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CPAN (1.9203)

Cannot opgrade to it due to errors

Jørgen Thomsen - 2007-09-30 17:36:28
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CPAN (1.8801)

CPAN.pm was of so high quality for so many years that I simply want to say Thank You for this module.

Some time ago I very often heard that CPAN.pm had too difficult internals, everything would be quirky and unmaintainable, etc. This might be true, I don't know and I don't care, because CPAN.pm (or better say its author) *never* let me alone. It always worked very robust for me on different platforms and with practically every version of it I tried.

It especially worked much more reliable than its designated successsor CPANPLUS. I tried to switch to CPANPLUS some years ago but switched back to CPAN.pm simply because of the much higher reliability.

And since the once stalled development resumed with support for Module::Build, CPAN::Reporter, etc., my CPAN world is in perfect balance.

Steffen Schwigon - 2006-10-20 16:16:54
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CPAN (1.8802)

Used from the command line or via its own shell for searching for and installing perl modules. Requires almost no technical knowledge, and as such, a great way for end-users to bring limited parts of a distribution up-to-date.

Lee Goddard - 2006-06-29 11:53:26
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CPAN (1.83)

Almost perfect for installing CPAN modules.

The existence of other tools for installing and maintaining modules suggests that not everyone would agree but this has always worked for me.

John McNamara - 2006-01-18 02:21:41
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