On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:10 AM, Neil Bowers <neil.bow...@cogendo.com> 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 > > 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. > Unless it's actively standing in the way (e.g. dysfunctional yet first hit on a realistic search query), I do not see any benefit to doing this. Leon
