Hi, >>"Adam" == Adam P Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Adam> I don't understand why the debian developers are undertaking to Adam> maintain debianified version of Perl modules when the CPAN Adam> module and its mechanisms are so much more native to Perl, are Adam> well-supported by the Perl community, etc? Besides, Perl Adam> already has it's own automated upgrade system (CPAN), it's own Adam> configuration mgmt system (Config), and it's own automated Adam> compilation and installation system (MakeMaker). Adam> It seems like making work for no good reason. Let all the Perl Adam> modules be installed by way of CPAN. You could even have simple Adam> scripts driving installation. I really feel we'd have a better Adam> and more supported Perl product that way. How do I remove packages using cpan? Can I downgrade to a lower version? make sure that all modules I have installed are upgraded? Ensure that the perl modules that are available for auto handling have been looked over by an expert, *for the Debian system* specifically? Can other packages, that need modules, determine that they have been installed on my machine? Can I hold a module to a the current version, even if new versions are available, while updating the rest? I think you underestimate the work a systems integrator does. I am planning on creating a make-ppkg package that shall create perl packages just like make-kpkg creates kernel-image packages, but I'm still recovering from a disk crash, and I have other commitments at the moment. manoj -- After winning the decathlon, Jim Thorpe was told by the King of Sweden, "You are the world's greatest athlete." Thorpe replied, "Thanks, King." Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .