Show quoted text>>>>> On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:55:46 -0500 (EST), " via RT" <bug-CPAN@rt.cpan.org> said:
> Sun Mar 05 12:55:45 2006: Request 17998 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by ADAMK
> Queue: CPAN
> Subject: Add a generic capability to force upgrades
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: ADAMK@cpan.org
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=17998 >
> As discussed in the above URI, one of the three patterns for installers
> requires that the installation infrstructure itself is forced to upgrade
> as soon as possible.
Show quoted text > Module::Build is the main candidate for needing this sort of features,
> although they may well do it themselves.
Show quoted text > ExtUtils::Install on Win32 is another example.
Show quoted text > While not yet of critical need, it may be worth examining what it would
> take to add general forced-upgrade support to CPAN.pm for a limited
> number of modules (for example, those in Bundle::CPAN at the most).
If Ken confirms that, say, 0.2612 should be the minimum requirement, I
think I know how to enfore this requirement in CPAN.pm exactly at that
moment where Module::Build is actually about to be required. Just say
the word, Ken:)
All other modules in Bundle::CPAN are optional, so need no
enforcement. (For the problem child ReadLine we have a separate
ticket.)
--
andreas
