On 10/29/01 10:39 AM, Stas Bekman sat at the `puter and typed: > [snip] > > > The truth is that it doesn't matter how many modules you have submitted > to CPAN. You become a mod_perl hacker by being an *active* contributor. > And you can contribute in many direct and subtle ways. Some of the > mod_perl contributors don't have a single module on CPAN, while they > made their name by helping a lot on this and other lists, helping out > with documentation or simply submitting patches bug fixes. Eventually > you may want to subscribe to the developer mailing list and see if you > can help there.
Cool. > [snip] > > > If you care to check out the couple of little things I've done, and > > tell me what a dope I am for thinking anyone gives a cr@p, check out > > my little dinky page at http://www.keyslapper.org/modules/. > > This usually works another way around. When you have a proposal for a > new Apache:: module (either just an idea or a full blown module) you > submit it to this list with the description *inline* so people can > respond to the portions of your proposal. After a while you will know > whether your module seem to be useful and you should proceed with its > submission. Nobody will stop you from submitting your module even if > nobody likes it, but that's up to you. Usually, members of the list are > intimately familiar with many other existing modules and may suggest > that your proposal duplicates some existing module, and you may want to > build on top of the existing module or send the patches to its author. > > BTW, your proposal post's subject should look something like: > Subject: [RFC] Apache::404 Ok, This is helpful. Thanks for the enlightenment here. I'll try to get into this habit. Though I have to admit that it scares me a bit to put out the smallest seed of an idea and have ideas thrown at me in a veritable hurricane of suggestions. Of course I'm sure it's not like that at all, but I guess I still have my stupid little insecurities in this area. I'll get over it :) Thanks Stas Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ QOTD: I love your outfit, does it come in your size?
