On 17 Jun 2004, at 11:41, khemir nadim wrote: [snip]
OK. but a module without a readme with meaning ful content, a minimum of
documentation is not "anything" it's "nothing" so I'd say it's OK to not
allow "nothing" to get into CPAN.
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Tosh ;-)
If I removed the README file from one of my CPAN modules would it suddenly become "nothing"? No.
A distribution without a README is perfectly usable, maybe slightly less usable than one with a README, but still usable.
Personally I've had more problems with out of date and inaccurate READMEs than I have with absent ones. In fact I can't remember the last time I looked at a README file - the POD's always my first port of call, followed by META.yml, Makefile/Build.PL and the test suite.
[snip]
The access to CPAN is not moderated in any way (my anarchist side likes
that) but maybe a minimum of control wouldn't hurt (my fascite side like
that)
[snip]
Since I don't think anybody else has mentioned it you might find Jarkko's "The Zen of Comprehensive Archive <http://www.cpan.org/misc/ZCAN.html> an interesting read. Two excerpts:
"adding any rating or approval processes creates bottlenecks, and
bottlenecks are bad" "There is no magic. All it takes is a few people that sit down
and get first something running, a rough cut. Then iteratively enhance
it. Don't try to create a master plan that will get everything right
in one fell swoop. The only one that will get swooped is you."Cheers,
Adrian
