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Would have been great if you had included a link to the article you were citing from so readers could have the full picture.

Also, why do you think it's a bad sign? Why do you think it's not necessary?

This is not a question, this is a rant disguised as a question.

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Re^2: Is there a concerted effort to break CPAN for older perl versions to drive support for v7? (cpXXXan CP5.12.0AN CP5.8.0AN cpan -for5.8.8
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 20, 2023 at 13:56 UTC
    Different dude here. I says if ya can update 116 distros to bump minimum version, ya can put up a bundle/snapshot/index so that info is known, ... Some kind of magic for muggels who'll turn here for help running some ol software ... What was that thing cpXXXan? Some kind of cpan -for5.8.8 Foo that installs Foo from time 5.8.8 was released? Wow time flies
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      Anyone can do it. And yes, someone did it, and the article I linked to that was the initial reason this thread started even mentions it. Good idea for anyone hankering for recognition in the Perl circles. Asking David Cantrell (here as drhyde) or checking https://github.com/MorayJ/cpXXXan for the details might save you some work.

      But as nobody took over the site, maybe it wasn't that urgent for anybody?

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