On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:33 AM, David Cantrell<[email protected]> wrote:
> CPAN.pm already tells you if a new CPAN.pm is available, I'm simply
> proposing extending that because no-one knows that the 'r' command
> exists.  I certainly didn't.

I like that idea.

> Also, note that this time round I've moved the warning to the end.  That
> way it doesn't just disappear off the top of the screen, it's there in
> your face when the install finishes.

I think that it should warn at the same time as CPAN warns about a
newer version of itself -- which is at the start when you run the CPAN
shell.  However, I think the cpan program should warn at the end.

That probably will take a little refactoring, but seems very reasonable.

-- David

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