On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:55:56 -0400, David Golden <x...@xdg.me> wrote: > What about http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_contribute_modules > (i.e. "read the FAQ" ) > > And a Google query "how to upload to CPAN" gives plenty of good links right > away. > > I have no objections to making it easier, but I'm more interested in what > someone getting a bachelors found "complex and cumbersome".
I perused the paper. Someone writing all his tools in python might have a biased opinion. > David > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 11:08 AM, David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> > wrote: > > > I was looking at this thesis: > > http://incolumitas.com/data/thesis.pdf > > > > and see that the author didn't try to attack the CPAN because "[it] had > > such a bad documentation quality". I assume* that he means it wasn't > > clear how to go about uploading a module. > > > > And I think he's got a point. It's not obvious to someone who's not > > already "in the know". I therefore suggest that we move (or maybe copy) > > the "how to contribute" section from > > http://www.cpan.org/modules/index.html > > to http://www.cpan.org/. > > > > PR here that copies the relevant section: > > https://github.com/perlorg/cpanorg/pull/32 > > > > * I have contacted him for clarification, because we all know what > > happens when we assume > > > > -- > > David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist > > > > I know that you believe you understand what you think you wrote, but > > I'm not sure you realize that what you wrote is not what you meant. > > > > -- > David Golden <x...@xdg.me> Twitter/IRC/Github: @xdg -- H.Merijn Brand http://tux.nl Perl Monger http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using perl5.00307 .. 5.23 porting perl5 on HP-UX, AIX, and openSUSE http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
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