in reply to Re^2: CP6AN should be a database
in thread Notion: CP6AN <strike>should</strike> could be a database

I can't think of any other situation where developers would not reach for the benefits of a database to manage access to this amount of data and meta information.

Given that the information is pretty much static there is little need to add complexity.

If a database system is used it will be another barrier to contribution to C6PAN (and, I think, CPAN, for they must become one). As a module user anyone can jump into the code in $PERL5LIB and try to figure out what was going wrong/right. Put that into a database and you exclude those that have not learned to deal with your database.

In this I have used the term database as I think you mean it but I also view /usr/lib/perl/ as a database.

Be well,
rir

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