From: Iain 'Spoon' Truskett <spoon@...>
Date: 2003-01-26T16:06:15+09:00
Subject: Re: Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on?

* Mark Wilson (mwilson13@cox.net) [26 Jan 2003 17:26]:

> On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 12:52 AM, Iain 'Spoon' Truskett wrote:

> > [snip] Um, why is Jabber in WWW?
> > 
> > For reference, where would ssh, telnet, ICQ and IRC libraries end up?
> > [snip]

> CPAN puts Jabber stuff under WWW. But if that's silly, it shouldn't be
> copied.

Ah. I think it's because Net::Jabber can operate via http. Or something.
You'll also find Net::Jabber under the general network header.

> ssh, telnet, icq and irc libraries should probably go under
> 'networking and www' -- especially if that's where you would expect to
> find them.

I'd be tempted to divide up networking and www. WWW is large enough to
be a category on its own. Much like you had Mail/News separate.



cheers,
-- 
Iain.