One of the most time consuming thing when facing a perl task is to find a module and decide whether it's the right thing. Actually it's already pretty hard to decide whether a module is stable enough(there are many modules staying at version 0.24.) There have been some discussions here about how to rate modules (e.g., Rating System for Modules). I think it's more useful to know what modules people are actually using, instead of their opinion on something they've never used. I'd suggest we use the same XP idea, that is, every registered user can enter the modules they're using (say, just a text box for entering: CGI, DBI, Data::Dumper, etc.), PM makes sure no duplicates from the same user. We can then make a page listing the usage stats, rather than the download stats from some other sites. When the time comes for me to pick a module, say for xml processing, I can see which one other people are using, indicating not only preference but also stability.

We can probably add some XP related ideas: give more weights for people with more XP, even restricting how many modules one can enter depending on XP (sounds bad, but actually it forces people to pick their best).

In reply to XP for modules by johnnywang

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