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Re: CPAN is getting too big

From: Colin Kuskie <ckuskie@cadence.com>
To: Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
cc: kstar@chapin.edu, l-perl5-porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>, Johan Vromans <jvromans@squirrel.nl>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 09:45:58 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10001050935450.120-100000@pdxult10a.cadence.com>
On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:

> Kurt D . Starsinic <kstar@chapin.edu> writes:
> >On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 01:13:18PM +0100, Johan Vromans wrote:
> >> This message is intended for CPAN people.
> >> 
> >> As you may have noticed, the amount of information on CPAN now exceeds
> >> the 650Mb that fits on a CD-ROM. Since people (like publishers)
> >> occasionally make CPAN snapshots on CD, we need a way to either split
> >> or ignore some of the contents.
> >> 
> >> Before re-inventing wheels, what do you think?
> >
> >    rm authors/id/G*AR/perl5.00[45]*.patch.gz
> 
> Hmm, it is reasonable to extend that to *patch* in general - it 
> is on the CDROM then (presumably) the full .tar.gz version is handy 
> with good bandwidth so there is no need for patches.

How about \bpatch(es)?\b instead:

authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/Log-Dispatch-1.009.tar.gz
authors/id/JV/makepatch-2.00_03.tar.gz
src/misc/perl5-byacc-patches-0.5.tar.gz

All look valid to me.  Here's the result of grep patch CPAN_find-ls:

23384 authors/id/CHIPS/foreach-mod-01.patch.gz
1131 authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/Log-Dispatch-1.009.readme
10605 authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/Log-Dispatch-1.009.tar.gz
582747 authors/id/GBARR/perl5.005_03.patch.gz
2065 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_67-bugs.patch
299548 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_67.patch.gz
228613 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_68.patch.gz
144849 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_69.patch.gz
166264 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_70.patch.gz
93307 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_71.patch.gz
180984 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_72.patch.gz
19622 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_73.patch.gz
49384 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.004_74.patch.gz
1307 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005-beta1-VMS-1.patch
3919 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005-beta1-dec_osf-1.patch
53884 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005-beta1.patch.gz
367145 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005-beta2.patch.gz
88750 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005-from-beta2.patch.gz
10788 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_01.patch.gz
116309 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_02-TRIAL1.patch.gz
154545 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_02-TRIAL2.patch.gz
176846 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_02.patch.gz
345041 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_50.patch.gz
552723 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_51.patch.gz
3611 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_52-bugs-1.patch
203802 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_52.patch.gz
265717 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_53.patch.gz
325636 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_54.patch.gz
574103 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_55.patch.gz
83970 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_56.patch.gz
754785 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_57.patch.gz
926246 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_58.patch.gz
142575 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_59.patch.gz
17887 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_60.patch.gz
271759 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_61.patch.gz
896360 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_62.patch.gz
631692 authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_63.patch.gz
25341 authors/id/ILYAZ/cperl-mode/patch_emacs_1933_syntax_assist.gz
3738 authors/id/ILYAZ/cperl-mode/rms-emacs-20.2-patch-inf-loop
8553 authors/id/ILYAZ/cperl-mode/rms-emacs-20.2-experimental-patch-narrow+dirfiles+skipcomment
9564 authors/id/ILYAZ/cperl-mode/rms-emacs-20.2-experimental-patch-narrow+dirfiles+skipcomment+skipsyntax-better
10188 authors/id/ILYAZ/cperl-mode/rms-emacs-20.2-experimental-patch-narrow+dirfiles+skipcomment+skipsyntax
7990 authors/id/ILYAZ/cperl-mode/rms-emacs-20.2-patch-narrow-buffer
8471 authors/id/ILYAZ/cperl-mode/rms-emacs-20.2-patch-narrow-buffer+dirfiles
482 authors/id/ILYAZ/etext/patch.0.5.4.for.11.02.gz
6248 authors/id/ILYAZ/os2/5.004_01+/patches.zip
28730 authors/id/ILYAZ/os2/tk/perltk_os2_402_patches.zip
8192 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches
17149 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/diff_constants_65
2610 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/CHECKSUMS
242 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/diff_re_after_jumbo_v3
44135 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/diff_malloc_65
10069 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/diffs_not_in_56_unknown.zip
177 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/diff_re_after_jumbo_v3.gz
9760 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/diff_xsubpp_65
46893 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/diffs_not_in_56_good.zip
30590 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/patches_not_in_66.zip
41918 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/jumbo_re_v3.gz
47453 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/malloc0398
55149 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/jumbo_regexp_v7-5.004_54.gz
14683 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/malloc-jumbo-patch-0897.zip
49048 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/patch_jumbo_regexp_v4_5.004m4t2.gz
49096 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/patch_jumbo_re_v5_5.004_53.gz
47162 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/patches_possibly_not_in_66.zip
1115 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/patches_not_in_5_50.readme
52021 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/patches_not_in_5_50.zip
19314 authors/id/ILYAZ/patches/.in.patches_not_in_563.gz.
3515 authors/id/JAKE/perl5-byacc-patches-0.5.readme
14011 authors/id/JAKE/perl5-byacc-patches-0.5.tar.gz
3668 authors/id/JAKE/perl5-byacc-patches-0.6.readme
10732 authors/id/JAKE/perl5-byacc-patches-0.6.tar.gz
25547 authors/id/JV/makepatch-2.00_03.tar.gz
1260 authors/id/JV/makepatch-1.16.readme
8475 authors/id/JV/makepatch-1.16.tar.gz
3575 authors/id/JV/makepatch-2.00a.readme
22960 authors/id/JV/makepatch-2.00a.tar.gz
17936 authors/id/LMOLNAR/dosdjgpp-patch.5.004_02.gz
19959 authors/id/LMOLNAR/dosdjgpp-patch.5.004_02.v2.gz
333 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800-patch-for-perl5.00557.gz
128132 authors/id/NI-S/Tk402.002-402.003.patch.gz
40106 authors/id/NI-S/Tk402.003-402.004-patch.gz
414 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800.012-patch-5.00404.gz
201624 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800-patch.011.012.gz
47383 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800-patch.012.013.gz
244768 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800-patch.013.014.gz
95896 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800-patch.014.015.gz
48897 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800.patch.005.006.gz
43786 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800.patch.006.007.gz
45483 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800.patch.007.008.gz
40260 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800.patch.008.010.gz
11458 authors/id/NI-S/Tk800.patch.010.011.gz
543 authors/id/T/TO/TOSTI/XBase_0.121-Apollo-patch.0.1.readme
1643 authors/id/T/TO/TOSTI/XBase_0.121-Apollo-patch.0.1.tar.gz
33273 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-5.004_04.gz
33072 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-5.004_53.gz
33059 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-5.004_54.gz
33526 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-5.004_55.gz
33541 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-5.004_56.gz
35170 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-5.004_65.gz
36154 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-5.005_50.gz
29802 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-970227.gz
32387 authors/id/PMQS/warn.patch-970911.gz
81920 authors/id/R/RB/RBS/patch-Pod-Html-relative-0.001_01.tar
43192 authors/id/R/RB/RBS/patch-Pod-Html-relative-5.005_54.txt
2015 authors/id/TOMC/scripts/pod2html-patch.gz
12613 authors/id/TRIAS/Fame.patch-2.0b-2.0c
1065 authors/id/ULPFR/sfio-oct5-linux.patch.gz
18212 doc/misc/tips/perl5/manual/pod2html.patch
2358 doc/misc/tips/lwall/perl4.eval.line.counting.patch
32310 doc/misc/tips/lwall/perl.patch36
1509 doc/misc/tips/SCO.stab.c.patch
3034 doc/misc/tips/p4.regexec.patch
3477 doc/misc/tips/netware.linking.patch
3151 doc/misc/tips/patch.to.hash.c.for.gdbm
23542 doc/manual/texinfo/perl4/errata-patch-0.3d-0.4
34704 doc/manual/texinfo/perl4/errata-patch-0.5-0.6
27866 doc/manual/texinfo/perl4/errata-patch-0.4-0.5
15716 doc/manual/html/Porting/patching.html
4699 modules/dbperl/perl4/sybperl/sybperl-patch12.gz
678 modules/dbperl/perl4/sybperl/README-patch12
1857 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/mj_patches.README
10658 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/mj_patches.gz
2483 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/oracle7.note8.orafns.patch
8192 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/patches
12825 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/patches/patch02.Z
26085 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/patches/patch04.Z
15555 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/patches/patch03.Z
2060 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/patches/patch01.Z
61 modules/dbperl/perl4/oraperl/patches/README
2278 modules/dbperl/perl4/isqlperl/patch1
1699 modules/dbperl/perl4/ingperl/ingperl-200-201.patches
96 modules/dbperl/scripts/shql/patches
8682 modules/dbperl/scripts/shql/patches/patch02
123846 modules/dbperl/perl5.004_01.patch.gz
91537 modules/dbperl/perl5.004m2t2.patch.gz
349424 modules/dbperl/perl5.004m2t2.patch
40941 modules/dbperl/perl5.004m2t1.patch.gz
61 ../../../../authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/Log-Dispatch-1.009.readme
61 ../../../../authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/Log-Dispatch-1.009.tar.gz
58 ../../../authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/Log-Dispatch-1.009.readme
58 ../../../authors/id/D/DR/DROLSKY/Log-Dispatch-1.009.tar.gz
2127 scripts/admin/mvids.patch
12825 scripts/dbase/oraperl/patch02.Z
2060 scripts/dbase/oraperl/patch01.Z
26085 scripts/dbase/oraperl/patch04.Z
15555 scripts/dbase/oraperl/patch03.Z
249 scripts/dbase/gdbm.read.patches.to.perl..gncache
5408 scripts/dbase/gdbm.read.patches.to.perl
2298 scripts/ftpstuff/ftplib-1.1.patch
45617 scripts/manstuff/man.shar.gzip.patch
2143 scripts/netstuff/chat2/chat2.open_duphandle.patch
1519 scripts/netstuff/chat2/chat2.patch.multi.interface.host
2953 scripts/news/prn.patch
48 ../../../authors/Tim_Bunce/perl5.004_01.patch.gz
48 ../../../authors/Tim_Bunce/perl5.004_02.patch.gz
48 ../../../authors/Tim_Bunce/perl5.004_03.patch.gz
48 ../../../authors/Tim_Bunce/perl5.004_04.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_61.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_01.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_02.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_50.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_51.patch.gz
50 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_52-bugs-1.patch
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_52.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_53.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_54.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_55.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_56.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_57.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_58.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_59.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_60.patch.gz
46 ../../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_63.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_01.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_02.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_50.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_51.patch.gz
47 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_52-bugs-1.patch
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_52.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_53.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_54.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_55.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_56.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_57.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_58.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_59.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_60.patch.gz
43 ../../authors/id/GSAR/perl5.005_63.patch.gz
56 ../../authors/Jake_Donham/perl5-byacc-patches-0.5.readme
56 ../../authors/Jake_Donham/perl5-byacc-patches-0.5.tar.gz

For a sum total of: 11941442 bytes 

Colin
Follow-Ups from:: Bob Gustafson <bobgus@mcs.com>
References to:: Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
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