On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 08:12:46PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 05:29:29PM +0000, Dave Cross wrote: > > At the LPW on Saturday I'm giving a talk entitled "25 Years of Perl". > > > > I have the structure of the talk, and I have worked out most of the > > things that I want to cover. But I wanted to make sure that I didn't > > miss anything important. > > > > So I thought I'd turn to the london.pm hivemind. What parts of > > Perl's history do you think are important. I'm particularly > > interested in two areas. > > > > 1/ Technical > > > > What CPAN modules deserve to be mentioned as part of Perl's history? > > Which Perl infrastructure projects are (or were) important? Are > > there any other technical things that need to be covered? > > You're going to cover the Acme:: namespace, of course? [insert evil grin > here] > > > 2/ Community > > > > What community initiatives should I cover? Can I mention TPI without > > giving some people nightmares? How much detail can I cover about > > Perl Mongers? Which conferences deserve a mention? Does anyone > > remember how and when YAS became TPF? > > If memory serves, YAS didn't "become" TPF. They were separate entities, > as was Perl Mongers. At a certain point, Kevin decided he didn't want to > run YAS anymore and brian decided not to run Perl Mongers anymore (they > both had other stuff that was taking up their time). As a result, they > were both absorbed into TPF. Wikipedia says PM became part of TPF in > 2000, but that feels too early to me. You should probably check further > for a real date. brian might know.
Considering that YAS was created in 2000, during YAPC 19100, I don't think there even was a TPF by 2000 yet. But considering TPFs legal status, there should be documentation on when it was founded. I'd ask Karen or Allison. Abigail
