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On Wednesday 18 February 2009 10:24:37 Moritz Lenz wrote:
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Then chromatic said "That's not what I meant" and that he doesn't want us
> > to bloat the perl 5 core with non-essential modules.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> I think he's right.
> We don't want to have more core modules - we want to have less, if
> possible.
>
> One core module to achieve one thing is enough or already one too much.
Fair enough. But since File::Find is already in core, and there are more sound
alternatives on CPAN, shouldn't we at least include a warning there saying
"File::Find is the work of Satan and should not be used - please refer to
L<Link to a page about alternatives> for alternatives you should use
instead.". (Not in these exact words, but I hope you get my wave.).
I volunteer to prepare a patch and set up an HTML page somewhere summarising
the available alternatives. I see that David Cantrell also volunteered. Now we
only need a general disagreement to accept such a change.
> You should break from the idea that useful and quasi-standard modules
> should go into core. Only modules that are needed to install CPAN
> modules should really be in core.
>
I see.
> And the way to establish a quasi-standard is not by putting it into
> core, but by making it the best module, and advertise it where
> appropriate (prime example: DBI).
>
> Cheers,
> Moritz
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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