only the version number but the exact file to be used. I suppose it is not used because it is hard to maintain. Too many new releases every day. People prefer to use the bundle mechanism for modules because it is convenient. YMMV:) -- andreas
