Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies

I sometimes link to the CPAN dependencies service, and would like to have a link shortcut to it.

Maybe [deps://Test::Exception] could link to http://cpandeps.cantrell.org.uk/?module=Test::Exception, with a link text of Test::Exception dependencies; [deps://] would of course link to the start page.

I'm open to other suggestions of what the shortcut and link text could be.

(In a more advanced version one could set OS and/or perl version preferences in the Settings somewhere, and the links could be customized this way; but that's probably overkill, the simple links are IMHO a very good start).

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Re: Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies by DrHyde (Prior) on Sep 10, 2008 at 10:45 UTC
The canonical hostname is deps.cpantesters.org, not cpandeps.cantrell.org.uk. That way, even if I stop running the service for whatever reason, someone else can take over without me still having to do DNS. Update: and another thing - you probably want to pass 'perl=latest' in the URL, like search.cpan.org does.	[reply]
Re: Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies by Anonymous Monk on Sep 10, 2008 at 08:22 UTC
how about just [dep://]?	[reply]
Re: Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies by jdporter (Paladin) on Sep 10, 2008 at 11:41 UTC
If you link to a module using `[mod://]`, its dependencies are just a single click away.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies by moritz (Cardinal) on Sep 10, 2008 at 11:43 UTC
So? Likewise linking to a user makes his writeups only one click away, we still have the `[by://]` shortcut. Asking the other way: is there any reason not to implement `[dep://]` or `[deps://]` some brave soul contributed code and documentation?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Request for link shortcut: CPAN Dependencies by jdporter (Paladin) on Sep 10, 2008 at 11:59 UTC
Good question. I don't know how the gods feel about it, but I personally believe that an unrestrained proliferation of shortcut types is not in our best interest; and a request for one from a single user isn't, by itself, sufficient justification for it, precedents not withstanding. we still have the `[by://]` shortcut Yeah.... I would have cast my (moot) vote against that too, probably. (Although it sounds rather hypocritical of me to say that, since I wrote the patch which implemented the `[by://]` scheme...) Between the mind which plans and the hands which build, there must be a mediator... and this mediator must be the heart.	[reply] [d/l] [select]