Re: [Module::Build] http://cpanratings.perl.org/dist/Module-Build

[Chris D. <ch...@cl...>]

On May 4, 2006, at 3:23 AM, Johan Vromans wrote:

> But still, I'd prefer users to discuss things with the appropriate
> module authors instead of behind our backs.

A significant issue is that there are a lot of unresponsive CPAN  
authors (often understandable since it's volunteer work, and  
sometimes an ancient module).  A user can rarely tell in advance  
which authors will respond in five minutes and which won't respond  
even after three or four emails over the course of a year.  This  
applies both to email and to RT.  Even popular and talented authors  
like Schwern are known to be unresponsive to critical issues.

With a popular website like perlmonks or annocpan or cpanratings, you  
can be guaranteed that *someone* is watching the RSS feed and will  
notice your anguished entreaties, thereby increasing the likelihood  
you'll get a response.  I agree that RT is the right place to post  
bugs and use it heavily myself, but squeaky wheels do get greased via  
the other websites.

Chris
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