On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 16:47, Christopher Hicks wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Hugh S. Myers wrote:
> 
> > It seems to me that ANY thing that contributes to the solution set of 
> > 'How do I find the module I'm looking for?' needs to be kept until it 
> > can be replaced with something of equal or greater value.
> 
> search.cpan.org seems to be of greater value than the modules list 
> according to most of the people that have chimed in.

Try asking beginners what they think. I believe it is easier for them to
look at a long list of modules then searching for a specific one,
particularly because they often don't know what they should be looking
for.

Anyway, I like to have a long list of modules to show my Java friends
and say "see?"

> > 2. Push hard on the notion of adding a keywords item to the 'standard' 
> > for pod documentation.
> 
> What should those keywords be?  Who decides?  I'm personally much more 
> interested in seeing a dmoz-ish hierarchy so related modules can be easily 
> found and compared.
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