Re: Understanding SCRIPT CATEGORIES

On Jul 21, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Shawn H. Corey wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to install a script into CPAN but I don't know what category  
> to place it in.  Is there a web page that describes them?  I looked  
> at http://cpan.org/scripts/index.html but it does not have a  
> description of the categories.
>
> The script is called "sub" and it creates skeletons of sub's by  
> parsing an usage statement and applying it to a template.  An usage  
> statement is not valid Perl but it makes sense.  For examples:

I agree that there is no obvious category for your program at the  
'scripts' page on cpan.org -- but I think that's because that page is  
used very little and is of little use in distributing code.  You'd be  
much better off posting it on perlmonks.org and requesting feedback  
on it there.

That being said, you're going to catch a tremendous amount of flack  
for naming a program with a word that is reserved by Perl for its own  
use:  sub.

If you're a relative newcomer and want to get feedback on your Perl  
programs, I recommend perl-beginners at Yahoo Groups.  I spent  
several years reading that list every day when I was starting.  I  
believe there may also be a perl beginners list at perl.org.

HTH

Jim Keenan