On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:15 AM, brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll do the work to handle the ones the authors give up without a > maintainer, and my first idea was that a virtual user than we > advertised as "free modules" (free as in kittens) would move modules > int willing homes faster. But then, maybe not.
Use case 1: I have two modules I would like to give up. Occassionally I might still update it (e.g. if someone sends me a good patch) but in general I'd like to put it in the "take this module" basket. IMHO this means the module needs to stay in my pause id or it will get back there if I upload a new version but it should be visible that "this module needs a new primary maintainer". Use case 2: (quite similar) I see a module that seems to be unmaintained and needs a fix but something I don't really want to maintain. I can ask the author and if she is not responsive then you to take it over. Once I got the module I upload my fix but I'd also would like to *easily* set the "this module needs a new primary maintainer" flag. Use case 3: Someone passes away or just disappears for a long period. The CPAN maintainers should set the flag "this module needs a new primary maintainer". IMHO Instead of encouraging people to upload new modules we should encourage them to take over existing ones. Gabor
