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<node id="1016679" title="Re^3: namespace clash : how do I rename my module safely" created="2013-02-02 03:11:40" updated="2013-02-02 03:11:40">
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tmharish</author>
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I read a note somewhere on PAUSE about how &lt;i&gt;"CPAN is getting large, please delete old versions - they will be on backpan"&lt;/i&gt; ( Cant seem to find it anywhere now ).
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I have also noticed that Google &lt;i&gt;sometimes&lt;/i&gt; shows the older module above the later version - so its possible that a visitor from Google ends up on an older version of the module.
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I generally remove all old modules ( other than the previous one ) - The exception of course is when I stop providing backward compatibility. 
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There seem to be &lt;a href="/?node_id=204997"&gt;other reasons&lt;/a&gt; for removing older versions which I don't really subscribe to.
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