What's the best way to spread the word about a new module? I've got a few
modules that I think a lot of people would find useful. They're still in
active development (pre-1.0) but I'd like as many people as possible to try
them so I can get feedback from the community. How do I spread the word
about these modules?
It there was a relevant, active mailing list, I'd probably be home free.
For example, if I had a mod_perl-related module, posting to the mod_perl
mailing list would be an obvious choice. Unfortunately, there are no
appropriate mailing lists for my modules.
I tried posting to comp.lang.perl.announce once, but didn't get any
response. Maybe not many people read that group these days? It could also
be that no one is interested, but at least one of my modules performs a
common task that I know a lot of people are interested in (there are many
existing CPAN modules that do the same thing).
So, what's left? Writing an article for perl.com? Starting my own mailing
list? (Then how do I get people to notice that list? :) Any other
suggestions for bootstrapping, if not a "community," then at least a handful
of like-minded programmers?
-John
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