[MetaCPAN] Getting verison numbers for provided modules

[Olaf Alders]

> On May 6, 2021, at 11:42 AM, Marco Vittorini Orgeas <marco at vittorini.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, May 6, 2021 1:59:38 AM CEST Buddy Burden wrote:
> 
>>> We’ve been trying to get the mailing list removed, so this may be one of
>>> the last messages on it.
>> Aww, that's a shame.  While there are some issues that SO is good for, and
>> there are some issues that IRC[1] is good for, I do still believe there's
>> some issues where a mailing list is the best option, so I'm sad to see it
>> go. 
>> 
> 
> +1
> 
> I'd add that most knowledge is lost on chat based communication channels.

It is. The issue with this email list is that I’m possibly the only one watching it, which is a very low bus number. I also have basically no control over the list. I’m not even 100% sure who asked to have it created.

GitHub issues on the orgs are entirely fine for discussing things which aren’t bug reports. Discussions are enabled here as well: https://github.com/metacpan/metacpan-web/discussions

StackOverflow creates a public record as well. So those are all good options. We don’t want to cut off communication, but if people use something other than the email list, then they’ll have a better chance of seeing a response.

Best,

Olaf