What's the best way to spread the word about a new module? I've got a few modules that I think a lot of people would find useful. They're still in active development (pre-1.0) but I'd like as many people as possible to try them so I can get feedback from the community. How do I spread the word about these modules?
It there was a relevant, active mailing list, I'd probably be home free. For example, if I had a mod_perl-related module, posting to the mod_perl mailing list would be an obvious choice. Unfortunately, there are no appropriate mailing lists for my modules. I tried posting to comp.lang.perl.announce once, but didn't get any response. Maybe not many people read that group these days? It could also be that no one is interested, but at least one of my modules performs a common task that I know a lot of people are interested in (there are many existing CPAN modules that do the same thing). So, what's left? Writing an article for perl.com? Starting my own mailing list? (Then how do I get people to notice that list? :) Any other suggestions for bootstrapping, if not a "community," then at least a handful of like-minded programmers? -John