Re: New module Mail::SendEasy

2004-01-29 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Graciliano M. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-01-27 06:16]: First, I didn't know MIME::Lite until Orton send me an e-mail in this list. Of all the things that bother me in this discussion, this one bothers me the most. The reason for this, I think, is two-fold. Obviously Gracilliano's research

Re: VERSION as (interface,revision) pair and CPAN++

2004-01-29 Thread Fergal Daly
Hi Nadim, The difference is that Module::Build forces the Foo::Bar's author to work out what current versions of Some::Module and Other::Module are suitable and to try to predict what future version will still be compatible. This is time consuming and error prone (predicting the future isn't

RE: New module Mail::SendEasy

2004-01-29 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: New module Mail::SendEasy I think MIME::Lite isn't in the Module List so the name wasn't peer-reviewed. The peer-review process offered by [EMAIL PROTECTED] certainly isn't perfect, but I do believe it's very valuable. Unless I read the file incorrectly MIME::Lite is

Re: VERSION as (interface,revision) pair and CPAN++

2004-01-29 Thread Fergal Daly
Yes it's confusing, I'm having trouble following bits of it, I'm sure anyone else who's actually bothering is too. Hopefully all the confusion will be gone at the end and only clarity will remain, that or utter confusion - it could end up either way really. To see why the current situation is

Re: New module Mail::SendEasy

2004-01-29 Thread Tim Bunce
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:23:51PM -, Orton, Yves wrote: I think MIME::Lite isn't in the Module List so the name wasn't peer-reviewed. The peer-review process offered by [EMAIL PROTECTED] certainly isn't perfect, but I do believe it's very valuable. Unless I read

RE: New module Mail::SendEasy

2004-01-29 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: New module Mail::SendEasy Unless I read the file incorrectly MIME::Lite is indeed in the module list, at least I see it there. Afaik its been in the wild since at least 98, if not earlier. (I dont know the full history, I am only the module maintainer) Ah, thanks.

Re: Fwd: Re: New module Mail::SendEasy

2004-01-29 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Mark Overmeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-01-29 02:12]: But of course, he feels the need to insult other people's work to promote his own. It's his way of gaining importance. I don't think he's insulting in order to promote so much as simply being vocal about his dissatisfaction with existing

(fast reply please!) Idea for new module: A bridge between Perl and R-project

2004-01-29 Thread Graciliano M. P.
I'm working on a module that make a bridge between the R-project intepreter and Perl. Actually I need to have this done today, soo, I will ask for a fast reply. Thanks in advance. Soo, I need some adivices for the name of the module. Here are some names, just vote in one or send

Re: (fast reply please!) Idea for new module: A bridge between Perl and R-project

2004-01-29 Thread Fergal Daly
On Thursday 29 January 2004 19:50, Graciliano M. P. wrote: I'm working on a module that make a bridge between the R-project intepreter and Perl. Actually I need to have this done today, soo, I will ask for a fast reply. Thanks in advance. It would help if we knew what the R-Project was, F

Re: (fast reply please!) Idea for new module: A bridge between Perl and R-project

2004-01-29 Thread C. Chad Wallace
Graciliano M. P. wrote: I'm working on a module that make a bridge between the R-project intepreter and Perl. Actually I need to have this done today, soo, I will ask for a fast reply. Thanks in advance. Soo, I need some adivices for the name of the module. Here are some names, just vote in one or

[brad@divisionbyzero.net: Re: (fast reply please!) Idea for new module: A bridge between Perl and R-project]

2004-01-29 Thread Brad Lhotsky
Oops, forgot to copy the group. Also, Math != Statistics I'd prefer to see this in Statistics::R::* (My GF is a Stat major and has made me QUITE aware that statisticians are not necessarily matheticians, and vice versa) - Forwarded message from Brad Lhotsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From:

Re: VERSION as (interface,revision) pair and CPAN++

2004-01-29 Thread Adrian Howard
On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 04:08 am, Lincoln A. Baxter wrote: Phew... Only one comment: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) [snip] No fancy versioning emnumeration scheme can replace this testing, and what we have now works well enough (I think). Most module authors I think are pretty good

Re: Idea for new module: A bridge between Perl and R-project

2004-01-29 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Graciliano M. P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-01-29 19:55]: I'm working on a module that make a bridge between the R-project intepreter and Perl. The R Project is about statistics; a search on CPAN reveals that there's a toplevel namespace called Statistics. That's basically your module name right