Re: [Module::Build] Re: Opting out of rt.cpan.org

>>>>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:50:39 -0600, Ken Williams <[email protected]> said:

 >>> repository: [svn] https://svn.versiondude.net/randys/CPAN-Metadata
 >> 
 >> I think it would be good to keep the field as a URL. Why does it
 >> have to
 >> actually give the direct access point. Why could it not be a link to a
 >> page that gives details about the repository.

  > Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too.  For a mailing list, for example,
  > you don't want to give a mailto: URL or something, you want to point
  > to an info page.  Probably the same thing is true with repositories.

In my experience you can go in circles when you search for the
repository address from a homepage. People tend to forget to publish
it in a prominent place. There's simply no tie to a certain place:
download? contact? mailing list? FAQ? links? documentation? Ahh, of
course, it is in the Wiki:)

Folks at the German Perl Workshop seem to have the same experience. It
would really help to have a defined field for the repository address.

The field "homepage" is already listed under the resources topic and
that is fine and imho needs to be supplemented.

-- 
andreas