[Cincinnati-pm] May cinci.pm status

[Scott R. Corzine]

Hi Folks,

I would echo Kevin and add that I would like to see that and see what is
essential, what's a good idea, and the nice but not necessary category.

I did the PRC (Pull Request Challenge) years ago and it seemed like a lot
of the modules had files for a bunch of different modules/management
tools.  In a few cases it looked like that control code/files was larger
than the actual functional code.

It left me uncertain what additional things I would have to learn and do to
submit a "proper" CPAN module.

-Scott-


On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 12:27 PM Ernst, Kevin <Kevin.Ernst at cchmc.org> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> Hope you're well.
>
> I'm not a professional Perl developer by trade (just
> professionally-frustrated by Perl on a regular basis is all), so this might
> seem like a fatuous proposition to everyone else, but what would be
> immensely helpful for me is to see the process of *creating* a CPAN
> module in the first place.
>
> I mean all the MakeMaker and the Dist::Zilla and the Makefile.PL stuff
> that always seemed like eldritch magical incantations to me.
>
> I *want* to love Perl, and CPAN, but I think I don't "get" it, and
> watching someone proficient in the language and the surrounding toolchain
> would probably do a lot to ameliorate that situation.
>
> —Kevin
>
>
> On 08.05.20 at 11:59, Jon Gentle wrote:
>
> I'm looking for ideas for an activity to do together to see if this
> idea is viable. Ideally it is something we can do as a group in about
> an hour. Some starter ideas: work on a CPAN module together to come up
> with some fixes for it; create a quick web app; play a group game. If
> you have an idea for a specific module, game or app, please share. If
> you have another idea, I'd love to hear it.
>
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