My point is that perlmonks doesn't control CPAN.

I dunno. To me this is sort of like saying "whats the point in discussing political change outside of the parliament, we don't control the laws, parliament does." Social change comes from just one person standing up somehwere and saying something. If what they have to say is reasonable and fair then it will resonate through the public psyche and eventually result in change. (Assuming a Free society.)

My point being is that these issues are coming up here quite a bit recently. No doubt some people here who have noticed them will carry the meme on. Some of them are influential in aspects of perl, and some of them are just plain going to be at the various conferences. If they bring the issue up when its relevent, and bring it to the attention of the Powers That Be, then perhaps we'll see something done to address this issue. (Even if it is just making the existing processes more visible.)

For instance if anybody ever write a proposal to the Modules list, being able cite _numerous_ good thread on the discussion would surely have its value.


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<Elian> And I do take a kind of perverse pleasure in having an OO assembly language...

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