> To make life easier for the perl modules cabal, how about a voluntary >> pledge[*], which module authors can take publically, and in particular >> can take to modu...@perl.org. I'll be emailing the following to >> modu...@perl.org: >> > No. The license chaos is enough as it now is.
> >> I hereby give modu...@perl.org permission to grant co-maintainership >> to any of my modules, if the following conditions are met: >> >> (1) I haven't released the module for a year or more >> > Complete modules don't get re-released, so this condition cannot be sufficient on its own ... oh, that doesn't say "any of the..." does it. Sorry. > (2) There are outstanding issues on RT which need addressing >> (3) Email to my CPAN email address hasn't been answered after a month >> (4) The requester wants to make worthwhile changes that will benefit >> CPAN >> >> So, what do y'all think? >> > I think this is not necessary at all. I think you have pretty much described the current standards for granting takeover. I think the barrier to making local forks is already very low and there is no reason to switch the whole thing to Git. I think CPAN is fine as it is. -- "One only understands the things that one tames" -- the fox
