>>>>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:37:55 -0400, David Golden <[email protected]> said:
> 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. So do I. Maybe in a new myconfig command. >> 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. Just as a data point: the reason why CPAN.pm warns at that point in time it does now is because the 'r' command is slow and the user can be entertained a bit with the hint. -- andreas
