| Subject: | Improvements to initial configuration |
Hi!
I have a couple of suggestions for the config initialization bit (o conf
init)...
* Ask if terminal expects UTF-8, and set default to "no" (Instead of
the reverse.) - We'd like more people to use UTF-8, right?
* The CPAN build and cache directory should be able to be set to
something like "~/.cpan". This is to give other users on a system the
possibility to configure their own MyConfig.pm without having to hack
around a global setting that points to directories only root can access
(e.g. /root/.cpan) - We'd like more users to become familiar with CPAN,
right?
* Maybe start recommending people to prefer MB instead of EUMM for
module installation?
* During the check for external programs, check also for sudo(1), and
if it is installed make sure that "make install" and "Build install"
recommendations include the use of sudo (e.g. "/path/to/sudo Build
install").
* When chosing which mirror to use, that one can have the option to
skip selecting continents/countries and directly add an URL instead
(e.g. file:///opt/CPAN or http://cpan.mycompany.com/CPAN/)
Hope these suggestions are useful! :-)
- Salve J. Nilsen