isn't it wise to put your module on CPAN? The PERL world at large needs a backup

Definitely! This is just the type of story that makes certain people leery of free software, so don't spread it around (1/2 ;-).

Perhaps it would be a wise policy to avoid stuff that isn't on CPAN (except for experimental use), but even then what assurance have you that CPAN will always be available when you need it? Installing modules over the 'net is a great convenience, as is checking for updates, but I expect/hope that serious (mission-critical) Perl users (probably pretty much everyone here but me, heck most of what I do still runs in Perl 4) keeps their own local archives of everything they use.

Then again, I wonder. Can anyone offer real-life experience in coping with this sort of problem?

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I'd like to be able to assign to an luser

In reply to Re: The Missing Win32::Perms Module by Albannach
in thread The Missing Win32::Perms Module by Umlaut

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