On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 08:10:09PM +0100, Perl Authors Upload Server wrote: > > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: OpenBSD::Uptime > DSLIP: Rdcfg > description: Get uptime of OpenBSD systems > userid: SCHNEE (Schneelocke) > chapterid: 4 (Operating_System_Interfaces) > communities: > > similar: > Sys::Load > > rationale: > > Namespace choice: > > Since the Sys:: namespace is deprecated, an OpenBSD:: toplevel > namespace is proposed, similar to FreeBSD::, Linux::, Solaris:: etc. > > With regard to modules with similar functionality: > > Sys::Load implements an uptime function, but although it does not > explicitely say so, it is linux-specific (uptime is read from > /proc).
Can you not work with the author to extend the existing module? That would be *much* better than adding a new one - especially for something so simple and with a name that's so system specific. Tim.
