Re^2: Perl 5.18 RC2 has been released (Deprecated Utilities cpanp)

The following utilities will be removed from the core distribution in a future release...

I think this is the first notice that, maybe in 5.20 or later, CPANPLUS and the associated tools will be removed. 5.18-RC2 certainly includes cpanp, as I've used it to test installation of modules.

I don't know where the deprecation of CPANPLUS comes from, but I think it just hasn't seen much maintenance and carries quite some overhead in term of modules. Of course, CPANPLUS will stay available through the CPAN.

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Re^3: Perl 5.18 RC2 has been released (Deprecated Utilities cpanp) by Anonymous Monk on May 13, 2013 at 09:00 UTC
I don't know where the deprecation of CPANPLUS comes from, but I think it just hasn't seen much maintenance and carries quite some overhead in term of modules. Of course, CPANPLUS will stay available through the CPAN. Hmm, I kind of think that info might be important/interesting Nothing here or todo.pod, and I think I found it:) Taking CPANPLUS out of core - nntp.perl.org , [Round 2] Taking CPANPLUS out of core - nntp.perl.org and https://github.com/phaylon/perltodo/blob/master/CPANPLUS-Deprecation-Tree.mkdn, and How do we know when a CORE module is deprecated? \| chris fedde [blogs.perl.org] It appears somehow they've determined that "`CPANPLUS did not replace CPAN.pm as the CPAN client of choice`" so out of the core it goes :) Along with the above, a reading of perlpolicy made it click for me :) I think a link to https://metacpan.org/module/RJBS/perl-5.18.0-RC2/pod/perlpolicy.pod#deprecated , one of `L<perlpolicy> L<perlpolicy/Terminology> L<perlpolicy/deprecated>` [download] for the perldelta deprecation section would be useful -- cross reference and all that :)	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Perl 5.18 RC2 has been released (Deprecated Utilities cpanp)
by Anonymous Monk on May 13, 2013 at 09:00 UTC

Hmm, I kind of think that info might be important/interesting

Nothing here or todo.pod, and I think I found it:) Taking CPANPLUS out of core - nntp.perl.org , [Round 2] Taking CPANPLUS out of core - nntp.perl.org and https://github.com/phaylon/perltodo/blob/master/CPANPLUS-Deprecation-Tree.mkdn, and How do we know when a CORE module is deprecated? | chris fedde [blogs.perl.org]

It appears somehow they've determined that "CPANPLUS did not replace CPAN.pm as the CPAN client of choice" so out of the core it goes :)

Along with the above, a reading of perlpolicy made it click for me :) I think a link to https://metacpan.org/module/RJBS/perl-5.18.0-RC2/pod/perlpolicy.pod#deprecated , one of

    L<perlpolicy>
    L<perlpolicy/Terminology>
    L<perlpolicy/deprecated>
[download]

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