[albany-pm] Cookbook Update Project

[Will Coleda]

I'm all for this, but all my perl tuis are Perl 6 shaped at the
moment, so I wouldn't be able to devote much time.

We could definitely use something to get people motivated in getting
together for meetings. ;)


On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 6:16 PM, walt.wheeler <wheelerw at fairpoint.net> wrote:
> Is this of interest to Albany PM?
>
> My own interest depends, to some extent, on whether the project is
> restricted to "Modern::Perl" or is expansive enough to consider "Modern
> Perl" as meaning -- among other possibilities -- 5.10 or 5.12 or the ideas
> put forward in Chromatic's book of the same name.
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>  From: G. Wade Johnson<wade at anomaly.org>
>>  To: pm_groups at pm.org
>>  Subject: [pm_groups] Potential group project: The Perl Cookbook
>>  Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 23:14:53 -0500
>>
>>  Ben Thomas and I were discussing the fact that The Perl Cookbook is
>>  somewhat out of date and wondered if we could set up a project for
>>  Houston.pm to try to bring some of the recipes up to the standards of
>>  Modern Perl.
>>
>>  As we discussed it, I realized that modifying a large number of these
>>  recipes would quickly exceed the bounds of "fair use" should O'Reilly
>>  decide to complain. So I contacted them through the user group program.
>>
>>  The short form is that O'Reilly is at least provisionally interested in
>>  the idea of a community project to update the Cookbook. They have done
>>  other community-based cookbooks in the past, with some success.
>>
>>  The question is, would more Perl Monger groups want to join in the
>>  fun/work on this?
>>
>>  Depending on the details that we are still ironing out, there would
>>  likely be a website collecting new and updated recipes. We'd probably
>>  want the source for the solutions on something like github. O'Reilly
>>  would want the ability to collect a subset of the recipes (with input
>>  from the community) to form a new edition of the book, if the project
>>  goes well.
>>
>>  The website would continue to be available for updates and contain all
>>  recipes, not just those included in any book.
>>
>>  I've pitched the initial idea to my group. (Without some of the details
>>  at the moment.) Would any other groups be interested in joining in? If
>>  you are interested, I'd be glad to forward the information I sent to my
>>  group.
>>
>>  I've also got a call next week with my O'Reilly contact to iron out
>>  more details. Input from the larger Perl Monger community would
>>  definitely help with that.
>>
>>  Who is interested?
>>  G. Wade
>>  --
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Will "Coke" Coleda