On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 02:42:55PM +0100, Andy Armstrong wrote: > On 1 Jul 2008, at 14:35, David Cantrell wrote: > >Even if you had the source code, it would still be up to him to add > >your patch to the copy of the code that runs that particular site. In > >reality, if people suggest things, and he thinks they're a good idea, > >then he does them. Especially if it's something as simple as adding a > >link to a page. > That's true - but it discourages people from experimenting with new UI > ideas like, say, integrating tagging into s.c.o. It'd be great if > people could download WWW::Search::CPAN::Org, install it locally and > play with it.
Fair point. Mind you, I distinctly remember a certain Mr. Armstrong having fun with Greasemonkey to mess around with search.cpan.org a few months ago ... > I've twice started to work on a replacement just so I can release > something that people can actually hack on. Might be worth taking a look at kobesearch.cpan.org, whose source is available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpan-search/ -- David Cantrell | Hero of the Information Age "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H. L. Mencken
