Re^4: Inclusion of Raku on PerlMonks

I say: Wait and see.

If you mean to wait until perl6.org has become raku-lang.org and the rename has really been completed, then I fully agree! (And I should have probably said this in the root node.)

But if you mean to wait for something else, then I ask, wait for what? In the situation I mentioned, people wouldn't even consider asking a Raku question on PerlMonks because it's not clear they can. And yes, I'm aware it's a hypothetical, but OTOH, it doesn't make sense to me to e.g. "wait" for some other website (SO) to become more popular than PM for Raku questions before clarifying a policy that was already present in the first place.

BTW, from your earlier post:

And we have many slightly off topic discussions here around JavaScript, SQL or Python.

My understanding from the gods' posts on this topic so far is that the point is that Raku / Perl 6 questions are not off-topic, i.e. the policy isn't "we tolerate Raku posts here the same way we tolerate other OT posts sometimes", but instead "despite the name, PerlMonks is for Raku as well". But that's just my interpretation, so perhaps the gods could clarify at some point.

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Re^5: Inclusion of Raku on PerlMonks by LanX (Saint) on Oct 14, 2019 at 16:06 UTC
> But if you mean to wait for something else, then I ask, wait for what? some time. (weeks, month, years) > question on PerlMonks because it's not clear they can. probably the gods would consider adding a "Seeker of Raku Questions" section if the need arises. Personally I doubt this will happen soon. In the meantime: Canadians still pass as Americans (and vice versa) Austrian-Americans are still subsumed under German-Americans And only morons will object if someone asks a question still using the "Perl6" name. IMHO the real problems are PM doesn't have a working tag system the topics are too narrowly restricted (e.g. I'd enjoy seeing more JS questions here) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply]
Re^5: Inclusion of Raku on PerlMonks by Jenda (Abbot) on Oct 16, 2019 at 12:17 UTC
Considering the number of Perl6 related posts other than the lengthy "please rename the thing at last" threads either the people that care about that language already found some other place for their discussions or there's so few of them that it doesn't matter whether they post something here from time to time or not. Even I think it's more of the first. So wait for what? Wait to see whether it's something that needs to be solved. If the Raku people need PerlMonks, they'll post here and if the number of posts is high enough, it makes sense to make an official policy. If they do not need PerlMonks, then whatever you write into the policy is irrelevant anyway. Jenda 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not a manual!	[reply]