On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 03:57:10PM +0100, Fergal Daly wrote: > > The more I think about it, the more I think that it's not a great idea using > the real CPAN to do things other than distribute code. Reuse the > infrastructure by all means but the idea of mixing bundles, code, reviews > and whatever else comes up in the same hierarchy with just naming > conventions to tell them apart does not appeal to me. If we weren't > dependent on collapsing all the relevant information down into a :: > delimited list it would be much nicer (fantasy land, I know),
I realize it's not a "clean" solution, but there are some things I like about it: - I can check http://search.cpan.org/recent for new modules and new module reviews. The means one less place to check for new and interesting Perl things that have been published. (OTOH, perhaps using an RSS News reader / aggregator would solve this just as well. ) - I like the idea of searching for a term and finding modules and reviews coming back. OTOH, we already have CPAN ratings for this. [ Thinks more. ]. OK, I'm changing my mind. I think it makes more sense to have a way to integrate longer reviews with cpanratings.perl.org. Perhaps a simple solution would be provide a field to link to longer review, which could be anywhere in any format. Mark -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Stosberg Principal Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Summersault, LLC 765-939-9301 ext 202 database driven websites . . . . . http://www.summersault.com/ . . . . . . . .
