> Same goes with CPAN. Just because it is there doesn't mean that it must be > used. Most end users prefer to use a method other cpan for installing app > and modules, such as ports apt or yum, or an msi file.
or urpmi :) I know, I know, mandriva is just not hype anymore.. > Sdl-perl has been in cpan for 9 years and that hasn't helped much. It has > been on the backs of the deb and rpm maintainers to make everthing play > nice. And I would credit guillaume and friends for getting things packaged > and out there. Thanks. Well, I can't remember how I first tried sdl-perl. I surely don't like/use cpan a lot, so I am not sure if it wasn't packaged as an RPM in mandriva before I started developing FB. But surely what I remember is that I spotted a few bugs in sdl-perl when developing FB :) And also what I remember is that for the sake of installing/playing FB, a lot of persons had to install/package sdl-perl, something they really never heard of. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://zarb.org/~gc/
