I agree that we need to promote the scripts on CPAN. Jazzing up the repository couldn't hurt (it looks like it was created by Mennonites, and people looking for plug-n-play stuff for their web sites are not likely to be impressed), along with more aggressive search engine promotion (as neophyte suggests).

But...
"Not Matt's Scripts" desperately needs a rename ASAP, because

  1. it's negative, which we usually try to avoid
  2. we shouldn't be hard on Matt, who as a teenager (IIRC) came up with something which has obviously filled a massive need
  3. it might backfire into an advertisement for the very scripts we'd like to help people avoid.

Update: I should say here that I know that davorg never meant for that name to be permanent

In reply to Re: How to promote scripts on cpan? by virtualsue
in thread How to promote scripts on cpan? by neophyte

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