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On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Aaron Trevena wrote:
> >
> > this question defines the archive of scripts a little. is the
> > collection of scripts specifically aimed at the lowest commond
> > denominator and tackling the MW problem directly, or is that
> > just its core mission, and other scripts are welcome.
>
> I don't think we actually need to lower to teh lowest common denominator -
> by applying the ROPE idea it should be possible to provide some easy
> bundles with their own namespace that the user can just unzip and ftp to
> their own local_modules/rope.
>
> If you provide scripts that work with perl5.x base but also provide
> scripts that use rope::lite, or rope::intermediate bundles the user will
> still be interested in using the bundle and we can encourage them to use
> modules and set them on the path to rightesusness.
>
> I think something like this would be the ultimate test of the ROPE
> concept.
Given that there will be idiot proof scripts replacing msa ones, these
will be limited greatly by not using modules, assuming a simple web based
layout you can hive nice icons saying that Script N is **ready to run**,
**requires rope::lite**, **requires rope::intermediate**, **requires quite
a lot**, **requires apache**, **requires a little know how**, etc.
A.
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