On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:29:01AM -0800, Terrence Brannon wrote: > >But I wonder why you're not supporting the existing channels > >such as http://www.theperlreview.com/, http://www.tpj.com/, > >http://www.perlmonth.com/, http://use.perl.org/ and http://perl.com/ > > perlmonth has a new look, but the articles are from 4 years ago. is that > place making a comeback or something?
I don't know. But I know http://www.theperlreview.com/ is alive and well and worth supporting. > I have supported those channels and intend to in the future... when I get > some spare time, which might not be for another 10 years. So you don't have time to support existing channels but you do have time to create a new one. Umm. > >Also I don't think "packaged and presented so that its contents are > >easily searched on CPAN" is a good reason in itself to use CPAN. > >Wearing my cynical hat I might wonder if you're abusing CPAN in > >order to achieve higher (search engine) visibility. > > Hmm, the idea of a magazine on CPAN just sort of sprung up in my head. I > also > downloaded Randy Kobes' CPAN lite from sourceforge and assessed the > possibility of a separate CPAN website just for articles. > > CPAN is a beast not unlike Perl. It is big, powerful, useful and can be > used and > abused in a variety of ways based on who decides to get involved with it. > Personally I feel a magazine existing within CPAN is a tribute to how > flexible the architecture is. Beware of abusing the architecture and the goodwill of those who manage its core and its mirrors[1]. > >I don't see a need for another magazine. The existing ones would > >benefit from your input and suffer a loss of contributions if another > >channel is opened up. I'm sure one or more of the existing channels > >would be happy to give you a regular column for sw-design. > > 1/ One of the magazines you mentioned above did give me a regular column. > 2/ I really like the way that CPAN goes from general to specific when > naming a > module. Most magazines publish articles with freeform titles. By strictly > following naming conventions, we develop a collection of writings on a > particular topic or CPAN module available in a single place. Still doesn't seem like a good use for CPAN. Seems more like an argument for a hierarchical topic index of articles for existing channels. Something like http://perl.com/pub/q/Article_Archive Tim. [1] http://www.axis-of-aevil.net/archives/2004/05/the_feng_shui_o.html _______________________________________________ sw-design mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://metaperl.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sw-design
