From: Dave Thomas <dave@...>
Date: 2003-01-26T23:35:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on?

Iain 'Spoon' Truskett wrote:

>>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.

Folks:

I think there's a hint here. The real world isn't hierarchical. Why are 
we assuming the archive should be?

Dave