>>>>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:11:00 -0500, Jonathan Rockway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> said:
>> Anyway, I think the average CPAN author doesn't >> really know or care about that, sadly. >> See also > FWIW, this is true. I have never thought about it. > Personally, I am confused as to why users have programs that do whatever > an input file from the Internet tells them to do. If you don't want > your tar command to create world-writable files, you should probably > tell your tar command to not create world-writable files... right? That > is much easier than convincing every person on the Internet to do what > you want. It is also easier than convincing every CPAN author to > upgrade MakeMaker. Not true. The tools we are advocating must simply work. If they would leave all decisions to the end user we would have no CPAN. MakeMaker has always done the right thing, no need to upgrade. There was a bug to squash and not to paint over it or bathe in ignorance. Did you even notice the bug in the noise? -- andreas
