----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 10:45 PM Subject: Difference between package repositories
> Can someone explain how PPM repostitories work. > If you go to http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca you get repostitories at > ActiveState www.bribes.org tcool.org trouchelle.com uwinnipeg > > Under which circumstances should you use which repository. I guess > Activestate provide a stable version and other repositories more > bleeding edge? ActiveState use a fully automated procedure to create their PPM packages. The other reps are more inclined to build PPM's that need a little manual intervention, or that need a C library that ActiveState haven't installed - so you'll often find PPM's on one or more of the other reps that don't exist on the ActiveState rep. Conversely, those "other reps" are generally not going to bother to provide something that's available on the ActiveState rep - so you'll also find PPM's on the ActiveState rep that don't exist on any other rep. Just use the first rep you find that provides the package you want. Cheers, Rob _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
