I mean like if I wanted to ask 'how do I install a module with cpanp' would that be ok? obviously questions about how do I write a cpan module are offtopic and better relegated to SO.
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1It seems like we've done something wrong if two of the first three meta questions are on clarifying what's on-topic here; in theory we should've figured that out during definitionMichael Mrozek– Michael Mrozek2010-08-10 21:50:43 +00:00Commented Aug 10, 2010 at 21:50
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@Michael: It would be nice. However, the discussion features aren't all that good, and the primary focus is on getting twenty people to agree that five questions are on-topic and five are off.David Thornley– David Thornley2010-08-11 12:12:17 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 12:12
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There is bound to be overlap here, but the implications of using CPAN on your nix system seem like something worth discussing here.
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Presumably, if the user is on a Windows system and has a CPAN problem, he wouldn't think to ask it on a "Unix & Linux" site. He might, however, find the answer he needs here via Google, which does fit into the idea of being a quality Q&A site. If the user says they're on Windows, then cote to close, otherwise CPAN questions seem like a good choice.Chindraba– Chindraba2017-03-22 00:51:06 +00:00Commented Mar 22, 2017 at 0:51
I think this might be something for (say) stackoverflow. CPAN and Perl are not *nix specific.
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1I don't think it's relevant to SO as it's not a programming question... it's closer to system administration because it's package management.xenoterracide– xenoterracide2010-08-11 03:45:15 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 3:45
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5Also in a pre strawberry perl world, your standard cpan clients didn't work on windows perls. Active perl uses it's own thing. Making questions about the cpan client fairly *nix specificxenoterracide– xenoterracide2010-08-11 03:47:53 +00:00Commented Aug 11, 2010 at 3:47
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I don't know why you don't think it's not a programming question. Perl is a programming language, installing packages to use in a language is a programming problem, and programming languages and their packages/libraries are tools used by programmers. That fits 3 of the 4 things that Stack Overflow covers.Thomas Owens– Thomas Owens2010-08-20 20:00:16 +00:00Commented Aug 20, 2010 at 20:00
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@Thomas "installing packages to use in a language is a programming problem" -- no, it's not. There's no programming involved, and installing stuff doesn't mean you're a programmer. Entire applications are distributed via CPAN.hobbs– hobbs2010-08-25 10:36:13 +00:00Commented Aug 25, 2010 at 10:36
If you're installing onto a Unix system I think it's on topic just like a question about "ls" is on topic.