Re: Discouraging the use of HTTP::Cookies
Mark Gardner <[email protected]> Sun, 17 Apr 2016 11:40:43 -0400
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--Apple-Mail-F0781F29-5175-492C-92E3-F0026F59281E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Another suggestion: submit PRs to port these CPAN dists to use HTTP::CookieJ= ar[::LWP] instead of HTTP::Cookies: https://metacpan.org/requires/distribution/HTTP-Cookies > On Apr 17, 2016, at 9:32 AM, Tom Hukins <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > In November 2015 I gave a talk at London.pm about managing HTTP cookies > in Perl. As a consequence, I sent a documentation patch to the > HTTP::Cookies module to discourage its use: > https://github.com/gisle/http-cookies/pull/7 >=20 > My patch includes a test script demonstrating the module's limitations: > https://github.com/gisle/http-cookies/pull/7/commits/ae00b4ed6aedc1cce72c0= e8ddf5e7e8fbba417a8 >=20 > Last week at London.pm's Perl Hack Day I published a Perl::Critic > policy to detect code that uses HTTP::Cookies: > https://metacpan.org/release/Perl-Critic-Policy-HTTPCookies >=20 > I want to share this because it looks like my HTTP::Cookies patch won't > get reviewed or released any time soon. I'd like to encourage readers > to consider using HTTP::CookieJar or HTTP::CookieJar::LWP instead. >=20 > Tom --Apple-Mail-F0781F29-5175-492C-92E3-F0026F59281E Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div></div><div>Another suggestion: submit P= Rs to port these CPAN dists to use HTTP::CookieJar[::LWP] instead of HTTP::C= ookies:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://metacpan.org/requires/di= stribution/HTTP-Cookies?p=3D1&size=3D200&sort=3D%5B%5B2%2C1%5D%5D">h= ttps://metacpan.org/requires/distribution/HTTP-Cookies</a></div><div><br>On A= pr 17, 2016, at 9:32 AM, Tom Hukins <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">t= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><s= pan>Hi,</span><br><span></span><br><span>In November 2015 I gave a talk at L= ondon.pm about managing HTTP cookies</span><br><span>in Perl. As a con= sequence, I sent a documentation patch to the</span><br><span>HTTP::Cookies m= odule to discourage its use:</span><br><span><a href=3D"https://github.com/g= isle/http-cookies/pull/7">https://github.com/gisle/http-cookies/pull/7</a></= span><br><span></span><br><span>My patch includes a test script demonstratin= g the module's limitations:</span><br><span><a href=3D"https://github.com/gi= sle/http-cookies/pull/7/commits/ae00b4ed6aedc1cce72c0e8ddf5e7e8fbba417a8">ht= tps://github.com/gisle/http-cookies/pull/7/commits/ae00b4ed6aedc1cce72c0e8dd= f5e7e8fbba417a8</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Last week at London.pm'= s Perl Hack Day I published a Perl::Critic</span><br><span>policy to detect c= ode that uses HTTP::Cookies:</span><br><span><a href=3D"https://metacpan.org= /release/Perl-Critic-Policy-HTTPCookies">https://metacpan.org/release/Perl-C= ritic-Policy-HTTPCookies</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>I want to shar= e this because it looks like my HTTP::Cookies patch won't</span><br><span>ge= t reviewed or released any time soon. I'd like to encourage readers</s= pan><br><span>to consider using HTTP::CookieJar or HTTP::CookieJar::LWP inst= ead.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom</span><br></div></blockquote></bod= y></html>= --Apple-Mail-F0781F29-5175-492C-92E3-F0026F59281E--