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Providing Feedback to Module Authors

posted by pudge on 2001.10.28 10:27   

jns writes "I made this post to comp.lang.perl.modules and received a surprising amount of feedback for such a low traffic group so I have been encouraged to bring it here.

The basic premise is that all of us who use modules from CPAN should at least once in a while provide some feedback to the authors of those modules. I don't think that the authors do what they do for adulation and praise, but I do think they are interested in what people think of there creations and what the use them for.

So go on mail a CPAN author today ;-}

/J\"

• If you want to give feedback....

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  by hfb (74) on 2001.10.28 11:03 (#1694)
  ( Last Journal: 2002.02.25 17:47 )

  There are plenty of opportunities and reminders to give authors constructive feedback. I've begged and pleaded before that the CPAN testers [cpan.org] need more people to test modules and give feedback on modules. I also mention this a few times in the Grokking the CPAN [valueclick.com] talk I did at TPC this year. All it takes is a little motivation of the hands, not the mouth :)

  [ Reply to This ]
  • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by belg4mit (Score:1) 2001.10.28 11:10
  • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by jns (Score:1) 2001.10.28 11:13
    • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by hfb (Score:2) 2001.10.28 11:23
      • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by jns (Score:2) 2001.10.28 11:38
  • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by clintp (Score:1) 2001.10.28 14:30
    • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by koschei (Score:1) 2001.10.28 15:06
    • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by jns (Score:2) 2001.10.29 11:44
  • Re:If you want to give feedback.... by unobserved (Score:1) 2001.10.29 10:24