Re^3: Which CPAN modules are most used/depended upon?

That's definitely an indicator of something, but not really what I had in mind. I don't think rt.cpan.org is really that popular yet. In addition, if I am personally an example of a human, then I figure most people that experience a problem with a module simply code around it or email the author. The only person that's ever re-directed me to rt after an email is Mr. Tang, the the author of PAR.

The author of Convert::ASN1 (for example) just fixed the problem and released a new version. I noticed that the only tickets open on that are spam with a couple real ones from 10 months ago. I have a hunch Mr. Barr doesn't even know rt is there, nor do most of the module's users.

Don't get me wrong, I can't wait for rt to take off. It's really slick. But I don't think it's a very good indicator of whether people are using your modules yet.

-Paul

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Re^4: Which CPAN modules are most used/depended upon? by merlyn (Sage) on Dec 27, 2006 at 19:25 UTC
The latest h2xs templates push RT as the "reporting system of choice". Of course, older-built modules don't get this retrofitted, but it's clearly becoming more promoted over time. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker update: Apparently, not h2xs. Perhaps Module::Starter? I know there's some tool I've played with that adds a standard rt.cpan.org mailing link.	[reply]
Re^5: Which CPAN modules are most used/depended upon? by jettero (Monsignor) on Dec 27, 2006 at 21:52 UTC
... Definitely getting more popular and will completely dominate soon ... However, I have yet to see it mentioned in anything kicked out of h2xs. Do I need to upgrade something to see it? Oh no, wait, I see it there in the ppport.h. I guess I was expecting to find it in the readme or in the template .pm file. Am I missing something more prominent? -Paul	[reply]