On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Eric Wilhelm <enoba...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the most complicated part is supporting whatever > builder+installer assumptions people have encoded into their > configurations -- maybe the client could read buildrc?
For that, I'd prefer to see a new way for CPAN clients to share common configuration information. Think how ~/.gitconfig provides config info used by lots of git ecosystem tools. I'd like that for CPAN so one isn't configuring mirrors, INSTALL_BASE, etc. for each client individually. I had some stub code for that, but have set it aside in favor of other projects. I don't think .buildrc is the answer, though. It has a number of limitations, particularly with respect to paths with spaces. -- David
