I'm sure Uri's point was meant in jovial (xmas?) spirit, and who's to say it's not a joke, and how serious do we take all of this, in any case ?-)
On the topic of a CPAN filter: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? And, finally, that's a good suggestion, Anthony. I've Cc'd him, (perlook), here, thinking Alexej might read this mail and investigate further. -- Ciao Richard Foley http://www.rfi.net/books.html On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:55:12PM +0000, Anthony Lucas wrote: > > On 12 Dec 2012, at 12:12, Leon Brocard <a...@astray.com> wrote: > > > > I congratulate Alexej on joining the CPAN authors club. Instead of making > > fun > > of him on a mailing list why not engage with him and help him improve? > > > > No one is really making fun of him. I just don't see the point in > pretending not to be amused. I think everyone saw the direction this > thread could have gone. I just hoped that we were able to honestly > converse about it, instead of shying away from the conversation. > That's also the reason I'm assuming Uri posted it. > > Surely there should be interesting conversations about such an > interesting...assortment of modules. > > O > n 12 December 2012 12:19, Pedro Figueiredo <m...@pedrofigueiredo.org> wrote: > > > > I concur, imagine he picked up a Perl book yesterday and decided to try > > this thing out? And imagine he's signed up for this list, or googles is > > CPAN handle... > > > > In case he does read this, please log on to #perl on freenode. I'm > sure there will be many of us willing to help break it down and > explain what is wrong.