Submitting A Module To CPAN

Cody Pendant has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by ignatz (Vicar) on Jul 30, 2002 at 00:31 UTC
The CPAN FAQ is always a good place to start: How do I contribute modules to CPAN? Also, here are some PM links that I've found useful: MakeMaker, h2xs, and writing CPAN modules ExtUtils::ModuleMaker Starting the development of a module : thoughts UPDATE: Why don't you post the code here and ask the members of the Monastery if it is worthy of CPAN? (As IlyaM suggested) I can't think of a better trial by fire. ()-() \"/ `	[reply]
Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by rozallin (Curate) on Jul 30, 2002 at 00:38 UTC
CPAN uses a server known as The Perl Authors Upload Server, or PAUSE, which allows anyone wishing to contribute a module to upload it into their own personal directory. Details of how to register to get your own personal ID, and other information about naming conventions etc, are available at CPAN's PAUSE information page. I hope this helps :) -- Rozallin	[reply]
(RhetTbull) Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by RhetTbull (Curate) on Jul 30, 2002 at 01:54 UTC
Not a very useful one, but it works, and conforms, and whatever. Just for posterity, for the sake of the exercise, I'd like to submit it to CPAN. Please don't. The CPAN is already bloated. Adding useless modules to CPAN simply adds clutter and makes it more difficult to find the useful stuff. Although there are exceptions (anything in the Acme:: namespace for example -- and most of those demonstrate an iteresting idea) I wouldn't add a module to CPAN unless I know it'll be useful to a lot of people. If your module doesn't fall into that category, please wait until you do have some code worth sharing.	[reply]
Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Jul 30, 2002 at 12:22 UTC
So, Damian should remove `Coy.pm` and `Quantum::Superpositions`? Usefulness of a module is very subjective. Personally, I don't find anything in the Win32::* name space to be useful. But I don't think that's a reason they shouldn't be at CPAN. Abigail	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: (RhetTbull) Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by zakzebrowski (Curate) on Jul 30, 2002 at 10:58 UTC
Well, if you do submit and realize as an after affect that (you don't want to continue working on the module \| it's not relevant to anyone) you can always "delete" your entry from CPAN using PAUSE as well. (I did this once for two modules already of mine that I started working on ... then just got tired.) BTW, (if any one works on search.cpan.org) it would be nice to remove entries for modules that no longer exist... Regards Zak ---- Zak "There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism" ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1915)	[reply]
Re: (RhetTbull) Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by Dr. Mu (Hermit) on Jul 31, 2002 at 04:43 UTC
Do it!! Too many times I've had to track down obscure modules to their authors, wasting precious days, because they hadn't uploaded them to CPAN. One was a very useful (to me) and well-written set of GIS utilities. Don't worry about universal appeal. Not every library book has to be a best-seller, after all!	[reply]
Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by htoug (Deacon) on Jul 30, 2002 at 07:22 UTC
Please do note RhetTbulls advice on not doing it! If you do want to go on, then first read tachyons excellent description of how to package a module in How to make a CPAN Module Distribution, then follow ignatz and rozallins advice and read CPAN's PAUSE information page. - also referred to in the CPAN FAQ. But please consider not doing it unless you really have to!	[reply]
Re: Re: Submitting A Module To CPAN by IlyaM (Parson) on Jul 30, 2002 at 07:31 UTC
I think it is not the best advice to recomend against uploading to CPAN. Many programmers are a bit shy when it comes to releasing their code to public and they often undervalue it. I suggest to post here this code for review and let other Perl monks to judge. Maybe it much more useful than Cody Pendant says and it deserves its right to be on CPAN. In short: when in doubt about releasing your code on CPAN post it here for review and let Perl monks to tear it apart :) Update: s/htoug/Cody Pendant/ -- Ilya Martynov (http://martynov.org/)	[reply]


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