HTTPS, CPAN, and dist integrity

2015-02-03 Thread Michiel Beijen
Hi, This Saturday at FOSDEM in the hallway I had some discussions with leont, Tux and later also with .. oh I guess that was RJBS? I did not introduce myself, very bad. Hi! Basically I think the whole CPAN setup with 200+ mirrors sounded great back in the 1990s and it is still widely touted as a

Re: HTTPS, CPAN, and dist integrity

2015-02-03 Thread Mike Doherty
Doesn't cpan know how to use curl or wget if the system has it installed? Probably easier to bootstrap TLS support in perl that way. -Mike On Feb 3, 2015 2:26 PM, "Michiel Beijen" wrote: > Hi, > > This Saturday at FOSDEM in the hallway I had some discussions with > leont, Tux and later also wit

Re: HTTPS, CPAN, and dist integrity

2015-02-03 Thread Michiel Beijen
Absolutely correct! I forgot about that; it is used for perl < 5.14 where there is no HTTP::Tiny or LWP in core. And yes, this would be the best way to go about this I think. Can anyone fill in on the feasibility of directing all cpan cients to *one* site, i.e. https://cpan.metacpan.org/ ? -- Mich