>>>>> On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:57:05 +0000, Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 03:19:39PM +0100, Andreas J. Koenig wrote: >> Many suggestions have come over the years that we should somehow flag >> abandoned modules as such. Finally I came up with the simplest >> possible idea: >> >> We have already the flags >> >> S - Support Level: >> m - Mailing-list >> d - Developer >> u - Usenet newsgroup comp.lang.perl.modules >> n - None known, try comp.lang.perl.modules >> >> I think we should add a flag "0" (zero) or "-" (minus), that has the >> explicit meaning: abandoned, volunteers welcome to take over maintainance. >> >> What do you think? > Excellent, simple and a very good fit. > As for the character to use, 0 can look like O, and - could imply unknown. > I'd suggest "z" for zero, but that may be too 'cute', or "a" for abandoned. I agree that 'z' looks too cute, so 'a' is it. Thanks, Tim! -- andreas
