Re: Fwd: Topic/metacpan.org (#36)
On 09/28/2012 07:11 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: On 8/13/12 9:41, David E. Wheeler wrote: I got a pull request to switch to metacpan.org http://metacpan.org for L http links. AFAIK search.cpan.org http://search.cpan.org is not deprecated, and is still the official community CPAN search site. If there is some discussion about changing it, or if Graham thinks it's time to switch then great. Otherwise, I am not inclined to accept this patch (though if it is hard to change the default URL with a subclass I would be happy to take that, or a command-line option). Why couldn't we add a meta.cpan.org which redirects to metacpan.org? I much prefer the layout and navigation of search.cpan.org. That server is also mirrored on a couple of servers and on a domain with a long history of being available. Me too. search.cpan.org is definitely not deprecated, it just has a different set of features and priorities than some people prefer. It is slower, but still has more features than metacpan.org. To answer the question from another mail: Yes, Robert and I look after DNS[1] and the servers that site is running on. One or two in Los Angeles and one in London donated by Digital Craftsmen - http://www.digitalcraftsmen.com/
Re: Fwd: Topic/metacpan.org (#36)
On 8/13/12 9:41, David E. Wheeler wrote: I got a pull request to switch to metacpan.org http://metacpan.org for L http links. AFAIK search.cpan.org http://search.cpan.org is not deprecated, and is still the official community CPAN search site. If there is some discussion about changing it, or if Graham thinks it's time to switch then great. Otherwise, I am not inclined to accept this patch (though if it is hard to change the default URL with a subclass I would be happy to take that, or a command-line option). I much prefer the layout and navigation of search.cpan.org. That server is also mirrored on a couple of servers and on a domain with a long history of being available. search.cpan.org is definitely not deprecated, it just has a different set of features and priorities than some people prefer. To answer the question from another mail: Yes, Robert and I look after DNS[1] and the servers that site is running on. One or two in Los Angeles and one in London donated by Digital Craftsmen - http://www.digitalcraftsmen.com/ Ask [1] http://geo.bitnames.com
Re: Fwd: Topic/metacpan.org (#36)
* David E. Wheeler da...@justatheory.com [2012-08-13T12:41:31] I got a pull request to switch to metacpan.org for L http links. AFAIK search.cpan.org is not deprecated, and is still the official community CPAN search site. If there is some discussion about changing it, or if Graham thinks it's time to switch then great. Otherwise, I am not inclined to accept this patch (though if it is hard to change the default URL with a subclass I would be happy to take that, or a command-line option). I don't think there's an official community, so I don't think we can have an official community site. I switched all my Pod-to-HTML stuff, like dzil.org's engine, the Perl Advent calendar, and perl release announcements, to using metacpan some time ago. metacpan is open source and can be contributed to with patches, which means, to me, that it's more likely to be a community effort than search.cpan.org. So, I am in favor of the change. Rejecting it isn't a big deal, I think, but I predict that it will just end up being accepted in the future. -- rjbs signature.asc Description: Digital signature
