IMO, reply-to-all is an extra step. Sorry 'bout that.
On 8/14/06, Scott Elcomb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/14/06, James E Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ovid wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > No names, but if you happen to be sitting on a module which other people depend on and you're not going to fix bugs, give up the module, offer someone co-maintainership or figure out *something* which gives users a way out. I realize that not everyone has a pile of free time to constantly upgrade and maintain modules, but if it's something widely used and you don't have time for it, isn't the responsible thing to find a way to get those bug fixes out there? > > Cheers, > > Ovid > > > > This bears upon issues I discussed in a presentation at YAPC::NA::2006 > in Chicago the month before last > (http://thenceforward.net/perl/yapc/YAPC-NA-2006/chicago.html). > > In the subsequent discussion, people suggested that we need the following: > > 1. Place for current module authors/maintainers who wish to transfer > maintenance of certain modules to so indicate. Vote: yeah. > 2. Place for people who are willing to take over maintenance of CPAN > modules to so indicate. Vote: yeah. > 3. (And this is the delicate part ...) A way to encourage > authors/maintainers whose code needs transfer to a new maintainer to > effect that. Delicate isn't something I'm good at. Please. -- Scott Elcomb http://atomos.sourceforge.net/ http://search.cpan.org/~selcomb/SAL-3.03/ http://psema4.googlepages.com/ "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
-- Scott Elcomb http://atomos.sourceforge.net/ http://search.cpan.org/~selcomb/SAL-3.03/ http://psema4.googlepages.com/ "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
