On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Paul "LeoNerd" Evans <
leon...@leonerd.org.uk> wrote:
> Random musings from #perl on Freenode:
>
> If I write a base module that's intended for expansion/extension (such
> as Tickit), and then write lots and lots of extensions (see: the entire
> Tickit::Widget:: na
On 04/04/2015 10:43 AM, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote:
Hi Tim,
* Tim Bunce [2015-04-04 13:25]:
Independently of that, I'd love to see something like a 'mentioned by'
page. It would list all other distros that mention (via an L
link) a module in this distro.
d’oh – of course.
It would look like
Hi Tim,
* Tim Bunce [2015-04-04 13:25]:
> Independently of that, I'd love to see something like a 'mentioned by'
> page. It would list all other distros that mention (via an L
> link) a module in this distro.
d’oh – of course.
> It would look like the revese dependencies page.
Or more to the p
My 2-cents:
I've often wanted to be able to browse the module namespace hirearchy.
That would be a great addition. I imagine the UI might be tricky to do
well though.
Independently of that, I'd love to see something like a 'mentioned by' page.
It would list all other distros that mention (via an
Hey Paul,
This seems like an abuse of POD to me. Disadvantages include:
1. Someone can upload junk modules that force yours to link to it (this may
not be a problem if users are clear that mention of a module in perldoc is
not an endorsement); and
2. There's no support for this behaviour in perld
