no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Darek Dwornikowski
Hi, I am using a module from CPAN, but it lacks some functionality, so I added them. The problem is that there is no contact with author, I sent him emails twice (6months ago and 2weeks ago). A guy from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (integral), adviced to write here. signature.asc Description:

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Alberto Simões
Hi, Darek. Can we know who is the author? This basically because sometimes some authors have strange lives :) Cheers ambs Darek Dwornikowski wrote: Hi, I am using a module from CPAN, but it lacks some functionality, so I added them. The problem is that there is no contact with

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Ovid
--- Darek Dwornikowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am using a module from CPAN, but it lacks some functionality, so I added them. The problem is that there is no contact with author, I sent him emails twice (6months ago and 2weeks ago). A guy from [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Darek Dwornikowski
Thoughts: 1. I can understand your not wanting to mention the name of the module, but we might be able to provide more help if we know it, particularly if someone on this list is aware of what happened. 2. You could fork the module on the CPAN (which means maintaining it, something you

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Alberto Simões
Darek Dwornikowski wrote: Thoughts: 1. I can understand your not wanting to mention the name of the module, but we might be able to provide more help if we know it, particularly if someone on this list is aware of what happened. 2. You could fork the module on the CPAN (which means

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Dave Rolsky
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Alberto Simões wrote: Accordingly with http://search.cpan.org/~simonflk/, Simon last release date for all modules is 25 Mar 2005. I would say the best approach is to fork it... In this case, if the author is AWOL, the best thing is to ask for ownership of the module so

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Darek Dwornikowski
Dave Rolsky napisał(a): On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Alberto Simões wrote: Accordingly with http://search.cpan.org/~simonflk/, Simon last release date for all modules is 25 Mar 2005. I would say the best approach is to fork it... In this case, if the author is AWOL, the best thing is to ask for

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Chris
On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Dave Rolsky wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Alberto Sim?es wrote: Accordingly with http://search.cpan.org/~simonflk/, Simon last release date for all modules is 25 Mar 2005. I would say the best approach is to fork it... In this case, if the author is AWOL, the best thing

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Darek Dwornikowski
Chris napisał(a): On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Dave Rolsky wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Alberto Sim�es wrote: Accordingly with http://search.cpan.org/~simonflk/, Simon last release date for all modules is 25 Mar 2005. I would say the best approach is to fork it... In this case, if

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Eric Wilhelm
# from Darek Dwornikowski # on Tuesday 02 January 2007 09:49 am: i wrote to him twice, trying different emails. his personal webpage is dead too.. I do not want to take over, I thought I could contact him trough this list. Google suggests that he is still alive and updating his amazon wishlist.

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Smylers
Darek Dwornikowski writes: Dave Rolsky napisał(a): On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, Alberto Simões wrote: Accordingly with http://search.cpan.org/~simonflk/, Simon last release date for all modules is 25 Mar 2005. I would say the best approach is to fork it... In this case, if the author

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread James E Keenan
Eric Wilhelm wrote: # from Darek Dwornikowski # on Tuesday 02 January 2007 09:49 am: i wrote to him twice, trying different emails. his personal webpage is dead too.. I do not want to take over, I thought I could contact him trough this list. File a bug in rt? This is a good suggestion

Re: no contact with author

2007-01-02 Thread Darek Dwornikowski
Accordingly with http://search.cpan.org/~simonflk/, Simon last release date for all modules is 25 Mar 2005. I would say the best approach is to fork it... In this case, if the author is AWOL, the best thing is to ask for ownership of the module so that he can upload a new