I would observe the CPAN community. I highly recommend reading http://www.cpan.org/misc/ZCAN.html http://www.cpan.org/misc/ZCAN.html and then begin forking+mirr

I would observe the CPAN community. I highly recommend reading http://www.cpan.org/misc/ZCAN.html http://www.cpan.org/misc/ZCAN.html and then begin forking+mirroring the registry immediately.