Some time ago when I was a young Perl programmer and infatuated with PerlMonks (actually both appellations still apply) I wrote PerlMonks Editor and added it to CPAN as a script. Scripts on CPAN are very much second (probably more like fourth) class citizens and it has languished there somewhat. Also I've been busy with various other projects since then and it is only now (with a little prompting from various others) that I have returned to it.

I am considering generating a Tk::PerlMonks name space on CPAN and adding PMEdit.pm to it along with a couple of support modules and what amounts to the existing PMEdit.pl as a sample script.

So the question is: does this seem like an appropriate approach?

The intent is to make PMEdit easier to find, easier to maintain (through rt bug tracking etc) and easier for others to leverage the module code for other purposes.

Update: my initial focus was narrow. Discussion with others and Perlbotics comment suggests that a root PerlMonks name space is most appropriate. CPAN tends to be rather reluctant to grant new root level name spaces however so a little campaigning may be appropriate.

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In reply to What to do with PMEdit? by GrandFather

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