I propose eliminating the Long Module List.
This proposal has come up several times on module-authors. IIRC, all the regulars are in agreement with the proposal; I don't think anyone dissented.
The one bit of value that I see in this process is where Graham looks at submissions that people have sent in and, if something seems like it's duplicate effort, tries to redirect the author to reduce the duplication. (http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.modules/34207) Unfortunately, that requires the author to submit a proposal for inclusion, and since fewer than half of the authors submit the modules, it's hardly a complete filter.
I welcome your thoughts. How can we capture the good part of the module list (the human filtering), and remove the obsoleted infrastructure?
I made a suggestion regarding this before that I thought provided a fair solution <http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.module-authors/2615>, but no one commented. Basically, upon submission of a new module, a notice would be auto-posted to some list. If no one replies to that posting within some time frame, the module is automatically accepted. If anyone does reply, then it requires moderator approval. The moderator(s) isn't required to do anything other than monitor the discussion and act according to the concesus reached in the discussion. The list members do what is currently done on a voluntary basis on module-authors; that is, they make name suggestions, discuss prior art, etc.
