Andrew Black wrote: > 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? There's no bleeding edge in repositories: in fact, CPAN has development versions but they are not usually included in any repository. So you may want to add them all, so PPM will chose the latest version. Moreover, with many repositories, you may be able to install some old version of a module, if needed and available. You may want to use Randy Kobes' UWinnipeg repository to install some modules which rely on external libraries: libxml2, mod_perl, cryptographic ones. Actually, it's a must. You should use Activestate's as it provides many "main purpose" modules. My repository (trouchelle.com) tries to enlist any possible module from CPAN, so you can find something rare. There are other repositories that you may want to add to PPM if you are about to using some specific modules, like wxperl for using Wx. So, more repositories == more modules to install. Personally, I'm using everything provided with PPM::Repositories for 5.10. -- S.T. _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
