Current state? I don't see either one going away. Even if, say, everyone were utterly convinced of the obvious superiority of one over the other, there are too many modules that need too little maintenance to completely effect any definitive change to tools such as CPAN. Perhaps one day, one will be so underused that it is no longer ported to a new platform (somewhat unlikely). But then TPTB would have to decide: port the install module, or port the underlying module to the other install module. My bet is that they'll go for porting the install module, no matter how unwieldy it may or may not be, just because porting someone else's module and releasing it may be seen as "more evil" (as in, usurping a module) than porting the installer.
-
Are you posting in the right place? Check out Where do I post X? to know for sure.
-
Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags. Currently these include the following:
<code> <a> <b> <big>
<blockquote> <br /> <dd>
<dl> <dt> <em> <font>
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4>
<h5> <h6> <hr /> <i>
<li> <nbsp> <ol> <p>
<small> <strike> <strong>
<sub> <sup> <table>
<td> <th> <tr> <tt>
<u> <ul>
-
Snippets of code should be wrapped in
<code> tags not
<pre> tags. In fact, <pre>
tags should generally be avoided. If they must
be used, extreme care should be
taken to ensure that their contents do not
have long lines (<70 chars), in order to prevent
horizontal scrolling (and possible janitor
intervention).
-
Want more info? How to link
or How to display code and escape characters
are good places to start.
|
