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authorIain Truskett <spoon@cpan.org>2002-07-09 02:50:55 +1000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2002-07-08 12:11:31 +0000
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[DOC PATCH] perlfaq2.pod, perlmodstyle.pod
Message-ID: <20020708065055.GC14168@eh.org> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17418
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-rw-r--r--pod/perlfaq2.pod11
-rw-r--r--pod/perlmodstyle.pod3
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
index 7fbed98b7e..2f496818cd 100644
--- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod
+++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod
@@ -183,9 +183,10 @@ following groups:
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web.
-There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at
-nntp://nntp.perl.org , or a web interface to the same lists at
-http://nntp.perl.org/group/ . Other groups are listed at
+There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at
+nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists at
+http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available under the
+C<perl.*> hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other groups are listed at
http://lists.perl.org/ .
=head2 Where should I post source code?
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow.
=head2 Perl in Magazines
-The first and only periodical devoted to All Things Perl,
+The first (and for a long time, only) periodical devoted to All Things Perl,
I<The Perl Journal> contains tutorials, demonstrations, case studies,
announcements, contests, and much more. I<TPJ> has columns on web
development, databases, Win32 Perl, graphical programming, regular
@@ -419,6 +420,8 @@ Most of the major modules (Tk, CGI, libwww-perl) have their own
mailing lists. Consult the documentation that came with the module for
subscription information.
+A comprehensive list of Perl related mailing lists can be found at:
+
http://lists.cpan.org/
=head2 Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
diff --git a/pod/perlmodstyle.pod b/pod/perlmodstyle.pod
index 558edcf26a..9431691b80 100644
--- a/pod/perlmodstyle.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodstyle.pod
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ You may not even need to write the module. Check whether it's already
been done in Perl, and avoid re-inventing the wheel unless you have a
good reason.
+Good places to look for pre-existing modules include
+http://search.cpan.org/ and asking on modules@perl.org
+
If an existing module B<almost> does what you want, consider writing a
patch, writing a subclass, or otherwise extending the existing module
rather than rewriting it.