_brian_d_foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott W Gifford
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> Why not just leave it uncompressed, and let the compression of the
>> whole package into Geo-PostalCode-US-0.1.tar.gz take care of
>> compressing it?
>
> I recommend not doing that.  I had a lot of problems distributing 
> the data for Business::ISBN with the code.  Most notably, installing
> the module overwrote any updated data the user had added.

If the user has custom data, they would just install Geo::PostalCode
and build their own database (it includes a short script to do this,
and the process takes about 2 minutes).  Geo::PostalCode::US doesn't
replace Geo::PostalCode, but just adds a second module with the data.

-----ScottG.

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