Find a more accessible domain name. www.ruby-lang.org/raa is not as
easy to remember as www.cpan.org. Unfortunatelly
(ruby|cran|raa).(org|net) are all taken.
There is such a project in the works (though not by me… I only know of
it). However, I was told it was something of a secret still, not being
finished yet. On the other hand, since it has already been referred to on
the ML at least twice, I don’t feel like I am spilling the beans…
Find a more accessible domain name. www.ruby-lang.org/raa is not as
easy to remember as www.cpan.org. Unfortunatelly
(ruby|cran|raa).(org|net) are all taken.
There is such a project in the works (though not by me… I only know of
it). However, I was told it was something of a secret still, not being
finished yet. On the other hand, since it has already been referred to on
the ML at least twice, I don’t feel like I am spilling the beans…
Find a more accessible domain name. www.ruby-lang.org/raa is not as
easy to remember as www.cpan.org. Unfortunatelly
(ruby|cran|raa).(org|net) are all taken.
There is such a project in the works (though not by me… I only know of
it). However, I was told it was something of a secret still, not being
finished yet. On the other hand, since it has already been referred to on
the ML at least twice, I don’t feel like I am spilling the beans…
on a more serious note, two things that matter more for me than a single
repository site:
more hierarchical naming of modules/packages. Net::, Lang::EN:,
Math::*, etc. are so nice and “readable”. as there will be hundreds to
thousands of distributed packages, the first level or first two levels
of the namespace should indicate category.
a standard way to build, test, and install modules (Python’s
distutils-like, Perl’s MakeMaker+h2xs);
if i have to choose only one, i’ll live with only #1. naming, naming,
naming… i’m sure simon cozens will agree to this
Very nice. Great idea to bring the various scripting communities
together. But… “python powered”?
The insiders tell me that that’s a joke. There isn’t a line of Python
involved at this point. It’s all Ruby and Perl.
Phil
–
“Or perhaps the truth is less interesting than the facts?”
Amy Weiss (accusing theregister.co.uk of engaging in ‘tabloid journalism’)
Senior VP, Communications
Recording Industry Association of America
