Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-16 Thread khemir nadim
Sam Vilain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - encourage curators to step forward, or groups of curators, for each category; possibly even create mailing lists for people with a general interest in the technology in that category; to field questions about

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-16 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Khemir Nadim) writes: Everything that was said in this thread was very interresting and I, too, belive things should get better and I encourage those that want to do things _now_. None of these ideas are new. - Any one can start whatever hierarchy This is not a problem,

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-16 Thread khemir nadim
Simon, Can you please give us serious answers. Writting to this list take valuable time from me and from those reading the mails. - Authors don't answer or have given up on maintaining there modules THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS. Please don't shout if it's note to show you're happy. Check the

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-16 Thread Michel Rodriguez
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, khemir nadim wrote: Please don't shout if it's note to show you're happy. Check the discussion we had about Roman.pm a few weeks ago. My point is not to force anyone to develop anything but that when a module is released and the author can't maintain it, the curators job

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-15 Thread Tim Bunce
On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 03:56:39PM +1300, Sam Vilain wrote: ___ / _ \ | | | |_ _ | |_| ||\ | ||___ \___/ | \| |___ |___ upon a time, the Perl 5 modules list was an excellent resource for those seeking to do anything non-core with Perl. However, it has

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-15 Thread Johan Vromans
Tim Bunce [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For those modules that are not on the Module List, (i.e., not in http://www.cpan.org/modules/03modlist.data.gz) and which have a 'significant' existing user base, develop a Fast Track process to get them added to the Module List. Good idea, but don't we

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-15 Thread Elizabeth Mattijsen
At 13:57 +0100 2/15/04, Johan Vromans wrote: Tim Bunce [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For those modules that are not on the Module List, (i.e., not in http://www.cpan.org/modules/03modlist.data.gz) and which have a 'significant' existing user base, develop a Fast Track process to get them added

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-15 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Johan Vromans) writes: Good idea, but don't we need to solve the current module registry problems as well? Many module authors issue submission requests and never get a reply. Tim also wrote: But [EMAIL PROTECTED] has it's own set of problems (that I hope will be addressed

Re: OK, so we've decided that the right modules are too hard to find.

2004-02-15 Thread Simon Cozens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Elizabeth Mattijsen) writes: I've released about 30 modules in the past 1.5 years. I _never_ bothered to try to register. I guess that means something. Likewise. (although slightly more than 30 ;) I just don't see the point of the modules list, especially now we have