On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Rocco Caputo wrote: > I think you can find someone to care about almost any CPAN module. > Likewise, I suspect that all but the most redundant, and perhaps > uselessly broken modules have at least one user who will be upset when > it goes away.
I mainly meant those broken modules that cannot be installed either because the world evolved or because they were never reached that point. > > For those reasons, it might be better to offer dead camels to whoever > wants to maintain them. If nobody steps forward after a time, then > consider retiring them. > > At the very least, you can say: "Don't complain! You had your chance!" > when they send you hate mail for breaking their programs. :) I though of uploading an empty version with just an explanation that the module is obsolete but keeping the previous version for some time or pointing to backpan where one can find those old versions. Gabor
