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Re: Re: Re: CGI::Application vs CGI::Builderby Anonymous Monk |
on May 03, 2004 at 07:22 UTC ( [id://349949]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
> I am assuming that this is just a benign install > counter and maybe it has the ability to alert the user > that the version being installed has been updated It's exactly that ;-). Just try to install an old version and you will have a prompt telling you that you are installing an old version, and for the counter... knowing how many people find useful my work is one of the reasons that make me publish my modules ;-) > It is still underhanded! Well, if you go through some old version of my modules, the Makefile.PL had a prompt. After receiving a lot of users' complaint i take off the prompt. No secret backdoor. The effort and time that require writing modules like CGI::Builder and related documentation is a little bit TOO MUCH to be wasted in similar stupid hacks. > What happens if perl.4pro.net gets owned, then someone could install code that does the above. This is a really GOOD question, and I didn't think about that before your post!!! Thank you very much! Even if it is a very remote possibility, it's real. I think that a possible solution may be adding an expiration date in the code in the Makefile.PL, thus if it runs after that date, it just warn the user of the probably old version and does nothing with perl.4pro.net. Any other suggestion? Domizio Demichelis
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