Re: Apache::Resource needs to be released seperately to the CPAN

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>>>>> "Stas" == Stas Bekman <stas@xxxxxx.xxx> writes:

Stas> Apache::Resource lives in mod_perl-1.x and mod_perl-2.x, and so do
Stas> many other modules with the same names. So this is not a problem of
Stas> Apache::Resource only.

This is where you've made the mistake though.  There is precisely
*one* Apache::Resource namespace.  You must decide whether it is

  (a) always bundled only with mod_perl1
  (b) always bundled only with mod_perl2
  (c) only available in the CPAN

If you start bundling different versions with different CPAN releases,
you *will* get into trouble, because I might want to install different
CPAN releases, and one will override the other.

Please fix this.  It's fixable within the current scheme.  Remove
Apache::Request from mod_perl1... release it separately, and make
mod_perl2 *depend* on it.  The mechanisms are already in place.
Don't ask for the mechanism to change.

Or, if it has to be different for mod_perl2, then call it Apache2::Request
or something.

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