John Macdonald wrote:
Comprehensive Programming Archive Network.
Another problem with "Programming" is that it assumes that other
languages will actually use the system. We don't know that currently
and it is a bit presumptions to assume that they will. It would look
awkward if only Perl used the Comprehensive Programming Archive Network.
I think it's better to pick a name that doesn't assume very much in
either direction and just see what happens.
Btw, if we do go ahead with this "meta CPAN" idea, it'll be important to
divide the network into self-contained groups. Earlier I used the word
"target". Alternatively we could say "platform". Example platforms could
include:
Perl 5 <-- Perl 5 source code.
Perl 6 <-- Perl 6 source code.
Parrot <-- Parrot assembly.
Lua <-- Lua source code.
Nokia.bin <-- Compiled binary for the Nokia handheld.
Elf-ia64 <-- Compiled binary in ELF format for the IA64 architecture.
You get the idea... Mirrors pick which platforms they'll hold.
Then we can say that if anyone wants to add a platform to CPAN, they
have to find people willing to maintain it. In other words, the Perl
guys will only maintain the Perl platforms. But the Lua guys are welcome
to get people together and administer a Lua platform on CPAN.
Just some ideas...
Daniel.
