On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Mark Stosberg wrote:

> I would rather CPAN be wide at the top level than have un-intuitive
> names. The author based system will also become more difficult when
> authors change hands, disappear, or there are multiple authors.

There's kind of a trade-off here.  Right now, when module authors
disappear, it's very difficult for a new author to take over that
namespace because it's registered to an author/email address that may not
be active anymore.  With author namespaces, they can just create a new
namespace under their CPAN id.

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Christopher Josephes
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