On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 07:16:52PM +0200, Tels wrote: > > +it connected to the rest of the CPAN, you'll need to go to "Register > +Namespace" on PAUSE. Once registered, your module will appear in the > +by-module and by-category listings on CPAN. > > Only a very few of my modules are registered in that namespace. For > instance, Math::BigInt::Pari is, while Math::BigInt::GMP is not. The reason > is simple: It never worked. I think I sent at least GMP at least two times > to the register namespace black hole, and it never happened. > > AFAIR there was only one guy (Hi Andreas :) working on the registrations, > and only every two weeks on Sunday or something like that.
There are multiple people who have the ability to administer CPAN in that fashion - I'm one of them, for what it's worth, though I'll admit I haven't touched it in years while I've been on hiatus. I forget who else. > So, two (honest) questions: > > * does it work better now, e.g. should I resub mit my module(s)? > * What exactly is the registration good for? I mean, all my dozend or so > modules work, and are "connected to the rest of CPAN" or whatever this > means. Having your module registered means it will show up in the category listing as seen on the front page of search.cpan.org and in the by-module and by-category listings (which, yeah, nobody uses anymore AFAIK). However, the "by recentness" list at http://cpan.org/modules/01modules.mtime.html indicates that something at least is being updated very frequently, at least daily, and I suspect automatically. So the question is, which bits are updated automatically by the mere fact of a module author doing the "register namespace" thing, and which bits require manual intervention? > So, if the "register namespace" isn't too usefull and/or doesn't work fine, > why burden new authors with it? I raised this on [EMAIL PROTECTED] the other day in fact. "Register namespace" is useful in some ways and not in others, it seems. The most useless part of it is the "published modules list", and IMO we should get rid of the thing. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://infotrope.net/ "I've decided to rename [Connect's Melbourne border router] 'Madi's Pants' because it keeps dropping." -- Madi (from the Netizen quotes file)
