>>>>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:50:39 -0600, Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>> repository: [svn] https://svn.versiondude.net/randys/CPAN-Metadata >> >> I think it would be good to keep the field as a URL. Why does it >> have to >> actually give the direct access point. Why could it not be a link to a >> page that gives details about the repository. > Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too. For a mailing list, for example, > you don't want to give a mailto: URL or something, you want to point > to an info page. Probably the same thing is true with repositories. In my experience you can go in circles when you search for the repository address from a homepage. People tend to forget to publish it in a prominent place. There's simply no tie to a certain place: download? contact? mailing list? FAQ? links? documentation? Ahh, of course, it is in the Wiki:) Folks at the German Perl Workshop seem to have the same experience. It would really help to have a defined field for the repository address. The field "homepage" is already listed under the resources topic and that is fine and imho needs to be supplemented. -- andreas
