Goals

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schwern edited this page Jan 6, 2013 · 1 revision

The broad goal is to provide a predictable, reliable way for users to examine and work with any CPAN distribution regardless of how its developed.

Its specific goals are to...

Faithfully reproduce and organize every release of every CPAN distribution ever.
Provide a predictable interface to each distribution.
Provide a reliable service.
Do this all with a minimum of human attention.

Its intended uses include...

Viewing the differences between two distributions.
Make patching a distribution easier.
Make keeping a patched distribution up to date easier.
Organizing CPAN into distributions and releases.

Its uses overlap with MetaCPAN and that's ok.