I'm just jumping on the bandwagon after some other anon resurrected the node. As for the whereabouts of OP, who really knows? I've had accounts on this site that make it look like I've been absent for well over a decade. But the OP is irrelevant now that LanX has been inspired to consult an ontology expert on the feasability of fixing CPAN. I know it's feasable because I've implemented an automated ontology to browse thousands of installed modules, which I use daily, and would feel somewhat lost without.

Module curation does sound like a really good idea.

That's what I wanted to hear! Thank you for listening.