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• hmmm (Score:1)

  by gav (2710)

  It's a bit different from File::Slurp but it's got a bit of a funky interface and it's not in the File:: namespace which would be the obvious place to find it.
  
  I've thought of a different interface to CPAN where only certain modules are listed. The problem is that for beginners, searching for something returns a scary amount of results.
  
  Search results for a variety of common terms:
  
  CGI - 1770
  DBI - 1431
  MySQL - 626
  Apache - 1682
  XML - 1914
  HTML - 3291
  Template - 1091
  Class - 5684
  File - 8695
  
  This is a bit overwhelm
  • Re:hmmm (Score:2)

    by djberg96 (2603)

    I agree that search.cpan returns way too many results for searches. It hasn't been a problem for me personally, so I haven't complained, but it's not very useful beyond the first page of results, really.

    Anyway, I only mentioned it because some there have been some grumblings from others lately, so I thought I'd chime in.
  • Re:hmmm (Score:1)

    by nik (3476)

    This is a bit overwhelming. Wouldn't it be nice if say only 10 or of the more important modules were listed, with the rest available if you wanted?

    It would be interesting if CPAN supported voting/recommending modules, with an option to view search results in recommendation rank order. Or attaching comments to a module's page...

    N
    • Re:hmmm (Score:1)

      by nicholas (3034)

      It would be interesting if CPAN supported voting/recommending modules, with an option to view search results in recommendation rank order. Or attaching comments to a module's page...

      Or returning search results ranked in order of various automatically determined metrics, such as:

      • Number of CPAN testers failures
      • Number of regression tests. (Hell, determining if a modules has regression tests, and has more than the 1 test h2xs gives you for free would be a better ordering criterion than currently)
      • Code cov [cpan.org]
• redundancy avoidance committee (Score:1)

  by brian_d_foy (44)

  The folks at modules@cpan.org take care of this for The Modules List, but anyone can still upload anything they like.
  
  
  • Re:redundancy avoidance committee (Score:1)

    by koschei (147)

    Do end users actually use The Modules List? In particular, those most likely to need it: new(ish) users. Most people seem to just head over to search.cpan.org and search.

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• This sounds familiar ... (Score:1)

  by broquaint (2964)

  As a resident PerlMonk pimp I feel obliged to point to the recent module review [perlmonks.org] of the module in question.
  

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  broquaint out
  • Re:This sounds familiar ... (Score:2)

    by djberg96 (2603)

    Ouch - tell it like it is, baby! Naturally I checked to make sure no one bad mouthed any of my modules. :)

    Thanks for the link. I need to visit perlmonks more often.

    I think those reviews should be updated periodically. Consider the review for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel which is now two years old and the primary complaint has long since been addressed.