Gracious monks,

I've got a project that I've written myself. The project contains a suite of modules that act as the basic fundamentals of an Internet Service Provider.

Although there are dozens of CPAN modules that are use()'d by it, and a few other external self-written modules to make it work, I'm looking for specific advice as to whether I can/should up it to the CPAN

Other than some external imported functions, the entire project is OO under a ISP:: and ( for the frontend ) ISP::GUI namespace, so I haven't found anywhere that names should collide.

Why I'd like it on the CPAN:

• be able to better document/track my own bugs, instead of using a text TODO
• see if others are interested in such a thing
• possible code review
• I want this code to be known as public domain, publicly

The project is quite unfinished, but is extremely functional. Core financial functions are complete ( payment, purchase, account renewal etc ) and where credit card is used, it processes directly to the payment processor ( we don't store cc nums ).

There is a fully functional ledger system, kept in both a General ledger and a User ledger ( all MySQL ), but it is not a true double-entry system ( yet ). User ( client ) balance is always kept up-to-date, and I've been working on the framework for an independent tax system ( I'm in Ontario, Canada ).

It uses a config file for core operational changes ( one config file, each module has its own section. There is a base class ISP::Object that takes care of dealing out config info ), and has its own sanity/error handling driven mostly by dispatch table, that renders cleanly to the web GUI. ( I devised this system, just for my own practise ).

The API POD has been kept relatively up-to-date, and there is a decent unit test suite, but the other ( personal ) modules are not included. ( I don't know exactly how to test for deps )

I use SVN as a source repo, and am adamant about seeing my project through completion.

I learn by doing. I'm a relative newb Perl hacker. I'm willing to accept laughing and finger-pointing if my code is public. Can I/should I use the CPAN for this code?

Steve

ps:

I'm willing to discuss the project's capabilities ( including it's interaction with our RADIUS systems, email systems, etc. Contact me off-list.

UPDATE: ...interesting...this isn't a fair democracy... I just noticed that I can't vote for my own posts, which means I can't cause a self-referential meltdown! :) In all seriousness, not that I'd ever, EVER ++ my own posts, I'm just not familiar with the way things work here, and that it appears as though I keep my votes if I don't use 'em

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