| Subject: | Default to writing to MyConfig, not Config |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:45:55 -0400 |
| To: | bug-CPAN <bug-CPAN [...] rt.cpan.org> |
| From: | David Golden <xdaveg [...] gmail.com> |
Forwarding discussion to RT so we don't lose track of it.
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From: Andreas J. Koenig <andreas.koenig.7os6VVqR@franz.ak.mind.de>
>>>>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:16:11 -0400, David Golden <xdaveg@gmail.com> said:
> Andreas -- what do you think about eliminating the possibility of
> using CPAN::Config in the Perl installation for user configuration?
> It's hard to consistently explain where CPAN configuration gets stored
> depending on whether a user is running a system perl or a locally
> installed perl or has run "sudo cpan" or whatever.
> Could we make CPAN::MyConfig be the default for *writing* a config?
> Even if CPAN::Config is where the original config was read from?
Yes, this seems a clever solution to me.