I'm working toward contributing a module with this working title to CPAN, and would like your comments and advice.

The short story is that it's a mod_perl2 mechanism for optimizing the KeepAlive option in the Apache2 server. The long story is at http://www.animalhead.com/CloseKeepAlive.html

I'm tentatively convinced it's worth contributing, but you're welcome to tell me why it's not. For sure, your advice on how to improve it will be very welcome.

Specifically:

• What CPAN module(s) is (are) most like this one, to use as model(s) for how to package, test, and install it?
• The plan is to use Module::Build and Apache::Test. What else or something different?
• Is something as specialized as this worth including in the GP Perl libraries? Or is it better to just ask where the mod_perl2 library is?
• Is inclusion in the GP Perl libraries a prerequisite or assumption of Module::Build or of CPAN?

In addition to where to put the module itself, it needs a place to put a companion DB-building app and a place for the resulting DB. These are not standard features of a module installation. Probably I just ask the user where they should go? If so, how do I use the answers?

Thanks for being there,
cmac

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