Re: IO::ALL (Was: check for errors on close())

2005-04-24 Thread Smylers
Sam Vilain writes: Eric Wilhelm wrote: Just spent way too much time trying to find a bug when it turns out that I just had a full disk. So, food for thought for today: close() does not always return true. close(FILE) or die file error: $!; You don't already check the return value

Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread John Siracusa
What's the best way to spread the word about a new module? I've got a few modules that I think a lot of people would find useful. They're still in active development (pre-1.0) but I'd like as many people as possible to try them so I can get feedback from the community. How do I spread the word

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread Andy Lester
What's the best way to spread the word about a new module? I've got a few modules that I think a lot of people would find useful. They're still in active development (pre-1.0) but I'd like as many people as possible to try them so I can get feedback from the community. How do I spread the

Installing Scripts into sbin Directory

2005-04-24 Thread imacat
Dear all, I wonder if there is any way to install scripts into sbin directory? I'm using ExtUtils::MakeMaker. I know that GNU autoconf can make a difference between user executables and system administrator executables, and by FHS 2.2 system administrator executables should be put into the

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread John Siracusa
On 4/24/05 10:56 AM, Andy Lester wrote: It would be a lot easier to help you if we knew the specifics of the modules you're talking about. Well I was really trying to keep the question more general, but I can give you two specific examples. The first is my object/relational database mapper

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread Andy Lester
The first is my object/relational database mapper thingie. I don't know what the formal name for it is, but it's in roughly the same family as Class::DBI, Alzabo, Tangram, etc. I think this module has the most potential for wide-spread interest, judging by how much activity there is

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 10:48:28AM -0400, John Siracusa wrote: What's the best way to spread the word about a new module? I've got a few modules that I think a lot of people would find useful. They're still in active development (pre-1.0) but I'd like as many people as possible to try them

Re: IO::ALL (Was: check for errors on close())

2005-04-24 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Smylers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-04-24 13:55]: Sam (or any other IO::All users reading this), what's your experience of IO::All? How much effort has it saved you? Does it make your code look too confusing for other coders (I'm thinking of the overloaded comparison operators being used for

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* John Siracusa [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-04-24 18:50]: Assuming I do that, there's still the question of venue. How/why/where will people read it in the first place? Should I just add it to the POD for the module? That you should, irrespective of where you choose to promote it. When I see a

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread Andy Lester
On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 12:46:25PM -0400, John Siracusa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So what are the high points? Why should someone use yours instead of Class::DBI? Or even switch from Class::DBI? Assuming I do that, there's still the question of venue. How/why/where will people read it

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread Smylers
John Siracusa writes: The first is my object/relational database mapper thingie. ... The second is an object-oriented interface to HTML, with a focus on HTML forms and fields. I developed this one because there was nothing like it in CPAN at all (which surprised me). Ah, now you mention

Re: Bootstrapping a module community

2005-04-24 Thread John Siracusa
On 4/24/05 5:12 PM, Smylers wrote: John Siracusa writes: The first is my object/relational database mapper thingie. ... The second is an object-oriented interface to HTML, with a focus on HTML forms and fields. I developed this one because there was nothing like it in CPAN at all (which