Re^5: Webreaper - is it any good?

it's not our job to first find out who this module is registered to

It's not a module. That's why it is not on the module list available to the CPAN shell.

There are many things on CPAN worth both using and learning from which aren't available via the CPAN shell. It's then our job to find out other ways to get and install them - TIMTOWTDI.

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Re^6: Webreaper - is it any good? by bart (Canon) on Dec 17, 2007 at 13:16 UTC
It's not a module. That's why it is not on the module list available to the CPAN shell. Thanks, that makes sense, at least, technically. It's not ideal, though. CPAN, at least in my expectations, is supposed to find everything available on CPAN, and not just the modules. So when searching for something, it should check more than just the modules list. After all, it does find it when you ask for BDFOY's stuff. So, why can't it just scan that list too? (I'm guessing it must be either the authors' list, or the dist list.) Oh, I know. "Patches welcome." :)	[reply]

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Re^6: Webreaper - is it any good?
by bart (Canon) on Dec 17, 2007 at 13:16 UTC

It's not a module. That's why it is not on the module list available to the CPAN shell.

It's not ideal, though. CPAN, at least in my expectations, is supposed to find everything available on CPAN, and not just the modules. So when searching for something, it should check more than just the modules list.

After all, it does find it when you ask for BDFOY's stuff. So, why can't it just scan that list too? (I'm guessing it must be either the authors' list, or the dist list.)

Oh, I know. "Patches welcome." :)

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