On Sat, September 8, 2012 12:08 pm, Leon Timmermans wrote: > 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 >
That example doesn't actually support that statement. It's an index file in an HTML directory, and all of the links in it reference outside of CPAN. There are no personal single-use modules, random code, or YAPC trip pictures. I don't know if it's "proper", but CPAN is clearly set up to use it (one clicks on "MERLYN" in the CPAN line of <http://search.cpan.org/~merlyn/>). So this really has nothing to do with the subject at hand. -john
