Re: Fwd: Topic/metacpan.org (#36)

On 09/28/2012 07:11 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:
> On 8/13/12 9:41, David E. Wheeler wrote:
>>
>> I got a pull request to switch to metacpan.org <http://metacpan.org> for
>> L<> http links. AFAIK search.cpan.org <http://search.cpan.org> is not
>> deprecated, and is still the official community CPAN search site. If
>> there is some discussion about changing it, or if Graham thinks it's
>> time to switch then great. Otherwise, I am not inclined to accept this
>> patch (though if it is hard to change the default URL with a subclass I
>> would be happy to take that, or a command-line option).

Why couldn't we add a meta.cpan.org which redirects to metacpan.org?

> I much prefer the layout and navigation of search.cpan.org.  That server
> is also mirrored on a couple of servers and on a domain with a long
> history of being available.

Me too.

> search.cpan.org is definitely not deprecated, it just has a different
> set of features and priorities than some people prefer.

It is slower, but still has more features than metacpan.org.

> To answer the question from another mail: Yes, Robert and I look after
> DNS[1] and the servers that site is running on. One or two in Los
> Angeles and one in London donated by Digital Craftsmen -
> http://www.digitalcraftsmen.com/