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RE: The case for SDKs

From:
Horsley Tom
Date:
August 6, 2001 13:20
Subject:
RE: The case for SDKs
Message ID:
707033366258D411BC9C00805F0D91071B1CE1@exchange.ccur.com
> I'm also assuming that CPAN.pm can be told to download a 
> bundle, which I can
> then copy to a disk, and take around various machines which 
> aren't connected
> to the Internet. I've never proved that this is possible, as 
> I haven't got
> CPAN.pm to work, but I'd say that ease of offline use is 
> another critical
> issue.

I second this motion. I haven't used CPAN in ages because the
last time I looked at it, there was no "just download the the
files so I can build later" option. I really would like to
have that (particularly when updating multiple machines with
the same stuff).



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