Re: Perl 6 modules plan

Schwern wrote:
>> Will CPAN's role remain unchanged?  Will there be a separate space for
>> Perl 6 modules (6PAN)?  
>> 
>> If we do want to make changes to CPAN then Perl 6 gives us an
>> opportunity for a "flag day" if we need one.  OK, not an actually flag
>> *day*, but at least a point where we can say "Things are different for
>> Perl 6" and to hell with backwards compatibility ;)
>
>Jarko made very vague noises at TPC that CPAN and Perl 6 would be
>handled by simply having a different directory.
>ftp://some.mirror.org/CPAN/perl6/ or something.  Seems perfectly
>sensible.

Yup, that's the impression I'd got... that there would be some kind of
trivial segregation of the two, but not a major reworking.

K.

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