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

Ken Williams wrote:
> 
> On Mar 9, 2006, at 8:16 AM, Graham Barr wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, March 9, 2006 3:25 am, Randy W. Sims wrote:
>>>
>>> The repository field could be constructed as a mapping:
>>>
>>>    repository:
>>>      type: cvs
>>>      location:
>>> :pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/module-build
>>>
>>> or possibly some type of (icky) compound field:
>>>
>>>    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.

But in the case of Ilya for example, there IS no webpage, and his email 
address IS the only support channel.

Adam K