Take back your modules! (was: Re: Give up your modules!)

2006-09-07 Thread Mark Stosberg
Ovid wrote: Hi all, No names, but if you happen to be sitting on a module which other people depend on and you're not going to fix bugs, give up the module, offer someone co-maintainership or figure out *something* which gives users a way out. I realize that not everyone has a pile of

Re: Take back your modules! (was: Re: Give up your modules!)

2006-09-07 Thread Andy Lester
On Sep 7, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote: I say: If you are care about a module's maintenance, start acting like you own it, being considering that others, especially the current maintainer, may feel the same way. Nice. Worthy of a use.perl.org post so others can see it. Maybe

RE: Take back your modules! (was: Re: Give up your modules!)

2006-09-07 Thread Orton, Yves
Title: RE: Take back your modules! (was: Re: Give up your modules!) On Sep 7, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote: I say: If you are care about a module's maintenance, start acting like you own it, being considering that others, especially the current maintainer, may feel

Re: Take back your modules!

2006-09-07 Thread David Landgren
Andy Lester wrote: On Sep 7, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote: I say: If you are care about a module's maintenance, start acting like you own it, being considering that others, especially the current maintainer, may feel the same way. Nice. Worthy of a use.perl.org post so others can

Re: Take back your modules!

2006-09-07 Thread Jonathan Rockway
Agreed. JFDI. It puts everyone (users, you, the real maintainer) in a tough position when you just take over someone's module without having provided any code. Maybe you want to work on it, but after you realize what that actually entails you'll become a bad maintainter too. That doesn't solve

Re: Take back your modules!

2006-09-07 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Jonathan Rockway [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-09-07 20:55]: Maybe you want to work on it, but after you realize what that actually entails you'll become a bad maintainter too. That doesn't solve any problems. /me hides in shame Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/

Re: Take back your modules! (posted to Perlmonks)

2006-09-07 Thread Mark Stosberg
David Landgren wrote: Andy Lester wrote: On Sep 7, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Mark Stosberg wrote: I say: If you are care about a module's maintenance, start acting like you own it, being considering that others, especially the current maintainer, may feel the same way. Nice. Worthy of a