In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Rothenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/25/2004 2:26 AM brian d foy wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Robert Rothenberg wrote: > >> I don't think it's appropriate to merge with Business::ISBN, which > >> just deals with ISBN data. The isbnsearch system is a distributed, > >> open-source isbn-lookup system for bibliographic data. > > Business::ISBN does much more than that. Why not put all the ISBN stuff > > in one place? > Looking at the docs and source forge page, Business::ISBN seems to just deal > with ISBN information. Have I missed something? > One of my pet-peeves with many CPAN modules is that they try to be everything > for everybody, which means they make it harder for developers to customize to > their needs. it's not the ease of developers that concern me. the truly popular modules have been the ones that pull things together for the users, like DBI and LWP. -- brian d foy, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
