Re^2: Back to the __future_

When I now read that Damian Conway (and maybe others) want Perl 6 modules on CPAN...

If you've read that, then I have been either misquoted, misattributed, or misunderstood.

I want Perl 6 modules on 6PAN, or C6AN, or CPAN6, or some other suitable parallel to CPAN. At the moment, that repository seems to be named "GitHub", but I still long for a more PAUSE/CPAN-ish front end to it.

I certainly don't want Perl 5 and Perl 6 on a single undifferentiated repository. Half of the Perl 6 modules I've written are direct ports of my existing Perl 5 modules, with identical names and similar APIs. There is no way they can coexist with Perl 5 modules...at least, not under CPAN's linear notion of "latest version" (which, BTW, I wholeheartedly approve of as being much more appropriate for the majority of CPAN users).

Damian

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Re^3: Back to the __future__ by moritz (Cardinal) on Aug 19, 2011 at 08:33 UTC
Sorry, I didn't mean to misquote you, since I couldn't attend YAPC::EU, all my knowledge is from second hands. Yes, we need work both on the frontend and backend for a Perl 6 module solution, it will be interesting to see what we can come up with. While we are at the topic, are your Perl 6 modules available somewhere for the general public? Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re^4: Back to the __future__ by Anonymous Monk on Aug 19, 2011 at 10:54 UTC
Sorry, I didn't mean to misquote you, since I couldn't attend YAPC::EU, all my knowledge is from second hands. Not a problem. I just didn't want the Chinese whisper to become offical history. :-) While we are at the topic, are your Perl 6 modules available somewhere for the general public? IO::Prompter is: https://github.com/colomon/io-prompter The rest will go up soon...I'm waiting for the NOM branch to be out, so I can remove several detours around previously missing constructs. Damian	[reply]
Re^3: Back to the __future__ by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 21, 2011 at 13:04 UTC
I didn't know what to make of your YAPC::EU keynote. I kept wondering whether I was listening to the 2011 Damian, or a time warped Damian from 2004. I'm with Jesse when it comes to view of Perl 6. It's a nice research project. Now let's do something useful with/to Perl 5. As for the name. I actually think the name "Perl 6" hurts "Perl 5". While for the incrowd it's clear what the differences between perl6 and perl5 are; how they relate to each other; and what Larry's feelings are, the rest of the world doesn't have that knowledge. They see numbers and think Perls numbering scheme is sane, and acts like the rest of the world. And hence, they're not considering perl5 something to invest in -- they'll wait for perl6. But I also realize that any discussion here about it is fruitless. Unless you can convince Larry, it's not going to change (Rule 1). And in Asheville, he made it quite clear he hasn't changed his mind yet (Rule 2 isn't being invoked at the moment).	[reply]