in reply to Re: Simon Cozens' modules need you!
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Sure, Tie::File has hardly changed in years, and even the last release (with only minor changes) was over a year ago. If the next release of Perl or some module it relies on breaks it for some reason, Dominus will likely fix it pretty quickly. An unmaintained module doesn't have that benefit.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re^3: Simon Cozens' modules need you!
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Sep 17, 2004 at 16:29 UTC

    (Choosing a random reply.)

    I suppose I see a difference in that an unchanged module may not need changes (and I don't think that a lack of releases in the past year automatically means bitrot). I do take the point quite seriously that sometimes long-stable modules do need updating, though.

    Perl 5.6.2 is a good example.

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