On 09/28/2012 07:11 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:
On 8/13/12 9:41, David E. Wheeler wrote:
I got a pull request to switch to metacpan.org <http://metacpan.org> for
L<> http links. AFAIK search.cpan.org <http://search.cpan.org> is not
deprecated, and is still the official community CPAN search site. If
there is some discussion about changing it, or if Graham thinks it's
time to switch then great. Otherwise, I am not inclined to accept this
patch (though if it is hard to change the default URL with a subclass I
would be happy to take that, or a command-line option).
Why couldn't we add a meta.cpan.org which redirects to metacpan.org?
I much prefer the layout and navigation of search.cpan.org. That server
is also mirrored on a couple of servers and on a domain with a long
history of being available.
Me too.
search.cpan.org is definitely not deprecated, it just has a different
set of features and priorities than some people prefer.
It is slower, but still has more features than metacpan.org.
To answer the question from another mail: Yes, Robert and I look after
DNS[1] and the servers that site is running on. One or two in Los
Angeles and one in London donated by Digital Craftsmen -
http://www.digitalcraftsmen.com/
