On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 6:59 PM, sawyer x <xsawy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> No, I can't. Acme:: is people sharing jokes, which in most cases aren't
> supposed to be "useful", they're JOKES. Author::PAUSEID,
> Task::BeLike::PAUSEID and Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::PAUSEID are by people
> *not* sharing *anything* with *anyone* except using CPAN as their private
> repository. So, yes, there's a major difference.

Dist::Zilla author bundles are useful if anyone wants to contribute to
your project.

> Obviously CPAN is a place to upload modules so others can view, share and
> use them.
>
> By your claim, I can use CPAN to upload my last YAPC trip pictures (and
> hell, replace Flickr), because "I've never seen any description of what CPAN
> is". So, no, there isn't a given description, but I think it's pretty
> obvious to both of us and anyone on this list and on CPAN. Using generic
> excuses as "there's no sign on what goes in the pool, so I can pee in it"
> don't help us much here.

Not saying it's a good idea, but it has been done before, and not by
the least of us:
http://backpan.perl.org/authors/id/M/ME/MERLYN/index.html

Leon

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