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Re: RFC: Removing CGI.pm from the core distribution

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Date:
May 24, 2013 09:23
Subject:
Re: RFC: Removing CGI.pm from the core distribution
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On 24 May 2013 11:06, Alexandr Ciornii <alexchorny@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> 2013/5/24 Ricardo Signes <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org>:
>>
>> I think it's time to seriously consider removing CGI.pm from the core
>> distribution.  It is no longer what I'd point *anyone* at for writing *any*
>> sort of web code.  It is in the core, as far as I know, because once it was the
>> state of the art, and a major reason for many people to use the language.  I
>> don't think either is true now.
>
> Many people still use programs that use CGI.pm, for ex. from NMS
> collection. And CGI.pm is easiest to start with.
>
>>  Finally, if you need CGI, it's easy to install
>> after installing perl, just like everything else we've dropped from the core
>> distribution.
>
> It would not be easy to do on web hosting which does not has
> possibility of installing modules from CPAN. Also currently CGI.pm
> requires FCGI which requires compiler which frequently is not
> installed.

Maybe the consequence of this would be that hosting services start
adopting a more progressive approach to this subject.

Yves



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