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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:14:11 -0600
From: Elaine -HFB- Ashton <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu>
Subject: Re: [SITE] possible structure suggestion
*>>
*>> Module Database
*>> ===============
*>>
*>> A list of the names + download link + description/author/last_modified/
*>> CPAN_status + link to the homepage for the module + synopsis.
This is basically what
http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=Apache%3A%3A
Perhaps I could add an Apache/mod_perl section to the front page?
*>> Part of this can be handled automatically by a cron script that would
*>> check CPAN on a regular basis (or the already existing database of
*>> search.cpan.org) and update the list using more or less the same method
*>> as for the news.
*>> This would hopefully help keep the modlist constantly up-to-date while
*>> reducing the maintenance to be done on it. Meanwhile, the maintenance
*>> can still be done by hand.
search.cpan.org is pretty robust. If you would like to use it as the Perl
News does, feel free to do so. We will be adding more features as time
permits.
cheers,
e.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:14:11 -0600
From: Elaine -HFB- Ashton <elaine@chaos.wustl.edu>
Subject: Re: [SITE] possible structure suggestion
*>>
*>> Module Database
*>> ===============
*>>
*>> A list of the names + download link + description/author/last_modified/
*>> CPAN_status + link to the homepage for the module + synopsis.
This is basically what
http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=Apache%3A%3A
Perhaps I could add an Apache/mod_perl section to the front page?
*>> Part of this can be handled automatically by a cron script that would
*>> check CPAN on a regular basis (or the already existing database of
*>> search.cpan.org) and update the list using more or less the same method
*>> as for the news.
*>> This would hopefully help keep the modlist constantly up-to-date while
*>> reducing the maintenance to be done on it. Meanwhile, the maintenance
*>> can still be done by hand.
search.cpan.org is pretty robust. If you would like to use it as the Perl
News does, feel free to do so. We will be adding more features as time
permits.
cheers,
e.