Maybe it's time to implement a PM style voting system on CPAN. If a particular module falls below a certain negative value for appreciation, it falls into oblivion?

I don't like this idea. It is just too capricious for the treatment of serious work.

Or perhaps a (moderated) mechanism for attaching reviews.

This has more appeal.

Perhaps a few lists created by the exalted placed prominently on CPAN. This is suggesting a cabal or dictatorial editorial board that places what they wish in this review.

First a list of the well used modules: modules that by being in long and wide use prove some level of usefulness . DBI, CGI, and a couple of the Test::* modules would certainly be on this list. For those in the know this would be relatively easy to create.

Second a list of reviewed code deemed to be good. Naturally some CPAN core would extend trust to others' reviews as they see fit. I would expect that if I submitted a review, it would not be seen as publishable unless the subject inspired one of the exalted to vet my work.

Third a list of new items that seem to be heading for the first list.

These things would be real nice on CPAN, would be nice on PM.

For those who'd like to see this kind of stuff, there is the thread Essential Perl Modules

In reply to Re: Re: Handy dandy CPAN pollution by rir
in thread Handy dandy CPAN pollution by Juerd

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.