On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 01:24:43PM -0300, Bruno Negr?o wrote:
I agree Mark, i've posted my module on the DateTime mailing list. Let's see what
they say about it.
But i think the DateTime project is not gaining fair promotion once their modules
are not even appearing on the main Module
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Stosberg) writes:
I think part of the solution to fix that is to have more contributions to the
CPAN ratings system, and consider the ratings in the search results.
The searching in search.cpan.org is, unfortunately, pretty awful. At some
point I plan to sit down and
I think there is a separate more general issue that the module list is
losing relevance. I think a lot of people (like myself), use
http://search.cpan.org as a primary method for finding useful modules.
As a CPAN user, I don't consult the list when looking for modules. As
a module writer, I
Simon Cozens sent the following bits through the ether:
The searching in search.cpan.org is, unfortunately, pretty awful. At some
point I plan to sit down and try using Plucene as a search engine for
module data.
I thought that would be a good idea too, so I tried it. It works
*fairly* well.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:08:16PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote:
Simon Cozens sent the following bits through the ether:
The searching in search.cpan.org is, unfortunately, pretty awful. At some
point I plan to sit down and try using Plucene as a search engine for
module data.
I thought
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott W Gifford) writes:
It would be interesting to calculate the importance of a module by
how many other modules link to it, either via a use statement or by
reference in the POD, much like Google does with Web page links.
Someone's already done this for CPAN, but I can't
* Scott W Gifford [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-07-14 19:38]:
It would be interesting to calculate the importance of a
module by how many other modules link to it, either via a use
statement or by reference in the POD, much like Google does
with Web page links.
I was thinking the same thing, and I
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:30:59PM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote:
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:08:16PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote:
Simon Cozens sent the following bits through the ether:
The searching in search.cpan.org is, unfortunately, pretty awful. At some
point I plan to sit down and try
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 10:34:08PM +0100, Tim Bunce wrote:
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 06:30:59PM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote:
XML::HTTP::Network::Daemon::TextProcessing::Business::Papersize::GIS
so that people can find it,
That's what the Description field is for.
There's a Description
