Re: Guidance on the implications of the Lyon Amendment

On 16/07/2024 08:58, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote:

> During that Toolchain Summit, there were also discussions of per-version
> indices for CPAN, so that the CPAN clients could use an index tailored
> for specific versions of Perl if the user wants them to. That way, those
> who decide to live in the past don't have to be such a burden on those
> living in the present and looking at the future. Sadly, little progress
> has been made on this since.

I used to run one of these!

I abandoned it several years ago because nigh-on all the traffic was 
bots trying to index it. I handed over maintenance to someone else, but 
it seems that Real Life got in the way. Anyway, all the code is still 
available at https://github.com/MorayJ/cpXXXan.

-- 
David Cantrell