Re: What happened to Getopt::Std ?
Em (On) Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:29:27AM -0400, John Peacock escreveu (wrote): > The Kurila project is a fork of Perl5 without the strict backwards > compatibility required of v5.10.0, as a theoretical experiment. You'll note > now that under CPAN, it shows up as Is CPAN (Comprehensive __Perl__ Archive Network) the right place to put projects that are forks of Perl, and respectives modules? Miguel pgpLN7fIiJaIg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: What happened to Getopt::Std ?
Mumia W. wrote: I don't know what is going on. It smells like an attempt to compromise people's systems, although it could be a mistake. Then maybe you should use Google or even look at the distro, before making wild accusations: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/04/msg123813.html http://search.cpan.org/src/TTY/kurila-0_02/README The Kurila project is a fork of Perl5 without the strict backwards compatibility required of v5.10.0, as a theoretical experiment. You'll note now that under CPAN, it shows up as ** UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE ** which should make it highly unlikely that someone will install it by accident. John -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: What happened to Getopt::Std ?
On 06/13/2007 08:29 AM, John Peacock wrote: Mumia W. wrote: I don't know what is going on. It smells like an attempt to compromise people's systems, although it could be a mistake. Then maybe you should use Google or even look at the distro, before making wild accusations: http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2007/04/msg123813.html http://search.cpan.org/src/TTY/kurila-0_02/README The Kurila project is a fork of Perl5 without the strict backwards compatibility required of v5.10.0, as a theoretical experiment. You'll note now that under CPAN, it shows up as ** UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE ** which should make it highly unlikely that someone will install it by accident. John mea culpa -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
Re: What happened to Getopt::Std ?
Em (On) Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 09:03:09AM +0100, Jorge Almeida escreveu (wrote): > http://search.cpan.org/search?m=module&q=getopt&s=21 What is this Perl Kurila? and why is this (apparently) creating conflicts with some namespaces? http://search.cpan.org/~tty/kurila-0_02/ Miguel pgprv5pnkRfrR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: What happened to Getopt::Std ?
On 06/13/2007 03:03 AM, Jorge Almeida wrote: http://search.cpan.org/search?m=module&q=getopt&s=21 Hmm: http://search.cpan.org/~tty/kurila-0_02/ Hmm: http://search.cpan.org/src/TTY/kurila-0_02/ It looks like this person, TTY, uploaded a modified version of Perl to his/her CPAN directory. For virtually every module in Perl 5, there is a rouge version provided by TTY. I don't know what is going on. It smells like an attempt to compromise people's systems, although it could be a mistake. Even if it is a mistake, it's a big one--one that the PAUSE maintainers should not overlook. Incompetence on this scale is a danger to CPAN. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/