in reply to What's happening to CPAN? I'm worried.
Not sure about BackPan, but yes, CPAN mirrors are no longer needed. Read Project: Shutting down the CPAN mirror network for details. The basic idea is that mirrors are so 20th century, we have CDN now instead.
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