There's always the option of both. Fork now, and get the ball rolling on the modules list.
I'm certainly willing to start a fork of C::S, but would certainly appreciate (and need!) the assistance of people here. CGI::SessionPlus anyone? :) Thanks! Jason -------------------------------------------------- Jason A. Crome Senior Software Engineer, DEVNET, Inc. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.devnetinc.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Stosberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 1:40 PM > To: Jason A. Crome > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [cgiapp] CGI::Session maintainer help needed. > (was: Re: CGI::Application::Plugin::Session - new session every call) > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 01:24:28PM -0500, Jason A. Crome wrote: > > I authored an ODBC driver for CGI::Session some time ago and have > > offered repeatedly to help maintain or take over > maintenance of CGI::Session. > > Sherzod will not even return my emails. Which gives me an > opportunity > > to throw out a couple of suggestions: > > > > 1) Should I (or someone else) make a stink about it on the > Perl module > > authors list, and see if someone there can coerce him into > Doing the > > Right Thing, or turn maintenance of the module over to one of us? > > This process tends to take months if it succeeds, but is nice > for the community if the module maintains if it succeeds > without a name change. > > > 2) Should we fork our own version of C::S for maintenance with the > > intention of offering those changes back if Sherzod ever chooses to > > maintain C::S again? > > This is how I became maintainer of Data::FormValidator. :) > The original name is "HTML::FormValidator", which is still on CPAN. > > > I've pondered the latter at length. What do the rest of you think? > > I think it's reasonable. It's possible the forks could merge > later. It would certainly be better for most users to have a > maintained version under some name, then no name at all! > > Mark > > -- > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Mark Stosberg Principal Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Summersault, LLC > 765-939-9301 ext 202 database driven websites > . . . . . http://www.summersault.com/ . . . . . . . . > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cgiapp&r=1&w=2 To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
