Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> If the functionality in test.pl (that does not currently
> exist in other module) could be duplicated elsewhere using a
> Test::Builder-based module, would there be a reason then to
> maintain test.pl? Would it be better then to eliminate
> test.pl entirely?
Nicholas Clar
Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> From what I can tell, there are well over a dozen
> dual-lived modules that incorporate test.pl into their
> distributions. Rather than continuing this trend, I would
> like to propose turning it into a module and dual-lifing
> it to CPAN.
Nicholas Clark wrote:
> Why are
Nicholas Clark schrieb:
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:54:29PM -0400, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
From what I can tell, there are well over a dozen dual-lived
modules that incorporate test.pl into their distributions.
Rather than continuing this trend, I would like to propose
turn
On 1 Jul 2008, at 15:57, David Cantrell wrote:
That's true - but it discourages people from experimenting with new
UI
ideas like, say, integrating tagging into s.c.o. It'd be great if
people could download WWW::Search::CPAN::Org, install it locally and
play with it.
Fair point. Mind you, I d
On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 02:42:55PM +0100, Andy Armstrong wrote:
> On 1 Jul 2008, at 14:35, David Cantrell wrote:
> >Even if you had the source code, it would still be up to him to add
> >your patch to the copy of the code that runs that particular site. In
> >reality, if people suggest things, a
On Jul 1, 2008, at 3:29 AM, Ovid wrote:
1. CPANTs was not only fun, but it was (and is) helpful.
2. "Non-kwalitee" metrics crept in.
3. Some people are upset about gaming.
4. Some people love gaming.
5. Many people can reasonably disagree on what "value" means.
Note that nowhere in here
On 1 Jul 2008, at 14:35, David Cantrell wrote:
Even if you had the source code, it would still be up to him to add
your
patch to the copy of the code that runs that particular site. In
reality, if people suggest things, and he thinks they're a good idea,
then he does them. Especially if it's
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 08:48:28PM -0500, Andy Lester wrote:
> Right. Which is another reason I've started up rethinking-cpan ...
How do I subscribe to that list?
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On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:31:22AM -0400, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> If the functionality in test.pl (that does not currently
> exist in other module) could be duplicated elsewhere using a
> Test::Builder-based module, would there be a reason then to
> maintain test.pl? Would it be better then to e
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 06:46:08PM -0700, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> # from Paul Fenwick
> # on Monday 30 June 2008 17:17:
> > Let's pretend you're J. Average Hacker. You've popped over to CPAN...
> > http://search.cpan.org/~sartak/Moose-0.51/lib/Moose.pm
> Let's pretend you're J. Average Hacker. You
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 04:27:17PM -0700, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> # from David Cantrell
> >> If you truly have *the* Evil Cargo-Culted t/pod.t (which has been
> >> previously discussed here and elsewhere), it fails spuriously for
> >> some users.
> >Is this The Evil?
> >http://drhyde.cvs.sourceforge.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:54:29PM -0400, Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> Jerry D. Hedden wrote:
> > From what I can tell, there are well over a dozen dual-lived
> > modules that incorporate test.pl into their distributions.
> > Rather than continuing this trend, I would like to propose
> > turning it int
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Eric Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # from Rick Fisk
> # on Tuesday 01 July 2008 00:09:
>
>>Number of downloads -
>>perhaps this could be compared to various release versions of the
>>module to keep it pertinent.
>
> You can't count the downloads (we don't
He's what I saw in the thread.
1. CPANTs was not only fun, but it was (and is) helpful.
2. "Non-kwalitee" metrics crept in.
3. Some people are upset about gaming.
4. Some people love gaming.
5. Many people can reasonably disagree on what "value" means.
Too many people (including me!) forget
# from Rick Fisk
# on Tuesday 01 July 2008 00:09:
>Number of downloads -
> perhaps this could be compared to various release versions of the
>module to keep it pertinent.
You can't count the downloads (we don't have any control over or
feedback from the mirrors the way sourceforge does.)
See
Paul Fenwick wrote:
[ CC'ed to rethinking-cpan, since I assume it's halfway relevant. If
not, let me know, and I'll get out of your face. ]
Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
Why are people not rating modules?
Because rating modules is a monumental pain in the arse.
== The CPAN Ratings Way ==
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