On 04/30/2015 06:10 PM, Neil Bowers wrote:
I think we should either remove very old dists from CPAN, or update them to follow modern conventions (so they have a META.yml or META.json, for example). I had email with the author of CGI::Response (last released in 1995) for example, and he agreed that it should be removed from CPAN.I had a look at all the dists that were last released in 1995 and wrote up my thoughts on them: http://neilb.org/2015/04/30/curating-old-releases.html <http://neilb.org/2015/04/30/curating-old-releases.html> Where people think dists shouldn’t be removed, I’m happy to try adopt them to release minimal updates, where I’m able to. I’m interested to hear what others think. Neil
I don't believe that any distribution should be moved from CPAN to backpan without the consent of the author or maintainer unless he or she is dead.
