Hi, I would like (no, LOVE) it if I could release my Qpsmtpd plugins to CPAN. This has so many advantages, it's not even funny :)
- POD documentation with perldoc, and nice HTML documentation on search.cpan.org. - Automated upgrades through CPAN and CPANPLUS client software. - Automatic mirroring to dozens of CPAN mirror sites. - Use of CPAN Ratings (star system) - Check for (and with CPAN/CPANPLUS, automatically install) CPAN module dependencies (like DBI for databases). - Use of search.cpan.org's diff and grep utilities - Use of the Perl RT system for bug reporting and tracking. - It makes it easy for linux/* distributors to release packages for individual plugins: RPM and DEB packages can be generatde automatically, others probably too. And last, but certainly important: - Increased visibility for Qpsmtpd. The simplest way to make this work is to just use regular Perl modules, preferrably in the Qpsmtpd::Plugin::* namespace. For this to be succesful, several things are needed: 1. The plugin loading code must be changed to allow loading Perl modules in addition to regular plugin files. I believe the changes would be minimal. 2. Documentation that sums up the requirements for a Perl module-ized plugin for Qpsmtpd. Basically, a more verbose version of $eval in Qpsmtpd::Plugin->compile. 3. A HOWTO that guides plugin writers who would like to release their plugin on CPAN, including how to request a CPAN account, how to write POD documentation, etcetera. If the whole idea is generally considered a good idea, I volunteer to do these things. -- Met vriendelijke groet, Kind regards, Korajn salutojn, Juerd Waalboer: Perl hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://juerd.nl/sig> Convolution: ICT solutions and consultancy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1;
