Actually, I meant to list. Looks like Chris has done the right thing in trying to contact the author.
Elaine, could you enlighten us on the steps for taking over a module? [Google hasn't helped me find a useful reference]. Leon ----- Forwarded message from Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: What are the dead camels? To: Leon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 08:54:31 -0500 Did you want emails to go just to you or to the whole list?? Number::Spell by Les Howard, Last updated: Mar 11, 2000 I sent email to Les on 2002-11-07, 2003-02-05 and 2003-05-30, and received no reply any of those times. I've sent email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (which bounces) and to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I submitted my patch to rt.cpan.org this morning (I should have done that earlier, but I didn't think of it) http://search.cpan.org/author/LHOWARD/Number-Spell-0.04/ http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Number-Spell Below are the emails I sent and the patch itself. Thanks for organizing this effort! Chris On Thursday, August 7, 2003, at 05:15 AM, Leon Brocard wrote: >As a wise man once said, "This thread has been very amusing but not >very productive". > >Please reply to this email with modules that you think are dead and >that you would like to maintain. For bonus points, show that you have >tried to contact the author in the past. Otherwise, this discussion is >rather pointless. > >Leon >-- >Leon Brocard.............................http://www.astray.com/ >scribot.................................http://www.scribot.com/ > >... But my little voice TOLD me to do it! > > Email #1 --------------------------------------------------------------- From: Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu Nov 7, 2002 10:10:59 AM US/Central To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Number::Spell Les, I just discovered your Number::Spell package. Cool! In your "to do" list, you mention writing support for the word -> number conversion. Well, it's probably not really appropriate, but last month there was a Perl::Golf competition to solve that problem with the shortest program possible. The contest only requires support up to 999,999,999,999. See http://perlgolf.sourceforge.net/ and look under contest "5b". Also, I found a couple of bugs in the EU testing code. Attached is a patch to test.pl to fix them. Best wishes, Chris Dolan --------------------------------------------------------------- Email #2 --------------------------------------------------------------- From: Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed Feb 5, 2003 11:01:55 AM US/Central To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [patch] Number::Spell 0.04 improvements Attachments: There is 1 attachment [I tried sending this to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but the email bounced from spamcop.net] This is a resend of the patch I sent you last Nov 7. Instead of three patches, I made them into one. This patch (attached; made against Number::Spell v0.04) accomplishes the following improvements: * Fixes a typo in test.pl ("ninty" -> "ninety") * Adds support for negative numbers * Adds rudimentary support for decimals * Adds tests for the above two new features in test.pl If you have lost interest in this module, I'd be happy to take over maintainership for you. Chris Dolan --------------------------------------------------------------- Email #3 --------------------------------------------------------------- From: Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri May 30, 2003 10:43:41 AM US/Central To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: [patch] Number::Spell 0.04 improvements Attachments: There is 1 attachment This is my third attempted submission in six months of my Number::Spell patch. I reiterate my interest in assuming the maintainership of this module. Please respond. Your [EMAIL PROTECTED] address is still broken. Chris Dolan Begin forwarded message: > From: Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed Feb 5, 2003 11:01:55 AM US/Central > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [patch] Number::Spell 0.04 improvements > > [I tried sending this to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but the email bounced from > spamcop.net] > > This is a resend of the patch I sent you last Nov 7. Instead of three > patches, I made them into one. This patch (attached; made against > Number::Spell v0.04) accomplishes the following improvements: > > * Fixes a typo in test.pl ("ninty" -> "ninety") > * Adds support for negative numbers > * Adds rudimentary support for decimals > * Adds tests for the above two new features in test.pl > > If you have lost interest in this module, I'd be happy to take over > maintainership for you. > > Chris Dolan --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Leon Brocard.............................http://www.astray.com/ scribot.................................http://www.scribot.com/ ... A mind is a terrible thing to taste
