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Date:      Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:46:06 +0100
From:      Erwin Lansing <erwin@lansing.dk>
To:        dan@spot.org
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Perl Module Version Check List
Message-ID:  <20030122084606.GA8143@droso.net>
In-Reply-To: <3666.65.173.70.75.1043203867.squirrel@webmail.spot.org>
References:  <3666.65.173.70.75.1043203867.squirrel@webmail.spot.org>

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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:51:07PM -0500, dan@spot.org wrote:
> Hello All,

Hi Dan,
>=20
> Recently I have started messing in the world of Perl. Within the ports
> collection, there is roughly 750 perl modules. At times I have installed
> versions that are outdated, and it has caused problems for various scripts
> I am writing. So I decided to write a script that checks the version of
> the perl module in ports compared to the version CPAN has. It isn't
> horrible, and there is a legitimate reason for many ports to be
> out-of-date against CPAN, however, just over 23% of the modules in ports
> are out-dated.
>=20
> The list is updated nightly after a fresh cvsup of ports. The list is
> located at:
>=20
> http://www.FreeBSDsecurity.com/ports/
>=20

Neat! Thanks for making such a nice overview.

How about adding a little add-on for maintainers to subscribe to
receiving an email every week/month with their ports that are out of
date?

Cheers,
-erwin

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