Hi,
on 2013-03-31 I sent the following message to Anthony Kilna
<[email protected]>, the author of Quote::Reference:
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Hi,
I want to upload a module I've written to CPAN. My preferred name for it
would be "Quote::Reference". Obviously that's not possible because
you're already using this name. (To be honest, I actually uploaded a
v0.01 without checking the name was available first. I'm sorry about that.)
I wanted to ask you if you'd agree to rename your module and let me take
over the name Quote::Reference.
Your documentation says the module is just a silly experiment and you
don't expect anyone to actually use it. And it uses source filtering,
which can cause mysterious failures in code. For these reasons I assume
you're not overly attached to the code.
My version is based on the "pluggable keyword" mechanism in newer perls
(so it doesn't break), and of course I intend to use it in real code. :-)
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I haven't received a response yet.
My questions: What can I do? Should I just choose a different name? Or
can I get comaintainership even though I intend to completely replace
the module by an incompatible version? Is there another way to reach
KILNA (apparently inactive since 2012-08-30)?
Looking for advice,
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Lukas Mai <[email protected]>
