Re: ISO: History of this effort?

Larry W. Virden writes:
> >  - CPAN isn't quality controlled, so admins don't know which are the
> >    good modules to install
> 
> What criteria should be used to quantify 'good'?

I don't want to quantify it.  I can't quantify it.  "good" is in the
eye of the beholder.  So for the purposes of coming up with a list of
modules, I want people to suggest the modules that they use a lot.

> What do you mean by "SDK"?  Software Development Kit?  Software Distribution
> Kit?  Standard Distribution Kit?  Stuff i'd Druther you install Kit? <grin>

Yes.

> >  - the current standard distribution stays as a minimal install of
> >    Perl
> 
> With, I assume, new foot dragging before items are included?

Nope, just the same foot dragging as ever.

> Okay.  What kinds of things, other than broken code, would NOT go into
> the SDK?

We'll find that out after we brainstorm and we sift through the
suggestions.

> What about platform specific code?  Would Solaris only, or Windows only,
> or Mac only code be included?  Or would there in fact be platform specific
> SDKs, which would include some common code and also some platform
> specific code?

People have talked about platform-specific SDKs, but I'm picturing this
first effort as "get together a bunch of modules that work on most/all
systems, and which are useful".

Nat