metacpan.org is a search engine, not canonical source

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> To me that indicates that a) metacpan.org is an alternative to 
> search.cpan.org but also that b) www.cpan.org is main host for CPAN, and 
> therefore that the author-based URL at www.cpan.org should be treated as 
> canonical source.

I think metacpan.org (as well as search.cpan.org) URLs have one big
advantage: They don't change if a module shows up under multiple
authors. This is especially important for watch files and IMHO lowers
also the amount of necessary package maintenance if used in the
Homepage header.

I have no strong opinion about which URL should go into the
debian/copyright file, but I prefer URLs which don't change too often
to lower the need for packaging changes, too.

So I prefer to stick with the
https://metacpan.org/release/$DISTRIBUTION scheme, at least for
Homepage header and watch files, but would also recommend it for
debian/copyright.

		Regards, Axel
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