*gah* I had written a response to this but lost it with an ill-placed mouse-click >:o

Anyhow, the gist is that the concept floating around in my head is to *add* to the options a developer has when choosing paths, but to do so in a structured manner. Static data that is used only by your perl code should *certainly* be installed under the auto hierarchy, but sometimes an application has static data that should be in a place more accessible to the user and/or non-perl system components. Web apps especially seem to have this need.

I would provide installation options for an author targeted not just for module distributions, but also for system applications and web applications. I explained this in more detail in the post that got lost, but I just want to add that when I get a few spare tuits, I think I will play around with implementing this as extensions/subclasses of your (and Ingy and Audrey's) Module::Install. I like the interface. I like the relative cleanliness. I like the flexibility for extension.

I've added some more notes to my scratchpad which I *did* save before closing the wrong window *grumble*. I really appreciate your input and *greatly* admire your contributions to the Perl community.