Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lyle Hopkins):
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 19:06:20 -0000, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>
> >Like the hundreds of CPAN modules which are not endorsed by p5p and don't
> >appear in the docs yet somehow manage to be successful?
> >
> >If we're going to "endorse" anything do it by adding a perlfaq entry on
> >how to handle runaway processes, by supplying reviews on CPAN ratings
> >("Look, Yves Orton likes it. It must be ok to install!") and by
> encouraging
> >ActiveState to provide a ppm for it. And do this *after* its proven itself
> >in the wild.
> >
> >We don't need p5p to approve modules by fiat.
>
> You have to keep in mind that this solution is mainly aimed at Win32 hosting
> companies. Not end perl users. Windows hosts want something they can
> download, install with a visual installer by clicking a mouse, and never
> have to touch again.
>
> When you tell them to open the command prompt and type 'ppm' they struggle.
> The solution needs to be installed and setup when perl is installed and
> setup. A lot of hosting companies are entrepreneur setups, they don't have
> proper tech knowledge and pick there way through things. You may be a perl
> and tech genius but the end users certainly are not.
>
> In my opinion the DBI and MySQL modules should be included in the core
> distribution. Why make every host install it when they all need to? But that
> alas is for another conversation another time.
This is *not* a p5p problem. These are *not* things that should be in
core perl. If you want to talk to ActiveState and see if you can
persuade them to produce a 'perl for incompetent IIS users'
distribution, which includes things useful to people like that, then
feel free to.
Ben
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