Re: cpan etiquette

You should read http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/04pause.html which gives you all the etiquette to contribute to CPAN.

For the module name in particular, you should begin a new thread in comp.lang.perl.modules, with the traditional subject "Module name request". And there you explain what your module does, what name(s) you are thinking of, and so on.

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Re: Re: cpan etiquette by Sweeper (Pilgrim) on Sep 21, 2001 at 00:50 UTC
A few additional thoughts You should begin this thread before you upload your module to CPAN. If the result of the discussion is that you must adopt a new name, you would have trouble changing the module name. Worse, you could have a name clash with somebody else's module. If you want peer review, you can create your module with a provisional name, and upload it to your homepage. And don't forget to say the name may change when the module is available on CPAN.	[reply]

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Re: Re: cpan etiquette
by Sweeper (Pilgrim) on Sep 21, 2001 at 00:50 UTC

You should begin this thread before you upload your module to CPAN. If the result of the discussion is that you must adopt a new name, you would have trouble changing the module name. Worse, you could have a name clash with somebody else's module.

If you want peer review, you can create your module with a provisional name, and upload it to your homepage. And don't forget to say the name may change when the module is available on CPAN.

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