-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 16:22:02 +0000 > Von: Neil Bowers <n...@bowers.com> > An: module-authors@perl.org > Betreff: The module authors pledge
> One of the problems I see with CPAN is that there are many modules > which have been left unattended. Many of these have outstanding bugs, > and a good number have patches and forked versions, some of which you can > find on RT. You'll also find people offering to take over the > maintainership [snip] Well, there is a good reason with forking modules. When you push the original author a bit, you can get an ignorant response [1] Maybe the namespace is so precious even if the author lost interest. Or you get no reponse and just want a fixed version anyway. CPAN: The re-invented and forked Perl wheels repository. [1]After getting no reponse for a year I spammed the guy on twitter and he replied back: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=58570 [2] Will fork it when I have the time for testing it a bit, dodn't bother replying to the ticket and just renamed the repo: https://bitbucket.org/burak/cpan-file-tailx -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone