NAME

Acme::CPANModules::OrganizingCPAN - List of efforts to organize CPAN

VERSION

This document describes version 0.002 of Acme::CPANModules::OrganizingCPAN (from Perl distribution Acme-CPANModules-OrganizingCPAN), released on 2023-10-29.

DESCRIPTION

This list catalog efforts to organize CPAN and help users navigate the sea of modules on CPAN.

Bundles and Tasks

A Bundle::* module lists several modules that will all get installed simply by installing the Bundle module. A later project Task aims to address some of the shortcomings of Bundle::* modules.

CPANAuthors

Acme::CPANAuthors::* modules contains lists of CPAN author ID's, grouped by some criteria.

CPANModules

Acme::CPANModules::* modules contains lists of CPAN modules (or scripts), grouped by some criteria.

Map of CPAN

The Map of CPAN project, https://mapofcpan.org, visualizes modules on CPAN as a map, with top namespaces with lots of modules under them appearing as islands while less popular namespaces are shown in the water regions.

CPAN ratings

CPAN ratings, https://cpanratings.perl.org/, is an inactive project that allows users to rate and review any CPAN module. In 2018, it no longer accepts new submission. But all existing submissions are still browsable.

PrePAN

Calling itself "Social Reviewing for Perl Modules", http://prepan.org/ lets an author post about a module she plans to release, or perhaps just an idea of a module, to get input on name, interface, or what have you. Alternatively, the usual places where Perl communities hang out can be used for this use-case, including the Perl subreddit (https://reddit.com/r/perl), IRC channels (see https://irc.perl.org), or PerlMonks (https://www.perlmonks.org).

ACME::CPANMODULES ENTRIES

Task

Author: ADAMK

Acme::CPANAuthors

Author: ISHIGAKI

Acme::CPANModules

Author: PERLANCAR

FAQ

What is an Acme::CPANModules::* module?

An Acme::CPANModules::* module, like this module, contains just a list of module names that share a common characteristics. It is a way to categorize modules and document CPAN. See Acme::CPANModules for more details.

What are ways to use this Acme::CPANModules module?

Aside from reading this Acme::CPANModules module's POD documentation, you can install all the listed modules (entries) using cpanm-cpanmodules script (from App::cpanm::cpanmodules distribution):

 % cpanm-cpanmodules -n OrganizingCPAN

Alternatively you can use the cpanmodules CLI (from App::cpanmodules distribution):

    % cpanmodules ls-entries OrganizingCPAN | cpanm -n

or Acme::CM::Get:

    % perl -MAcme::CM::Get=OrganizingCPAN -E'say $_->{module} for @{ $LIST->{entries} }' | cpanm -n

or directly:

    % perl -MAcme::CPANModules::OrganizingCPAN -E'say $_->{module} for @{ $Acme::CPANModules::OrganizingCPAN::LIST->{entries} }' | cpanm -n

This Acme::CPANModules module also helps lcpan produce a more meaningful result for lcpan related-mods command when it comes to finding related modules for the modules listed in this Acme::CPANModules module. See App::lcpan::Cmd::related_mods for more details on how "related modules" are found.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Acme-CPANModules-OrganizingCPAN.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Acme-CPANModules-OrganizingCPAN.

SEE ALSO

Acme::CPANModules - about the Acme::CPANModules namespace

cpanmodules - CLI tool to let you browse/view the lists

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

 % prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2021 by perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Acme-CPANModules-OrganizingCPAN

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

cpanm Acme::CPANModules::OrganizingCPAN

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Acme::CPANModules::OrganizingCPAN