Re: Contacting JOEYATES and GMPASSOS

2007-09-07 Thread David Landgren
Mattia Barbon wrote: Hello everybody, I'd like to contact Joe Yates (JOEYATES) and Graciliano Monteiro Passos (GMPASSOS), the former for OpenOffice::UNO module, the gmpassos rang a bell. http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=gmpassos Hasn't been there in two years...

Re: in search of author: ABW, App::Config

2007-09-07 Thread David Landgren
Ricardo SIGNES wrote: I'd like to get App::Config indexed, but ABW has module-list registered App::Config but does not use it. I've sent him an email with no reply (only about a week ago). Does anyone have a lead on a better way to get in touch with him than the address listed on his CPAN

Re: Module Proposal: Log::Any

2007-09-07 Thread John Siracusa
On 9/6/07 4:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So why do CPAN modules eschew the use of these and invent their own mechanisms that are almost guaranteed to be less powerful? I agree with all your listed reason, but I think you missed one: minimum overhead. Ideally, logging would disappear

Re: Module Proposal: Log::Any

2007-09-07 Thread nadim khemir
Source filters can be a solution. very little overhead. I wrote Filter::Uncomment just for that. On Friday 07 September 2007 03:58, John Siracusa wrote: On 9/6/07 4:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So why do CPAN modules eschew the use of these and invent their own mechanisms that are almost

Re: Module Proposal: Log::Any

2007-09-07 Thread Bill Ward
I like the concept of this, but I think to be successfull you need buy-in from the various log package authors as well as more than a few core module authors. The name Log::Any sounds as good as any (har har) but in this case, I think naming is the least of your worries. On 9/6/07, [EMAIL

Re: Contacting JOEYATES and GMPASSOS

2007-09-07 Thread Vadim
David Landgren wrote: Mattia Barbon wrote: Hello everybody, I'd like to contact Joe Yates (JOEYATES) and Graciliano Monteiro Passos (GMPASSOS), the former for OpenOffice::UNO module, the gmpassos rang a bell. http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=gmpassos what color this bell is?

Re: Module Proposal: Log::Any

2007-09-07 Thread Bill Ward
Abstract has two meanings, so I think that could be confusing. I think Log::Any is better. On 9/7/07, Jonathan Swartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is very true. That is why I'd volunteer to patch the major modules in a backwards-compatible way. Incidentally, this is also being commented on

Re: Module Proposal: Log::Any

2007-09-07 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from John Siracusa # on Thursday 06 September 2007 06:58 pm: On 9/6/07 4:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So why do CPAN modules eschew the use of these and invent their own mechanisms that are almost guaranteed to be less powerful? I agree with all your listed reason, but I think you missed

Re: Module Proposal: Log::Any

2007-09-07 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* John Siracusa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-07 13:15]: Ideally, logging would disappear entirely from the code path when disabled. Perl being Perl, this is rarely possible, Will be easy in 5.10, coming Any Day Now. FWIW… Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/

Re: Module Proposal: Log::Any

2007-09-07 Thread Smylers
A. Pagaltzis writes: * John Siracusa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-09-07 13:15]: Ideally, logging would disappear entirely from the code path when disabled. Perl being Perl, this is rarely possible, Will be easy in 5.10 Is that still the case? The most recent development release has this in