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Shlomi Fish

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From: "Shlomi Fish" <shlo...@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:23:19 +0300

Local: Tues, Apr 15 2008 11:23 am

Subject: Re: [rethinking-cpan] Re: Patterns in Information-Lookup Sites

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On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Zbigniew Lukasiak <zzb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlo...@iglu.org.il> wrote:

> > As promised I started working on patterns in Information-Lookup Sites:

> > http://xrl.us/bjb3f

> > A lot of it has to do with the UI, but most of it also has to do with part of
> > giving a better experience.

> > Feel free to send "svn diff"'s, etc. You can also register at berlios.de and
> > I'll add you to the project.

> > Regards,

> > Shlomi Fish

> > P.S.: I'd like to write an email about why Happiness is the "Ultimate Goal"
> > and how we can make the CPAN experience better so people will be happier.
> > Joel on Software also wrote about it here:

> > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/fog0000000262.html (search
> > for "depression").

> > And here:

> > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FB4.5.html

> This can also apply to the installation process - I believe people
> would feel much more 'agency' if they could automatically send a
> report on the failing tests of a CPAN module and if the installer
> shell immediately gave them a link to the CPAN forum where they could
> discuss their problem.

Right. Note that some CPANPLUS configurations automatically send the
installation results to testers.cpan.org. If there was a CPANPLUS GUI
(there's a SoC proposal for it) we may be able to have it store the
results and send them.

I should also note that another aspect that has to do with how
happiness (and generally well) programmers are is here:

http://community.livejournal.com/shlomif_tech/741.html

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

> --
> Zbigniew Lukasiak
> http://perlalchemy.blogspot.com/

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