in reply to PAUSE problem

Why can't pause check if your tarball cuts the mustard before adding it to your directory? I know that this is our job, but at least pause won't collect anymore faulty files. Couldn't they add some Perl code that inspects the tarball after it has been upload and before it gets added to your directory?

Also why does pause give me the option to delete files in my directory, when those files don't get deleted upon request? (I tried emailing the pause maintainer about this but got no response.)

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(OT) english idioms
by halley (Prior) on Jan 16, 2004 at 18:52 UTC
    (Completely off-topic, but the phrase is didn't cut muster, not didn't cut the mustard. To muster is to summon the troops or athletes or other group members; and those which fail the subsequent inspection are cut, or culled or rejected. This is the same as didn't make the cut.)

    Perl and English are both very idiomatic languages.

    (Back on topic.) Why the reticence to change a version number? It's a different version. The version you gave is broken, the new version is fixed. It's not a big deal if your 1.0.0.0.0.0 is broken; just upload that nice 1.1 and be happy.

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      Completely off-topic, but the phrase is didn't cut muster, not didn't cut the mustard.
      And completely untrue - well, maybe not untrue, but questionable ;)

      O. Henry coined the phrase "cut the mustard" in the early 1900's. Some linguists think that it's a corruption of "cut muster", but others think that it is about the mustard.

      Obligatory google link

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        Just because the corruption is a hundred years old, doesn't mean we should propagate it. O'Henry was known for his wordplay; he's also the author of several textbook examples to define irony, and not the kind Alanis sang about.

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        Cut the mustard all you want just don't cut the cheese!

        Plankton: 1% Evil, 99% Hot Gas.
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