Re: Is Publishing the Way to Go?

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Uri Guttman wrote:

> >>>>> "g" == gohaku  <[email protected]> writes:
>
>   g> The Problem is, what kind of Perl Module and does CPAN need another
>   g> module.  Ultimately, I would like to write one that is useful but
>   g> feel CPAN has its share of useful modules.
>
> there is always room on cpan for more useful modules. don't think it is
> complete. finding a problem to solve is an interesting problem in it own
> right. most people write modules to scratch their own itches. if it
> helps someone else all the better.

AFAIK What CPAN needs much more than a few new modules is
1) QA - you can test hundreds of modules and send patches thereby getting
your name into lots of important modules instead one or two of your own.
2) Packaging and easy installation of full applications.

but this is not exactly the right mailing list for this.



Gabor
ps. For both 1) and 2) a lot has been done in the past few years, still
we have a long way to go.