Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-25 Thread Autrijus Tang
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 10:36:25PM -0800, Robert Spier wrote: > The idea comes up periodically, and I mention it to someone about > every six months, but it is always shot down, usually with some > comment having to do with inertia. At OpenFoundry (http://upload.openfoundry.org/) here, we are begi

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-25 Thread Tim Bunce
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:37:53AM +0100, Arthur Bergman wrote: > On tisdag, mar 25, 2003, at 07:36 Europe/Stockholm, Robert Spier wrote: > > >>Robert, has anybody talked with you if and how RT could work for > >>managing module namespace requests? You probably know how the process > >>currently i

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-25 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:37:53 +0100, Arthur Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> The flow would look like this: >> >> 1. CPAN authors use a form on PAUSE... >> 2. Email gets sent to RT and placed in the modules queue >> 3. RT sends a copy of the request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 4. RT tr

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-25 Thread Arthur Bergman
On tisdag, mar 25, 2003, at 07:36 Europe/Stockholm, Robert Spier wrote: Robert, has anybody talked with you if and how RT could work for managing module namespace requests? You probably know how the process currently is structured: The idea comes up periodically, and I mention it to someone about

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-24 Thread Robert Spier
> Robert, has anybody talked with you if and how RT could work for > managing module namespace requests? You probably know how the process > currently is structured: The idea comes up periodically, and I mention it to someone about every six months, but it is always shot down, usually with some c

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-21 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
Tim, on this mailing list RT was mentioned as an idea, but I don't know if anybody has taken steps ahead. Robert, has anybody talked with you if and how RT could work for managing module namespace requests? You probably know how the process currently is structured: 1. CPAN authors can use a form

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-21 Thread Tim Bunce
There was talk of using RT to manage requests. Tim. On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 09:59:06AM +0100, Johan Vromans wrote: > "Philip Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > But the fact that [EMAIL PROTECTED] appears like a black hole fairly > > often is not new. > > Does anyone have any idea how ma

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-21 Thread Johan Vromans
"Philip Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But the fact that [EMAIL PROTECTED] appears like a black hole fairly > often is not new. Does anyone have any idea how many module requests are still unfulfilled after, say, three weeks? -- Johan

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-20 Thread Philip Newton
On 20 Mar 2003 at 11:48, Arthur Corliss wrote: > I understand that, but if we have a scaling problem I don't think > the solution is just to ignore it. This is a community-driven > resource, if you make it difficult for the community to participate, > you'll undermine the value of it. People se

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-20 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:20:04 -0900 (AKST), Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > Ah, but do you really want to create a whole new top-level namespace just for > me? If nobody finds an appropriate existing one, yes. > Keep in mind that no ^Widget:: space is currently in ex

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-20 Thread Philip Newton
[Disclaimer: I'm not a PAUSE admin, just another user] On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:13:35 -0900 (AKST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arthur Corliss) wrote: > All I expect is this: either "register" the module so it shows in the pause > interface, or tell me no, you don't think it's a worth-while addition to CPA

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-20 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Andreas J. Koenig wrote: > Thanks for the very concise description what this module does. What > about > >Widget::FixedWidthFont::Input > > or something like that. See, how I pull that name out of your > description: if something's still missing to make the name really > d

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-19 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:30:32 -0900 (AKST), Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > Believe me, I am doing so, and I'll end up putting this under Curses::Widgets > if it doesn't get accepted by you. As I mentioned above, though, *any* > widget, curses or otherwise, that uses

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-19 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Andreas J. Koenig wrote: > > As I've said in previous conversations on the list, I'm not going to just > > upload whatever modules I feel like, I'll only pollute the namespace I'm > > granted by you guys. > > This is the central mistake, we do not speak ex cathedra and w

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-19 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:13:35 -0900 (AKST), Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > As I've said in previous conversations on the list, I'm not going to just > upload whatever modules I feel like, I'll only pollute the namespace I'm > granted by you guys. This is the central

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-18 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Kurt Starsinic wrote: > Arthur, > > I'm sorry you've been disappointed with the response. The denizens > of this list are here to provide advice on naming your modules, and > comments about similiarities/differences to other modules on CPAN. > > You can upload your mo

Re: This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-18 Thread Kurt Starsinic
On Mar 18, Arthur Corliss wrote: > Today marks precisely one month since I first submitted Text::InputRepository > for consideration for inclusion on CPAN. To date I've only had *one* response > which was mostly concerned with the name choice. Since then I've had zero > responses to my replies an

This is getting ridiculous. . .

2003-03-18 Thread Arthur Corliss
I'd like a final decision from you guys. I understand that this list is staffed on a volunteer basis but trying to register a module is like pulling teeth. This is getting ridiculous. If you need more bodies, then how does one apply?! I can't be the only one getting aggravated with