On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilm...@ilmari.org> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > > > Our instructions in src/tools/pgindent/README says to make sure we use > > perltidy version v20090616. However, this version no longer appears to be > > available for download on the link we provide -- the oldest one available > > is 20140328. > > It's available via MetaCPAN: > https://metacpan.org/release/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20090616 > > Which means it can be installed with 'cpanm Perl::Tidy@20090616' or > 'cpan SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20090616.tar.gz' (the latter requires a > BackPAN-inclusive mirror configured, e.g. cpan.metacpan.org). > > Direct tarball download link: > https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/S/SH/SHANCOCK/Perl- > Tidy-20090616.tar.gz > > Or directly from BackPAN (the MetaCPAN mirror includes BackPAN): > http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/S/SH/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20090616.tar.gz > > > Is it perhaps time to move up to a newer version? Or failing that, > perhaps > > we need to host our own copy of the old version? > > BackPAN keeps all distributions ever uploaded to CPAN, unless removal is > explicitly requested, e.g. for legal reasons, so there should be no need > to host it ourselves. > In that case, we should at least update our instructions for how to install it. But that's definitely a better option than hosting our own copy. -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ <http://www.hagander.net/> Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ <http://www.redpill-linpro.com/>
