Bug #17242 for CPAN: Consider using IE's ftp component via Win32::OLE on Windows

Tue Jan 24 06:34:07 2006 adamk [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

Consider using IE's ftp component via Win32::OLE on Windows

The windows ftp.exe is really really evil, old and does nasty things. If available, consider using Win32::OLE to pull the file using internet explorer's FTP component.

Wed Jan 25 06:03:11 2006 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Taken

Wed Jan 25 06:08:19 2006 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Patches welcome I have no Windows box and no Windows experience. Look at how simple the solution for MacOS: @levels = qw/easy/ if $^O eq 'MacOS'; in CPAN.pm turns off the harder parts of bootstrapping. It would also be possible to write a method hostwindowsonly and have line like @levels = qw/easy windowsonly/ if $^O eq 'Win32';

Wed Jan 25 06:08:20 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Wed Jan 25 06:08:20 2006 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Wed Jan 25 06:14:12 2006 adam [...] phase-n.com - Correspondence added

CC:	ADAMK [...] cpan.org
Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #17242] Consider using IE's ftp component via Win32::OLE on Windows
Date:	Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:11:19 +1100
To:	bug-CPAN [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Adam Kennedy <adam [...] phase-n.com>

Sure. Leave the bug open for now. Now we have Windows working more like a first-class platform, and more people will be getting up to speed with Win32/CPAN stuff, we should be able to have something put together for you by 5.8.9. Adam K Andreas Koenig via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> Patches welcome > > I have no Windows box and no Windows experience. > > Look at how simple the solution for MacOS: > > @levels = qw/easy/ if $^O eq 'MacOS'; > > in CPAN.pm turns off the harder parts of bootstrapping. > > It would also be possible to write a method hostwindowsonly and have > line like > > @levels = qw/easy windowsonly/ if $^O eq 'Win32'; >

Wed Jan 25 06:14:13 2006 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'resolved' to 'open'

Tue Feb 21 02:47:38 2006 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Priority changed from (no value) to '1'

Fri Mar 23 02:22:38 2007 ANDK [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Reminder: patches welcome :)