http://perlhacks.com/2009/12/perlanet-improvements/ Just another Perl Hacker's blog Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://perlhacks.com/2009/12/perlanet-improvements/#comment-92 j1n3l0.myopenid.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:05:22 +0000 http://perlhacks.com/?p=38#comment-92 As a CPAN user I: * regularly update all my installed modules * stay just behind what the community considers the "bleeding edge" * treat modules flag as experimental by their authors as such I would not stop using a module because the author added "bleeding/cutting edge" dependencies unless it broke my own software. I tend to believe most CPAN authors know what they are doing. <b><i>I do however</i></b>, hope that CPAN authors use "bleeding/cutting edge" technologies out of neccessity and not just because all the cool kids are doing it ;) As a CPAN user I:
* regularly update all my installed modules
* stay just behind what the community considers the “bleeding edge”
* treat modules flag as experimental by their authors as such
I would not stop using a module because the author added “bleeding/cutting edge” dependencies unless it broke my own software. I tend to believe most CPAN authors know what they are doing. I do however, hope that CPAN authors use “bleeding/cutting edge” technologies out of neccessity and not just because all the cool kids are doing it

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