I'd have to disagree with the idea of discussing modules at perlmonks as well as or rather than discussing them at Cpanforums for one simple reason. CPAN, and by extension Cpanforums, is a single, well maintained, authoritative source for reusable perl modules. Discussion of CPAN resources should really take place somewhere overtly and obviously associated with CPAN.

While doubtless most module authors are regulars at perlmonks, the monastery is quite separate from CPAN and serves a different purpose.

Personally, I welcome cpanforums, but I wholeheartedly sympathise with those authors who already maintain resources like mailing lists for feedback and don't want yet another place to have to check. Perhaps with a bit of thought and coding there could be a degree of convergence between existing module mailing lists and cpanforums?

One advantage of cpanforums does strike me though: a year or so ago, I was having trouble getting a module to work at all, and wanted to contact the author. I tried half a dozen different addresses that the author had listed at one time or another, and all bounced. If a module has been abandoned, at least Cpanforums gives the community the opportunity to advertise and/or discuss the fact in an obvious and well advertised location, with direct links to the module page on CPAN.

c.

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In reply to Re: A room for CPAN Modules discussion? by g0n
in thread A room for CPAN Modules discussion? by monsieur_champs

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