Re: sponsor logo on home of CPAN mirror

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On Sun, 31 Dec 2017, Elaine Ashton wrote:

> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 15:58:37 +0100
> From: Elaine Ashton <[email protected]>
> To: Henk P. Penning <[email protected]>
> Cc: Elaine -HFB- Ashton <[email protected]>, Robert <[email protected]>,
>     Ask Bjørn Hansen <[email protected]>, cpan-workers <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: sponsor logo on home of CPAN mirror

>       On Dec 31, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Henk P. Penning <[email protected]>
>       wrote:
> 
>  I agree ; I just don't like the current rules, which suggest users
>  tamper with "/index.html". I want clean rules and a clean method
>  when dealing with (prospective) mirrors.

> I’m starting to feel like an old lady as, though I railed at the first
> advertisers on the web over 30 years ago, knowing even then that they would
> eventually pervade every website, I’d like to think that some sites should
> remain above what may be viewed as the inevitable, but which I continue to
> hope can remain ad-free without going down what Robert referred to as ‘a
> slippery slope.’ 

   I don't understand the "slippery slope".
    Where is the "slope", and why is it "slippery" ?
   -- the "how to add a sponsor logo/link" has been around for years
   -- CPAN's home-page already uses javascript
   How is adding 1 javascript function and 1 empty <span> a problem?
   How is it worse than suggesting to users to tinker with /index.html?

> The number of mirrors is less of a concern than the quality and duration of
> service thereof. Perhaps a short google forms-ish survey could be circulated
> to the mirrors to determine what is causing them to rethink their mirroring
> service to CPAN? What about a Perl.org page featuring the logos of all the
> mirrors who wish to be represented? Just an idea or two as, though I know
> I’m a fossil at this point, I hope that the mirrors can remain as
> indistinguishable from the master and without advertising as long as
> possible.

   I don't think we're talking about "advertising" here ;
   it is about thanking contributors ; as we do with
   Phyber and Fastly ; there is nothing wrong with that.

>             -=]) elaine ashton // [email protected] // HFB ([=-

   Regards,

   Henk Penning

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