What stops you from creating a website that does a review
of modules? Either something by yourself, a group of people
or something like a wiki. It doesn't have to be part of CPAN.
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I would use such a site if I "trust" it. That is, if I think
the reviewers do a "good" job - their review has value for
me. Trust is something that needs to be earned. It can come
from names I value (I'd give more trust to
a review from Mark-Jason Dominus than from Purlgurl), but
most of all, it needs time.
I don't know whether I would contribute. That would all depend
how it's set, whether I believe it's going to work, and how
much time it's going to take. I'd certainly not contribute in
getting it started, except for an occasional discussion.
Whether a voting system is something I'd prefer that depends
on who's voting. If it's a voting system like Perlmonks,
it wouldn't be useful at all. That would be useful if you'd
want to measure popularity, which isn't at all the same
as measuring quality.
Selected reviewers has a good chance of working, if you have
the right reviewers. But it might be very hard, if not down
right impossible, to get them - it would mean a lot of
(most likely unpaid) work for them.
A forum where anyone can put their review up might work.
Individual reviewers can form a reputation (and I don't
mean reviews get buttons people can use to cast votes)
making that their reviews get valued. And anyone can make
up their own mind who to value more than others. (I might
value reviewers 'A', 'B' and 'D', while you prefer 'B' and
'C', and usually disagree with 'D').
Time will only tell whether it succeeds or not. And even if
5% of the people using CPAN would use a site we just discussed, I'd call it a success.
Abigail
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