Hi Tim, thanks for replying,
At 22:33 23.06.2002, Tim Bunce wrote:
> > Why am I adressing you? Because Randy suggested, and I agreed, that some
> > kind of module listing in categories would be interesting for the modules
> > and for the mod_perl community--probably having a page dedicated to
> > mod_perl modules. However, we don't want one person to maintain such a
> > category: just like PAUSE exists to avoid one person to take care of all
> > CPAN modules, it would be preferable to get module authors to categorize
> > their modules themselves. This can only be done satisfactorily with PAUSE,
> > to handle password protection etc... So I'm wondering if this is doable:
> > for example, on the "Register namespace" page, there could be a category
> > called "mod_perl modules", which would then bring you to a second page
> > where you choose your mod_perl category.
>
>I'd be happy to see the Apache::* modules in section 15 (World Wide Web ...)
>moved into a new 'Apache' section (needn't be mod_perl specific, could
>include admin modules etc).
>
>I'm not sure how Andreas maintains 00modlist.long.html these days
>but there is clearly some 'sub-section' concept already in place
>("Apache PerlAuthzHandler modules", "Apache PerlAccessHandler
>modules" etc)
Yes, but those came from the original mod_perl module list.
>so it seems very reasonable that PAUSE should allow
>users to select which sub-section their module should be listed in.
>You could almost call it a bug that it doesn't already support it.
>
>The UI change ought to be as simple as adding the subsections to
>the "Module List Chapter" drop-down list (that currently contains
>just the 24 existing section names)
Yes, this would clearly be great. It's what I was hoping for. What do you
think, Andreas? (assuming he gets this mail)
>.--
Per Einar Ellefsen
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