use Perl

• BSL (Score:2)

  by Simon (89)

  Seems the BSL course doesn't start until September, so that's out for now.
• Mail::Audit needs a little love (Score:1)

  by Bumppo (57)

  I put together a plugin for efficiently filtering large quantities of mail in batches, but it's not releasable with the memory leak [cpan.org] in Mail::Audit. (For my own use, I just shut off the reference to $self.)
  
  Nat
  • Re:Mail::Audit needs a little love (Score:2)

    by Simon (89)

    Two comments: First, I'm not actively supporting old modules. In the case of Mail::Audit, Meng Wong is looking after that these days. I like this way of dealing with software - if it's decent, someone from the userbase will rise up to maintain it. If it's not, it'll die on the vine. Software evolution! So, uh, talk to Meng Wong.

    Second, you could try the CVS version: cvs -d :pserver:cvs@squash.oucs.ox.ac.uk/var/cvs login and hit return, then check out modules/Mail-Audit/
    • Re:Mail::Audit needs a little love (Score:2)

      by Bumppo (57)

      First, I'm not actively supporting old modules.
      
      Okay. New policy since four weeks ago? [perl.org]
      
      I like this way of dealing with software - if it's decent, someone from the userbase will rise up to maintain it. If it's not, it'll die on the vine. Software evolution!
      
      You don't get a bit of a prima-donna vibe from that strategy? It could be spun as "I'm just too sexy for maintenance".
      
      Thanks for the pointers.
      
      Nat
      • Give a man a fish and he'll gripe about the bones (Score:2)

        by Simon (89)

        New policy since four weeks ago

        Yes, that's the one.

        You don't get a bit of a prima-donna vibe from that strategy? It could be spun as "I'm just too sexy for maintenance".

        Yeah, people can put a bad spin on anything if they want to, especially if you're doing them a favour by providing them with useful software in the first place. I used to care about this, but I've grown more jealous of my own time.
• suggestion (Score:1)

  by wickline (135)

  if the idea of coding OSX apps with perl appeals to you, try out http://sourceforge.net/projects/camelbones/
  
  interface you can lick, source you can like :)
  
  looks like it's just getting started, so if you're interested, there's probably a zillion ways to contribute.
  
  -matt