On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 17:35, Fergal Daly wrote: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 05:24:57PM +0100, Jose Alves de Castro wrote: > > 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. > > The problem is that the list is missing many modules and in some cases it is > missing "the right module" for a particular job while listing other inferior > modules and since no one is adding to the list, this can only get worse.
I know that, but what I'm saying is "Let's keep the list updated!" I had already volunteered to brian to do that, and by the same time this whole thing of killing the list has exploded... I agree with you all, I know the list is probably doing more harm then good, but it wasn't like that years ago, and the only reason it is like that now is that the list isn't being updated! If someone keeps it up to date, I think it'll be a good thing for all of us once again. > > Anyway, I like to have a long list of modules to show my Java friends > > and say "see?" > > If we had keywords you could just search on a keyword and show them that > list instead, I don't want to show the results of a search. I want to say "Here is the link to the module list. See how long it is? It contains practically everything you need, doesn't it?" And I also want to be able to look at the list and think of what other things are still lacking... > F -- Jos� Alves de Castro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://natura.di.uminho.pt/~jac
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