Dear Perl aficionados, Why do we need mirrors at all??? Mirrors, even when automatically maintained by an Akamai-like technology, require human efforts and non-trivial resources.
Is the load on CPAN so heavy that it can't cope? And besides, here comes a dilemma best told about Caliph Umar who ordered that the Alexandria Library be destroyed shortly after the conquest of Egypt in 639 AD. This library was the "Library-of-Congress" of the ancient times. And that was millennia before Gutenberg and the printing press. So it contained most, if not all of the western world wisdom. According to legend, the caliph, when informed about the institution, declared that if the books it contained agreed with the Koran, then they were superfluous, and if they disagreed, then they were heretical. In either event, they were worthless and should be obliterated. (There are contradictory claims though, lookup http://doctorbulldog.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/did-arabs-destroy-the-library- of-alexandria/.) And here is my opinion: Even if the mirror is always up-to-date, it is superfluous. And if it is not, it is a time-bomb. In either case, it should not be there. This is of course IMHO and for debate... Regards, Meir -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shlomi Fish Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; Perl in Israel Subject: [Israel.pm] CPAN Mirror. Hi all. Now that enough people joined hamakor-web, can we consider setting up an Israeli CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) mirror? http://www.cpan.org/SITES.html does not mention an Israeli CPAN mirror anywhere and the old Israeli CPAN mirror at http://mirror.mirimar.net/cpan/ is down and has been unmaintained. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Stop Using MSIE - http://www.shlomifish.org/no-ie/ God considered inflicting XSLT as the tenth plague of Egypt, but then decided against it because he thought it would be too evil. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
