On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Scott W Gifford wrote: > The advantages of having the data on CPAN is that the entire module is > self-sufficient and widely mirrored. It makes it much easier to > install, and if you have a CPAN distribution on CD or in a local > mirror, you have everything you need. The disadvantage is that it > takes up 480K on every single CPAN mirror.
Is the data currently encoded in a standard format? How difficult is it for end users and developers to get updated copies of the data. > Are there other modules that do this? Is there a consensus on what's > appropriate? And what are the list members opinions on the matter? I once wrote a perl script that had base64 encoded PNG images for default image icons, but the total damage was much smaller than 480kb. One concern I would have is how dependent would your users be on you to be the primary provider of the data updates? Would updates always be in the form of a re-versioned perl module? -------------------- Christopher Josephes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
