On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Matthew Kenworthy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> One question - is cpanm compatible with the cpan database? If not, >>> it'll upset people if they use cpan and then cpanm hoses their >>> previous installs..... >>> >> >> cpanm is just a C program that downloads and installs stuff from CPAN. >> It is much like cpan (the program), but much, much better. >> >> It doesn't touch anything created/used by cpan (the tool), let alone >> hose anything. > > I believe you, but we don't want to use something that may encounter > bit rot in the future... would you mind is it was labelled as an > optional install instead? >
heh heh. Everything, including us, will encounter bit rot in the future (in the long run, we will all be extinct). Nevertheless, I have added a note to assuage your concern. cpanm is not required to install PDL, but I highly recommend it as it makes life much easier. > Matt > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
