[Cialug] Tasks for learning shell scripting

[Don Ellis]

Or use apt/rpm/yum (native update mechanism) for perl library
installation instead of CPAN. No one has replied to that concept.

Dealing with abandoned/obsolete libraries is a common problem, and
definitely has to be dealt with. I don't know how the debian/rpm
libraries fit into that issue.

--Don Ellis


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Josh More
<MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
> As others have pointed out, using CPAN means choosing between using the native update mechanism and CPAN itself.  It's also a repository full of conflicts, abandoned projects and poorly-tested systems.
>
> Yes, it can be used with great effect, but the more you use it, the more you tend to pull in other libraries.  At some point in the future an update will invariably cause a problem.  In my experience, you have to spend the time somewhere.  You can spend it writing your own code, verifying third party code, packaging third party code, or resolving unanticipated problems.
>
> What's annoying is that this could be solved by simply having a CPAN-stable that is reviewed by skilled people and verified as stable, secure and packageable by the common systems.  Too bad it doesn't exist.
>
>
> -Josh More, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, GIAC-GCIH, RHCE, NCLP
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> ________________________________________
> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of Daniel A. Ramaley [daniel.ramaley at drake.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:46
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Tasks for learning shell scripting
>
> On 2010-09-29 at 10:34:34, Josh More wrote:
>>More seriously, Perl's biggest drawback is CPAN.
>
> Is "drawback" really the word you were looking for?
>
> I think Perl's biggest strength is CPAN, actually. That's what keeps me
> programming in Perl and not some other language. For almost anything
> that i don't feel like coding myself, there's a module to do it for me.
> And for the few modules i want to use that aren't available as a Debian
> package, CPAN makes it trivial to install them and keep them updated.
>
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