Adam Kennedy wrote: > >>> Schwern made one small change in the STDERR format, and the recursive >>> cascade of failing test-testing modules hit something like 3000 CPAN >>> distributions. >> >> >> While I agree that this caused problems, those modules were relying on a >> format that was not spec'ed out or documented. > > > That is irrelevant. You put something into CPAN, get massive numbers of > people using it, and leave it alone and have it remain stable for 4 > years, it becomes an API whether you wanted it to be or not :)
really? so I use an age old (but undocumented) feature of Config, then Config changes and it's _not_ my fault?[1] of course it is - perl is great because you can go mucking around with stuff you shouldn't, but everyone knows it's your own fault if it bites you later on. --Geoff [1] http://dev.perl.org/perl5/list-summaries/2005/20051003.html
