* David Golden <[email protected]> [2009-04-05T21:57:14] > On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ricardo SIGNES > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For the purpose of URI::cpan -- "author" is really release manager -- > >> the person who uploaded the distribution archive file to PAUSE. But > >> since that's how CPAN refers to it, we keep the "author" name with > >> that meaning. > > > > I would be happy to make it "uploader." > > How about "maintainer" -- which is more consistent with the > nomenclature on PAUSE?
The pedant in me says, "...but that person isn't known to still be the maintainer, but is permanently the uploader of that file." My feelings are not strong. Anyone else? -- rjbs
