[pm-h] Livening up the Group

[Mike Flannigan]

"G. Wade Johnson" wrote:

>
> We could take a look at the Phalanx 100, which is the list of modules they are
> currently focusing on, and choose one that generates some interest.
>
> http://qa.perl.org/phalanx/100/
>

That Archive-Zip module needs testing.  It's slow and it fails
every once in a while - less than 1% of the time.


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>
> There seem to be a wide range of modules in the list. You can get an idea of
> the testing coverage for different modules from
> http://pjcj.sytes.net/cpancover/
>

Yeah, they seem to be pretty far along in the testing.  You
get the feeling they will be largely done by the end of this
year.

I think if we took on Phalanx as a group activity, very
few people would actually contribute.  It looks too
hard and boring to me  :-)



> I have to agree. It sounds like a really fun project. Possibly could get some
> support from the Houston Parks organizations.
>
> > After the Phalanx thing is done, I would like to see us
> > build some kind of local - Houston - application.
>
> I actually don't see any reason why we couldn't do multiple projects at once.
> We will probably not be able to get 60-70 people to all agree on one thing
> they want to work on. Running two or three projects with different goals and
> levels of difficulty would give everyone a chance to get in on the fun.
>
> By using the meetings and mailing list to coordinate and discuss the projects,
> we could get the brainpower of the whole group on any blocking problems.
>
> I think if we have some hands-on type projects running, we'll be able to get
> more particpation. (At least we'll have some thing to talk about.)
>
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