Re: search.cpan.org thinks perl 5.6.2 is latest

2003-11-17 Thread Tim Bunce
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 05:26:08PM +, Graham Barr wrote: > On Nov 17, 2003, at 16:49, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: > >>search assumes that any upload of a dist should be considered latest. > >>This is correct 99.999% of the time. The perl dist is an exception to > >>this rule. I need to add some

Re: search.cpan.org thinks perl 5.6.2 is latest

2003-11-17 Thread Graham Barr
On Nov 17, 2003, at 16:49, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: search assumes that any upload of a dist should be considered latest. This is correct 99.999% of the time. The perl dist is an exception to this rule. I need to add some code to trap it, but have not done so yet. Side note : I can imagine other

Re: search.cpan.org thinks perl 5.6.2 is latest

2003-11-17 Thread Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Quoting Graham Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Nov 17, 2003, at 15:49, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: > > Currently, if I look up a core module or a dual-lived module on > > search.cpan, it returns a reference to 5.6.2 : > > It will not shortly. Thanks. > > 5.6.2 doesn't include any META.yml -- this

search.cpan.org thinks perl 5.6.2 is latest

2003-11-17 Thread Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Currently, if I look up a core module or a dual-lived module on search.cpan, it returns a reference to 5.6.2 : http://search.cpan.org/search?query=strict&mode=module The Right Thing should be to return a reference to the latest stable, 5.8.2. What could be the cause of this ? 5.6.2 doesn't incl

Re: search.cpan.org thinks perl 5.6.2 is latest

2003-11-17 Thread Graham Barr
On Nov 17, 2003, at 15:49, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: Currently, if I look up a core module or a dual-lived module on search.cpan, it returns a reference to 5.6.2 : It will not shortly. http://search.cpan.org/search?query=strict&mode=module The Right Thing should be to return a reference to the