On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 02:19:17PM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 08:13:02AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >From my experiemces in working the perlbug queue, I've opened a few > > CPAN RT tickets for various core modules including patches for fixes. As > > of this moment, I've gotten two response back from module owners > > regarding the patches. The rest have languished. > > Are you failing to get any acknowledgement? > Or merely failing to get progress? >
I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. Only two of the tickets I've opened regarding core modules have seen any acknowledgement. > > I'm not certain of what the proper solution should be. I can tell you, > > however, that what is happening now doesn't work. > > The strongarm tactic at that point would actually be to initiate module > takeover, as described (somewhere) by PAUSE. But that would be incredibly > undiplomatic. I am also unconvinced that the strongarm tactic is the correct method. To me, it would be best if these module owners would find motivated maintainers interested in keeping the module up to date. The hard part is, of course, convincing the module owners to give them up. Steve Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
