On Tue, 3 Dec 2013, Andr? Walker wrote:
Shlomi++
Not only was he really polite with the original author, he is also
contributing to the entire Perl community. He wasn't cocky at all! Great
example for whoever wants to contribute to an existing un-maintained module.
Cheers,
Andr?
Shmuel++, actually. Shlomi's and CPAN's actions are well justified, no
question, but people do lose things in their inbox, or just fall off the
net for periods with plenty of legitimate reasons.
Shlomi wasn't the original author, so when the original author pipes up the
most polite action would be to inquire what resources *he's* set up, and see
how they can work in concert.
When I read Shlomi's response it definitely came off (to me, at least) like
he'd conquered the kingdom and Steve had to ask permission to get back in.
I'm sure that wasn't Shlomi's intent, but here we are on that faceless
Internet again, with none of the normal human cues to aid us. A more
conciliary tone would have helped.
--Arthur Corliss
Live Free or Die
