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From:
David E. Wheeler
Date:
May 24, 2011 09:14
Subject:
Re: RFC: Private CPAN In A Box
Message ID:
8C9E9140-CBC6-44CE-BA16-D50E0C1622CD@kineticode.com
On May 24, 2011, at 3:04 AM, David Golden wrote:

>> Or, if Net::Ping on the system is already 2.36
>> it will refuse to proceed?
> 
> I think the current CPAN clients will all refuse to proceed.  This is
> what I meant when I said that version ranges don't accomplish the goal
> because the computer can't know what the right thing to do is

Ah, but sometime this summer the clients (and therefor the computer) will?

Best,

David
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