Hi y'all, I signed up for this mailing list a few days ago with interest in participating in the Phalanx Project. I'm a part of SanDiego.pm and sent an e-mail yesterday to see if anyone else in San Diego wants to also help out. Anyway, I'm using the ContactTheAuthor template (from the kwiki) to construct the message below, and want some feedback on if it's adequate or not. Also, I noticed the template mention another mailing list for the module author to keep track of progress: how do I get a perl.org subversion account? Is that after the module author accepts the proposal? I've been sifting throught the archives of this mailing list, trying to get a bit more of a background of what's being done already. Should I start by doing something else initially? Anyway, if anyone could steer me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.
Thanks, David ---------- Subject: Mail::Sendmail and the Phalanx Project Milivoj Ivkovic, My name is David Romano and I've joined the Phalanx project. The Phalanx project has three goals: 1. Strengthen CPAN's tests, coverage and documentation 2. Strengthen Perl's tests and coverage 3. Bring in newcomers to the Perl development process When Ponie was announced in July 2003, we knew that it would require a regression test suite larger than Perl had ever had before. Fortunately, with the CPAN, we have a huge selection to choose from. Based on the assumption that the 80/20 rule holds true for CPAN usage, we shifted it to the 98/2 rule. We're hoping that the 100 distributions we've selected, mostly on rough statistical analysis of usage, will cover a huge part of the CPAN that's used by the Perl community. http://qa.perl.org/phalanx/ As a member of the Phalanx Project, I want to work on Mail::Sendmail, a module you currently maintain. What does this mean for you? Free patches! Our goal is to bring your module's test coverage as close to 100% as possible. We'll be writing tests, fixing bugs as they're found, and documenting things as we go. We can send you patches as we make changes, or one big patch when we're done. It's completely up to you. If I get your okay, I'll start a group so that others can help out if they want to. If you would like to join in the fun, just let me know. We'll be coordinating efforts in our group's repository and mailing list. A second list has been set up for commit notices, so you can track what we're doing with a minimum of effort. I'll supply all the necessary information if you're interested. I look forward to hearing back from you. Thank you for maintaining Mail::Sendmail. On behalf of the Phalanx Project, I hope you'll accept our offer of assistance. David Romano