DSSS, Dsource, and cpan
Walter Bright
newshound1 at digitalmars.com
Tue Apr 10 23:40:10 PDT 2007
Andrei suggested that a huge resource for Perl users is
http://www.cpan.org. Not only is it full of reusable Perl code, it is
very easy to access via
http://search.cpan.org/~jhi/perl-5.8.0/lib/CPAN.pm, and is a big factor
in the ongoing success of Perl.
It seems to me that we are close to this with DSSS coupled with Dsource.
So can we get closer?
I.e., can we change dsource so that there are two kinds of projects:
1) Projects that are not certified, and
2) Projects that are certified
Certified projects must meet certain minimum requirements:
1) They can be installed using DSSS
2) They compile and run their unit tests
3) They have ddoc documentation for their APIs
In other words, a project that is certified is one that is easy for
users to install, has documentation, and at least appears to work.
Boost, another successful library repository, also adds on peer review.
Perhaps in the future, as our user base grows, we can add another layer
of certification for projects that pass peer review.
Any thoughts?
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