From: Roger Pack Date: 2009-04-17T00:55:02+09:00 Subject: Re: http://rubypan.org/ >> perhaps you can explain to use what CPAN is/does and its usefulness? > > http://www.google.com/search?q=cpan isn't enough? Nice. I do like CPAN in that it gives a directory structure to look for useful gems. I suppose theoretically rubyforge has this [it has tags for projects, doesn' it?] but nobody ever uses it or something. The RAA does something similar to what RPAN does currently, though they're distinct. So a few thoughts: 1) might be nice to add a directory like structure (like CPAN) and then make it user editable, so people can add their (and others') gems in "where they belong." 2) might be nice to generate [and host] rdocs for all the various gems. 2a) should that occur, might be nice to allow users to add comments on the different doc pages :) 3) You can do more with the gem lists--you could create a link to the README or source or docs. ex: http://ruby-roger-useful-functions.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/gem_rdocs_indexer/all_gems_rdocs_index.html generated from: http://code.google.com/p/ruby-roger-useful-functions/source/browse/trunk/gem_rdocs_indexer/gem_rdoc_indexer.rb 4) some of the links (viz: http://rubypan.org/search?q=eventmachine) are broken--might be nice to double check them. 5) re: source viewing--I think this would be good. The ideal would be to fix rdoc so that it can point directly into the "full files" and then just have the rdocs--but that's just me. Thanks much--has tons of potential. Let me know if need hosting space :) -=r -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.