+1

On Jun 26, 2008, at 9:35 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>
> Since I promised the folks in #squeak I would start this thread...
>
> It's been my observation for quite a while that Squeak is missing
> the equivalent of what Perl has in the CPAN.

Yes, that is indeed something that is missing, and I think we need it  
badly.

> In general, package names are *not* registered, meaning that if I  
> upload
> Foo-3.4, and you upload Foo-3.5, users around the world will be  
> asked if they
> want to upgrade my package with yours.  By default, this allows  
> cooperating
> team members to upgrade new releases of a cooperative project, as  
> long as they
> work together on the version numbers.  This also allows the
> long-gone-developer's code to be updated in-absentia.

I agree that not registering is better.

> As a result of the above rules:
>
> * CPAN installation is easy
> * CPAN publishing is easy

Lowering this barrier in Squeak is important

Merik