On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Philip Newton wrote:
> One solution that may or may not apply in your case: upload one more
> "version" with the old name whose README and/or Makefile.PL (probably
> both) state that "This module has been superseded by New::Module::Name,
> which has the same interface. Please use that."
>
> Then people looking to upgrade will automatically be informed. And
> people auto-installing new module versions (which is risky anyway) will
> not overwrite their existing version since the Makefile.PL will not
> actually create a Makefile so nothing will be installed over the
> existing one -- so if they want to keep on using Old::Module they will
> be able to.
That's a good idea, I'll do that. :-)
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