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From:
Kirrily Robert
Date:
August 11, 2001 11:31
Subject:
Re: Perl 6 modules plan
Message ID:
E15VdY3-0000Mh-00@tanqueray.infotrope.net
Ask wrote:
>On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Kirrily Robert wrote:
>
>[...]
>> =head2 The role of CPAN
>>
>> Will CPAN's role remain unchanged? Will there be a separate space for
>> Perl 6 modules (6PAN)?
>>
>> If we do want to make changes to CPAN then Perl 6 gives us an
>> opportunity for a "flag day" if we need one. OK, not an actually flag
>> *day*, but at least a point where we can say "Things are different for
>> Perl 6" and to hell with backwards compatibility ;)
>
>Eh, that doesn't sound like something we want to do for quite a few
>years.
What makes you say that? I can imagine a number of scenarios in which
we decide to do things differently for Perl 6, which could mean that
lots of Perl 5 modules don't come across cleanly and must be rewritten.
One very simple example is if we required each module to have $VERSION.
K.
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