So, I'm going to install a CPAN module onto my web cluster that still runs 5.005_03. It says there's a prereq of Test::More. Which then needs File::Spec and Test::Harness and on and on and on and eventually it starts downloading perl-5.8.7. Unacceptable!!! I fetch the same file manually, run perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, and everything works without a hitch. What's the big deal here? Trying to force folks that are stuck in the last decade to upgrade, for no reason at all (obviously, since even tests pass 100% without those so-called required modules) is absurd. I wish a little more thought was put into this stuff, since not everyone has the latest perl, and most everything works without it.

In reply to cpan and older perls by bageler

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