# from David Golden
# on Friday 02 April 2010 06:01:
>> 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's not in the CPAN META spec ...
>
>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.
That was my first thought. If you've had life happen to you, what are
the chances that you'll have the time to repackage 20-odd distributions
just to add a line to the META.yml (and further, what are the chances
that your trunk hasn't changed since the last release)?
--Eric
--
... unsustainable. And that word means something -- it doesn't just
mean "we don't like it".
--Michael Pollan
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