On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 12:54:05PM -0400, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote:
> Andreas said he'd introduce me, but I'll introduce myself :)
>
> I just volunteered to help out here, and so here I am. I think most of
> you know me already, so I won't really bother giving my life story or
> anything.
Thanks for helping out Kirrily. You're most welcome!
> I see a few emails today which I have comments/thoughts on, including:
>
> Diff.pm/Patch.pm
> probably shouldn't be at top level; how about Devel::?
>
> LANGMEAD/Data::MacResFile
> Data is a meaningless top-level namespace -- almost *every* CPAN
> module deals with Data. This module would be better off in
> MacOS:: even if it can be used by other platforms, IMHO
The Data:: category is okay for very abstract/generic data modules.
This one obviously platform specific so should should probably go into
the existing Mac:: category.
> DISHMAEL/Net::DHCP
> What is the relationship, if any, between this module and
> Net::DHCPClient, which already exists on CPAN?
>
>
> Anyway, what is the process here?
Good question. If you find out let us know :) Hopefully one of the others
on the list will give you their more reasoned and helpful perspective...
> Do I just email these people and Cc you guys?
Yeap.
> What tools/etc do we use to create new PAUSE IDs if we need to?
Er, I don't know. I've never done it. (I've not been very involved with
the modules list for some time now.)
> How do things actually get added to the module list?
Andreas can best answer that. It used to be that things were
semi-manually added. It may be that everything in PAUSE is
automatically added now.
> Is there anything else I need to do or need to know?
Probably :)
I'd strongly recommend going back through the archives. Look out
especially for any long threads that I was involved it. Quite a few of
them will address some of the subtle issues that we get faced with
occasionally. It's a bit like 'case law' that we evolve as we go along.
Tim.
