David Cantrell wrote: > On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 04:37:09PM -0700, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > >> Joking, right? There's no need for "something in core" and it is >> already "someplace appropriate". >> >> The important attributes for this sort of information are that it is >> current, correct, and findable. >> >> http://www.google.com/search?q=perl+administration+best+practice > > That's a very specific search string. So while it is, I suppose, > findable, it's not *easily* findable. If instead you search for "perl > installation and management, there's not a single perlfoundation page in > the first 100 results. Likewise for "perl installation HOWTO". > > And once you have found it, how is someone outside the community meant > to know that the authors know what they're talking about? > > The reason to put doco like this in core is because a user can then > reasonably suppose that the authors really do know what they're talking > about, and that it was subjected to debate and peer review before > acceptance and promulgation. > > And of course perldoc perladmin is rather less susceptible to casual > vandalism, spam, and misguided edits than a wiki is. >
+1 for perldoc perladmin. Makes alot of sense and keeps with the rest of Perl's documentation. I would contribute to such a document. -- Darian Anthony Patrick <d...@darianpatrick.com> ================================================= 88FC 044D 5144 BD3A DAF8 FD9F 8C9E DF14 9AD3 4117 ================================================= * Signed and encrypted communications preferred.
