Request for Review: bioperl and its dependancies

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 12:09 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 07:08:29 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 
> > > > 
> > > > * URL
> > > > 
> > > >   If the module is available in CPAN don't use a URL
> > > >   that contains the author id and the module version.
> > > > 
> > > >   Example:
> > > >   Use
> > > >     http://search.cpan.org/dist/Heap/
> > > >   instead of
> > > >     http://search.cpan.org/~jmm/Heap-0.70/
> > > > 
> > > I was using the urls provided when I searched cpan itself. 
> > > 
> > > Is this requirement documented anywhere?
> >
> > I am not aware about such a requirement. But even if, this should be
> > reconsidered.
> 
> There is no such requirement.
Glad to hear this.

> This shows that even without a "QA checklist" different reviewers suggest
> different changes based on personal preference, aesthetics or special
> expertise. And I'm afraid, that won't change ever. Unless we return to
> fedora.us style of marking items as "blockers" and "non-blockers" (or
> "suggestions"/"hints", respectively).

IMO, the only thing that matter wrt. "URL:" and "Source:"-tag's is them
being valid ;)

Ralf