Yes, it can be put there, once I figure out why it's down and fix that. May be 
until tomorrow for that, though.


Doug Bell
[email protected]



> On May 29, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Joelle Maslak <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thanks! I've sent an email to the admin@ address.
> 
> Is this something that can be put on the wiki.cpantesters.org 
> <http://wiki.cpantesters.org/> (assuming that wiki.cpantesters.org 
> <http://wiki.cpantesters.org/> is only temporarily down - right now it is 
> giving a connection reset error)?
> 
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Doug Bell <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> CPAN Testers gets your name when your client gets an error saying that your 
> Metabase GUID does not exist, but from there, it stays what it was. So, there 
> are two ways:
> 
> 1. Create a new profile. Sub-optimal, for the reasons you said.
> 2. Ask me. Send me a private e-mail ([email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>) including your metabase_id.json (which should 
> have your GUID in it, the thing that I need). I can then update your 
> information to whatever you'd like.
> 
> Part 2 could be automated in the future. But, for now, this is easiest.
> 
> I suspect there is also a way to update Metabase profiles, but I'm not sure 
> if any client implements it, and I am fairly certain that my replacement 
> Metabase server does not do that correctly. So, if anyone has some insight on 
> how to update a Metabase profile, I can fix my server to make sure it works 
> correctly.
> 
> Doug Bell
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 29, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Joelle Maslak <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> My old name is still showing up in CPAN testers reports I'm submitting (I 
>> can see it in log.txt from cpantesters.org <http://cpantesters.org/>, for 
>> instance).
>> 
>> I don't want this.
>> 
>> My metabase_id.json file has been manually edited to reflect my name instead 
>> of the old one, but I didn't generate a new metabase profile - this is the 
>> same profile I've been using since 2015.  I'd love to keep the same profile, 
>> as I've submitted many tests under it.  While I'd love to change history, 
>> really what I'm asking is at least new reports should show my current name.
>> 
>> Where does cpantesters.org <http://cpantesters.org/> get my name from?  Do I 
>> just need to generate a new metabase profile, or am I missing changing 
>> something to get the name on the old profile to change?
> 
> 

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