Change 17418 by jhi@alpha on 2002/07/08 12:11:31
Subject: [DOC PATCH] perlfaq2.pod, perlmodstyle.pod
From: Iain Truskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 16:50:55 +1000
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Affected files ...
..... //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod#57 edit
..... //depot/perl/pod/perlmodstyle.pod#4 edit
Differences ...
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod#57 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod
--- perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod#56~16265~ Mon Apr 29 05:59:01 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlfaq2.pod Mon Jul 8 05:11:31 2002
@@ -183,9 +183,10 @@
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web.
-There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at
-nntp://nntp.perl.org , or a web interface to the same lists at
-http://nntp.perl.org/group/ . Other groups are listed at
+There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at
+nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists at
+http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available under the
+C<perl.*> hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other groups are listed at
http://lists.perl.org/ .
=head2 Where should I post source code?
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@
=head2 Perl in Magazines
-The first and only periodical devoted to All Things Perl,
+The first (and for a long time, only) periodical devoted to All Things Perl,
I<The Perl Journal> contains tutorials, demonstrations, case studies,
announcements, contests, and much more. I<TPJ> has columns on web
development, databases, Win32 Perl, graphical programming, regular
@@ -418,6 +419,8 @@
Most of the major modules (Tk, CGI, libwww-perl) have their own
mailing lists. Consult the documentation that came with the module for
subscription information.
+
+A comprehensive list of Perl related mailing lists can be found at:
http://lists.cpan.org/
==== //depot/perl/pod/perlmodstyle.pod#4 (text) ====
Index: perl/pod/perlmodstyle.pod
--- perl/pod/perlmodstyle.pod#3~15420~ Fri Mar 22 07:15:37 2002
+++ perl/pod/perlmodstyle.pod Mon Jul 8 05:11:31 2002
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@
been done in Perl, and avoid re-inventing the wheel unless you have a
good reason.
+Good places to look for pre-existing modules include
+http://search.cpan.org/ and asking on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+
If an existing module B<almost> does what you want, consider writing a
patch, writing a subclass, or otherwise extending the existing module
rather than rewriting it.
End of Patch.
