"Tim Bunce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 12:16:41PM -0500, Steven N. Hirsch wrote: > > > > Is there somewhere I can grab a tarball to beat on prior to > > release? > > Maybe. Not yet.
I don't mean this as a criticism, just as an observation. The DBI is an awesomely important part of Perl, and I am deeply indebted to Tim and all those who have helped develop it. And, I would like to see it be even better if possible. It seems that many perl modules are still being developed in a fashion that doesn't really help promote their growth - this seems especially true of DBI and the DBD drivers. Most of the DBI/DBD modules are following the old patterns set by the p5p-style of doing things: the module has a single maintainer, patches get submitted to that person via email or mailing list, and all the source code is privately maintained. This has the unfortunate consequence that it's really dificult to know what the status of any of the modules are - are they being actively maintained or (in the case of DBD::Pg for a while) has the maintainer dropped off the face of the earth. Also - as in the case with Steven asking to get a tarball - there isn't a public code repository to check the status of new modifications. Given the ability to get free time/space on servers like sourceforge or even perl.org, why is this still the case? I'm really happy that DBD::Pg is now being maintained openly via postgres.org, and I think that we're already seeing benefits from making the module's development more open just in the sheer number of DBD::Pg posts recently. Thoughts? jas.
