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Hm. I'd tend to say that if you wanted to publish somthing, and make sure people can get new versions and suchlike, use CPAN, Freshmeat, sourceforge, or write a web page. Don't use a node on PM. PM is good for discussion, but terrible as a medium for releasing software.

I'd say that new versions of software should be announced on Perl News for /major/ things, things with major changes, and PM-related software. If a new major release of DBI comes out, tell us. If a new release of perl comes out, tell us. If a new version of PerlMonks comes out, tell us. Don't tell us that tinyperl 1.1 is out, with -128k of new features.

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