Feature Request: Add command line hooks to control the urllist

[thaljef]

I really wish I could control the urllist from the command-line, similar to the --mirror and --mirror-only options that cpanm has.

[briandfoy]

I want this too. The latest stuff for the -P switch was a step closer to that. How urgently do you need this?

[thaljef]

Not urgently. But it sure would make the cpan utility at lot easier to use with Pinto repositories, or any other kind of DarkPAN.

[briandfoy]

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer
notifications@github.com wrote:

Not urgently. But it sure would make the cpan utility at lot easier to use
with Pinto repositories, or any other kind of DarkPAN.

Would you rather have this or a completely separate "profile" that you
could load a completely different configuration?

brian d foy brian.d.foy@gmail.com
http://www.pair.com/~comdog/

[thaljef]

Would you rather have this or a completely separate "profile" that you could load a completely different configuration?

In the long run, it would be desirable to have both. But I would want the command-line hooks first.

[briandfoy]

App::Cpan 1.61_02 has the -M switch for this. It's on its way to CPAN now.

[thaljef]

Works like a charm!

Do you think having a repeatable option would be more natural than having a comma-separated list?

I'm working on getting cpanm to have a -M switch with the similar meaning: miyagawa/cpanminus#175

[briandfoy]

On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <
notifications@github.com> wrote:

Do you think having a repeatable option would be more natural than having
a comma-separated list

Probably, but then I'd have to redo all the option handling code.

brian d foy brian.d.foy@gmail.com
http://www.pair.com/~comdog/

[thaljef]

Any thoughts on making a non-dev release of this? Would love to see this in perl-5.20.

[briandfoy]

It gets into perl through the CPAN.pm distribution. We haven't merged the distros yet though.

[briandfoy]

cpan will now only be released through CPAN.pm and development of it will
happen in that repo.

[thaljef]

cpan will now only be released through CPAN.pm and development of it will
happen in that repo.

Ok. So I opened this ticket: andk/cpanpm#58