On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 11:59, Adrian Howard wrote: > On 17 Jun 2004, at 11:41, khemir nadim wrote: > [snip] > > OK. but a module without a readme with meaning ful content, a minimum > > of > > documentation is not "anything" it's "nothing" so I'd say it's OK to > > not > > allow "nothing" to get into CPAN. > [snip] > > Tosh ;-) > > If I removed the README file from one of my CPAN modules would it > suddenly become "nothing"? No. > > A distribution without a README is perfectly usable, maybe slightly > less usable than one with a README, but still usable. > > Personally I've had more problems with out of date and inaccurate > READMEs than I have with absent ones. In fact I can't remember the last > time I looked at a README file - the POD's always my first port of > call, followed by META.yml, Makefile/Build.PL and the test suite. > > [snip] > > The access to CPAN is not moderated in any way (my anarchist side likes > > that) but maybe a minimum of control wouldn't hurt (my fascite side > > like > > that) > [snip] > > Since I don't think anybody else has mentioned it you might find > Jarkko's "The Zen of Comprehensive Archive > <http://www.cpan.org/misc/ZCAN.html> an interesting read. Two excerpts: > > "adding any rating or approval processes creates bottlenecks, and > bottlenecks are bad" > > "There is no magic. All it takes is a few people that sit down > and get first something running, a rough cut. Then iteratively enhance > it. Don't try to create a master plan that will get everything right > in one fell swoop. The only one that will get swooped is you." > > Cheers, > > Adrian
For whatever my opinion is worth I agree with Jarkko in that any rating or approval process would be detrimental to the overall state of CPAN (short of namespace delegation which certainly requires moderation to some degree). Let's not bother with any inherent rating system and if people really really want to rate modules they can do so in a separate forum environment that has nothing directly to do with CPAN itself with the exception of linking to search.cpan.org pages (one way from the forums to CPAN and not the other way around). Personally I m!LOVE! CPAN just as it is and there isn't a thing I'd change about it. Then again what do I know *shrugs* I'm just one lowly CPAN contributor and user. -- Kevin C. Krinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Open Door Software Inc.
