On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Jeffrey <jeffreykeg...@jeffreykegler.com> wrote: > On Mar 31, 2:51 am, tim.bu...@pobox.com (Tim Bunce) wrote: >> It would be handy if there was a way for authors to indicate that >> new maintainers are sought. Perhaps via the META.yaml/(.json) file. > > It would also be handy if that (or another) mechanism would also > indicate "orphaned modules" -- modules abandoned by the author, but > not taken up by anyone else. If nobody cares to adopt an abandoned > module, that might indicate it's a good candidate if and when we > decide to trim CPAN.
It's not in the CPAN META spec now and is not going to be in the 2.0 spec released later this year, so other mechanisms are necessary. To me, PAUSE would seem to be the right place to do it, as it doesn't require authors to re-release a distribution just to indicate a change in status. PAUSE permissions need to support "open for claiming" that would let the next upload by anyone claim the permissions. -- David
