Re: COMAINT on https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random
On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 01:35:45PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: I have not gotten a reply from Steve since posting this message, over a month ago (and I checked my spam folder). As a result, I ask the CPAN admins to give me COMAINT on String-Random so I can submit new releases. FWIW, I've been buried with a data center move at work, so I've been almost completely unreachable for the last month. I've never been asked for COMAINT on one of my modules before, so I'm afraid I don't understand the implications.
Re: COMAINT on https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random
Hi Steven, thanks for returning to us. On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:56:12 -0600 Steven Pritchard st...@silug.org wrote: On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 01:35:45PM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: I have not gotten a reply from Steve since posting this message, over a month ago (and I checked my spam folder). As a result, I ask the CPAN admins to give me COMAINT on String-Random so I can submit new releases. FWIW, I've been buried with a data center move at work, so I've been almost completely unreachable for the last month. I see. Well, we had concluded you were missing-in-action, but apparently you were not. brian d foy has already given me COMAINT , and I made this new release: https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random (0.23). I've never been asked for COMAINT on one of my modules before, so I'm afraid I don't understand the implications. COMAINT is short for co-maintenance and means the co-maintainer can make submit new releases for the namespace, as well as close or change the status of bugs reports on rt.cpan.org. A co-maintainer possibly has some other privileges. See: http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html In any case, I set up a git/GitHub repository for String-Random here: https://github.com/shlomif/perl-String-Random I used https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpangitify for doing that and then added some commits of my own. Pull requests are welcome there. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- - Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ My Public Domain Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/shlomif/ I’m not an actor — I just play one on T.V. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
Re: COMAINT on https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: In any case, I set up a git/GitHub repository for String-Random here: https://github.com/shlomif/perl-String-Random I used https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpangitify for doing that and then added some commits of my own. Pull requests are welcome there. Shlomi, telling the original author that he is welcome to submit pull requests to your repository is a bit too cocky. The right thing to do is to ask him if he agrees to the comaint, if he have any repository that you can work on or should you continue using the one that you set up, and so on. See you when I'll be back, Shmuel.
Re: COMAINT on https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 09:26:33PM +0900, Shmuel Fomberg wrote: On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: In any case, I set up a git/GitHub repository for String-Random here: https://github.com/shlomif/perl-String-Random I used https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpangitify for doing that and then added some commits of my own. Pull requests are welcome there. Shlomi, telling the original author that he is welcome to submit pull requests to your repository is a bit too cocky. 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, André
Re: COMAINT on https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random
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
Re: COMAINT on https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 11:40:34AM +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote: In any case, I set up a git/GitHub repository for String-Random here: https://github.com/shlomif/perl-String-Random I used https://metacpan.org/release/App-cpangitify for doing that and then added some commits of my own. Pull requests are welcome there. Well, I've had the source available on Github for ages... https://github.com/silug/String-Random/
Re: Module to test SQL data
On 11/27/13 7:31 AM, Francesc Guasch wrote: Hi. I wrote a module to help writing tests for modules that perform operations in SQL databases. I was considering the name Test::SQL::Data In short, it helps running SQL tests: database preparing and result matching. When the module loads it prepares the database. It can be empty or pre-load some SQL data before running your code. Then you can use the module again to check if your expected results match the contents of the tables of the database. Any concerns ? Thank you. This sounds useful, but let me ask some questions that I suspect other people are thinking about as well: 1. Is this module built on the Test::Builder framework in the way that Test::Simple, Test::More, Test::Most, etc., are? 2. Is the source code publicly available somewhere, e.g., github.com? Thank you very much. Jim Keenan
Re: COMAINT on https://metacpan.org/release/String-Random
Hi All. Shlomi++ Shmuel++ Guys, calm down. I know Shlomi IRL, (even if we haven't met for a the last few years) and no need to make a big deal out of it. I'm sure that Shlomi and Steven are now talking off list about future fixes and commit bits and github repositories. Thanks Steven for your useful module, and thanks Shlomi for adopting (seemly) abandoned modules. Shmuel.
