in reply to Re^2: Choosing namespace/name for (my first) CPAN module which is a sub-class of a well-known distribution
in thread Choosing namespace/name for (my first) CPAN module which is a sub-class of a well-known distribution

one such feature is ability to save to 1.5+ version with compressed cross-reference stream and object streams -- thus, smaller file size
Hopefully this will be a user configurable option. There are still many systems that only work with the older versions.
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