in reply to Code that's too large to post

Sorry, jeffa, but you're taking a pretty too-much-assumed defense here.

You wrote:

"I think you are taking merlyn's reply a bit out of context (and please forgive me if i do the same to you or him). I don't believe he downvoted _JUST_ because the entire code is linked offsite, but ALSO because the code in question is more than likely a reinvention of a wheel that already exists on CPAN. (*cough* POE)"

Well, if merlyn downvoted the guy for any other reason he didn't took the time to explain it.

I agree that what merlyn did is wrong if the perlmonks site blocked the guy from posting his code because of size. What else he could do? Don't post at all?

BTW merlyn's argument is too weak, since we are a community. If for any reason the link dies, just ask the author for a new one. That's why we have the /msg thing on chatter box or even - if you want to keep things simple - a mail link to the author of the post. It is there - the mail link - you know?

Regards,

Er Galvão Abbott
a.k.a. Lobo, DaWolf
Webdeveloper

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(jeffa) 2Re: Code that's too large to post
by jeffa (Bishop) on Mar 31, 2002 at 23:26 UTC
    "... you're taking a pretty too-much-assumed defense here."
    Guilty as charged. Sorry if i broke karma.

    "What else he could do? Don't post at all?"

    I think posting the final version would have been much more appropriate, then the link would have provided 'extra bonus material' for anyone interested.

    Add kudos to you DaWolf for bringing up community.

    jeffa

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      ...I'm strongly behind this position as clarified here.

      I think posting the final version would have been much more appropriate, then the link would have provided 'extra bonus material' for anyone interested.

      Certainly a blind policy of downvoting anything that links to an offsite resource would be negative. There are many good reasons that offsite links would be appropriate.

      It sounds like there might have been some other issues but those seem to have been worked out.

      Add kudos to you DaWolf for bringing up community.

      And thanks to all here for demonstrating it. (A revised and clarified position, a new post with the cleaner access to the code, and the general sense that we should do whatever seems most reasonable to us, as long as we're willing to occasionally reconsider our definition of reasonable. I'm in!)

      ---v