From gwadej at anomaly.org  Sun Nov  2 19:46:15 2008
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:46:15 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Next meeting topic
Message-ID: <20081102214615.54b923e4@sovvan>

Well, the November meeting is almost here and we haven't had any
suggestions for a topic.

Does anyone have something they would like to present (or a
presentation they would like to hear)?

As Robert Boone showed last month, the topic does not have to be
Perl-specific, any topic that Perl programmers might find interesting
is a potential presentation.

The next meeting is a week from Tuesday. Any ideas would definitely be
appreciated.

G. Wade

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Thu Nov  6 04:59:59 2008
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 06:59:59 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Fw: [pm_groups] Fwd: IMPORTANT - help us estimate the size
 of the Catalyst user base
Message-ID: <20081106065959.232bdeb5@sovvan>



Begin forwarded message:

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:56:36 -0600
From: Jay Hannah <jay at jays.net>
To: pm_groups at pm.org
Subject: [pm_groups] Fwd: IMPORTANT - help us estimate the size of the
Catalyst user base


Please forward to your local group if you deem this appropriate.

Thank you,

j
Omaha.pm
Chief pm.org ticket monkey slacker



From: Kieren Diment <zarquon at cpan.org>
Date: November 5, 2008 7:51:35 PM CST

Hi All,

Apologies for the cross-posting, I'm trying to representatives of as
many organisations as possible who use Catalyst as possible to reply
to this email.

We need your assistance to help estimate the number of users of
Catalyst.  Matt Trout and I have written a proposal for a Catalyst
book, and while we have a well known, credible publisher interested,
they want the assurance that the market for the book is large enough
to make it worth their while.

If you could take the time to provide the following information (I've
set reply-to to me for your confidentiality, and so that we don't
pollute the list with this stuff) this would be really useful.  I'll
also let you know the results of this survey when I have them.

I will treat this information in confidence, and will only use
aggregated data so that you or your organisation will not be
identifiable in the report I make on this data.

There are about 1000 subscribers on the catalyst mailing list, and I'd
hope for a response rate of about 10% (i.e. about 100 replies).  The
information I'm collecting is likely to result in an outcome that is
useful to you in a commercial way, so your participation would be much
appreciated.

Please try to ensure that only one person from your organisation
answers these questions.

1.  What country are you in?

2.  How many people are on your team?

3.  How many of those people are writing code with Catalyst?

3a.  If there are non Catalyst coders on your team, how many of the
whole team would you like to be writing Catalyst code?

4.  How many people using Catalyst on your team are subscribers to the
Catalyst mailing list?

5.  How many people writing Catalyst code on your team use the
#catalyst irc channel on irc.perl.org?

6.  These two questions are about the potential for the growth of
Catalyst usage in your organisation.

6a.  How many people do you think will be using Catalyst in your
organisation in 12 months time?

6b.  How many people do you think will be using Catalyst in your
organisation in 2 years time?

Thanks for your cooperation.  If you know of any teams who are users
of Catalyst but that do not subscribe to the Catalyst mailing list, or
are on the IRC channel, please forward this email to them.

Thanks.

Kieren Diment

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From gwadej at anomaly.org  Sun Nov  9 18:21:05 2008
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:21:05 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] November meeting
Message-ID: <20081109202105.1960a230@sovvan>

Still no suggestions from anyone on a topic for Tuesday's meeting. We
should still be meeting at 1111 Fannin at 6pm, as usual.

Hopefully, someone will suggest a topic before then. Otherwise, we can
have our standard "open questions night".

If you are planning on being at the meeting, please let myself or Todd
know (or post to the list) so we can make sure to collect everyone
before we go up to the meeting room.

Hope to see you there.
G. Wade
-- 
I like you. You're trouble.         -- Draal - "Voices of Authority"

From gwadej at anomaly.org  Mon Nov 10 15:22:28 2008
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:22:28 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] November Meeting
Message-ID: <20081110172228.2085965e@sovvan>

The November meeting is tomorrow night at 1111 Fannin, as usual. (Check
out http://houston.pm.org/meetings.html for map and directions.)

As usual, we will be meeting in the lobby between 6pm and about 6:20pm.
Parking on the street is free after 6pm.

See you there.
G. Wade
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discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.
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From gwadej at anomaly.org  Tue Nov 11 15:21:26 2008
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:21:26 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] November Meeting cancelled
Message-ID: <20081111172126.07ea71b3@sovvan>

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are canceling the Houston.pm
meeting for tonight.

Sorry for the short notice.

G. Wade
-- 
When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just
put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted
grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the
trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not
designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass.
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From gwadej at anomaly.org  Wed Nov 12 04:49:01 2008
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:49:01 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Fw: [pm_groups] 5.8.9 RC1 is out,
	please test your code with it!
Message-ID: <20081112064901.685d486f@sovvan>



Begin forwarded message:

Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:24:06 +0200
From: "Gabor Szabo" <szabgab at gmail.com>
To: "PM Groups" <pm_groups at pm.org>
Subject: [pm_groups] 5.8.9 RC1 is out, please test your code with it!


I think this, or a better written version of this should be distributed
via your local Perl Mongers.
thanks
  Gabor

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gabor Szabo <szabgab at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:21 AM
Subject: 5.8.9 RC1 is out, please test your code with it!
To: Perl in Israel <perl at perl.org.il>, Jerusalem Perl Mongers
<jerusalem at perl.org.il>


I know about several companies that cannot move from 5.6 to 5.8 or to
5.10 as their code does not run there.
Some of them complain how horrible it is that perl has changed and
something was removed from it that is causing them the problem.

I think the main problem is that these companies while rely on Perl
they don't exercise their right the fact Perl is Open Source gives them.

If Perl is important for them the can and should check if some change
in perl is going to cause them trouble. The best would be of course to
follow the development of the interpreter but if they cannot do that at
least they should check if the Release Candidates meet their needs.

So If you are using perl 5.8.x, you should go ahead, download RC1 of
5.8.9 and check if your code works on it.

See the announcement of Nick Clark:
http://use.perl.org/~nicholas/journal/37858

Gabor

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From gwadej at anomaly.org  Mon Nov 24 04:54:38 2008
From: gwadej at anomaly.org (G. Wade Johnson)
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:54:38 -0600
Subject: [pm-h] Fw: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, November 21
Message-ID: <20081124065438.46853707@sovvan>



Begin forwarded message:

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:27:35 -0800
From: "Marsee Henon" <marsee at oreilly.com>
To: gwadej at anomaly.org
Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, November 21


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