in reply to Proposal - Update shortcuts pointing to cpan.org to link to mcpan.org

Given that there are shortcuts both for search.cpan.org, and for metacpan.org, I prefer to trust that the author of a node chose the shortcut that he intended to use. Altering shortcuts en masse seems like bulk alteration of authors' semantic intent.

I understand that metacpan.org provides a lot more in the way of nifty-widgets, but its response time also seems slower on average (excluding exceptional events such as downtime). When an author selects a shortcut she or he could be making that intentional decision with a knowledge of each site's advantages and disadvantages.


Dave

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Re^2: Proposal - Update shortcuts pointing to cpan.org to link to mcpan.org
by LanX (Saint) on Jun 03, 2014 at 19:39 UTC
    Please keep in mind that cpan-links are more "handy" which might also explain their popularity.

    I can't see the problem to redirect while cpan is down, dead links are not in our interest...

    But IMHO the last decision should be done by the reader not the author nor the monastery.

    So its rather a question of managing user settings and a global flag.

    Cheers Rolf

    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

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Re^2: Proposal - Update shortcuts pointing to cpan.org to link to mcpan.org
by taint (Chaplain) on Jun 04, 2014 at 01:29 UTC
    +1

    I'm inclined to agree with davido on this. I think it's safe to say, Everybody loves choice. Removing/changing en masse i think violates POLA. Ultimately causing unnecessary disappointment.

    Do note; I completely understand your bringing this subject up again, marto, and at first, I felt inclined to agree. But after more thought. I think that while seemingly very helpful. Ultimately, maybe not the best solution.

    Is it possible to perhaps create a banner on PM. For those days that the search CPAN, starts acting up? Could something like that be done, with relative ease? Or better, does anyone know why this happens so often? Really, with all the Perl people here. Someone must have a bit of insight.

    --Chris

    ¡λɐp ʇɑəɹ⅁ ɐ əʌɐɥ puɐ ʻꜱdləɥ ꜱᴉɥʇ ədoH

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Re^2: Proposal - Update shortcuts pointing to cpan.org to link to mcpan.org
by ambrus (Abbot) on Jul 17, 2014 at 20:15 UTC

    Thank you for your reply.

    Sadly the SiteDocClan didn't have enough foresight to declare in advance that cpan:// links to whatever interface is best to read CPAN, and doc:// links to whatever interface is best to read perldoc. Maybe you're right and this is too late to change now. Next time we add a new shortcut, we should declare this kind of freedom. Afterall, if you want links on a particular website, you could use a direct url.

    Update: let me note that my patch would also add new shortcuts to explicitly link to search.cpan.org, namely searchcpan:// searchdist:// searchmod://. I volunteer to document these changes to What shortcuts can I use for linking to other information? and How do I link to modules on CPAN? if the patch is applied.

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