[Buffalo-pm] blogs.perl.org

James E Keenan jkeen at verizon.net
Tue Jul 6 19:17:29 PDT 2010


On Jul 6, 2010, at 9:58 PM, Daniel Magnuszewski wrote:

>
> Many of you probably remember use.perl.org, which has essentially  
> disappeared
> into obscurity, for Perl related blogging.

I think it's somewhat of an exaggeration to claim that use.perl.org  
has "disappeared into obscurity."  Certainly, it is not very well  
maintained; its front page, in particular, has often seemed untended  
as of late.  (Currently the most recent front page article is one  
posted on May 23.)

However, I do find that its "Recent Journals" pane is very useful.   
Many people who blog elsewhere cross-post to use.perl.org.  Consider  
Patrick Michaud's recent post about Rakudo* and its July 29 release:   
http://use.perl.org/~pmichaud/journal/.

I think use.perl.org is also useful for people like me who blog only  
infrequently.  It means I don't have to set up my own blogging site  
or learn yet another blogging or wiki format.  I don't want to  
discourage people from using blogs.perl.org.  It's just that it's not  
the only game in town.

Frankly, it would be better if the management of use.perl.org were  
transferred to someone other than the current maintainer(s) so that  
it could be given a good facelift.

kid51


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