Per my previous discussion on this list, I would like to update the Alien module (manifesto) with current best practices and adding the capability of detecting an existing installation as a common-sense default that would lead to Alien::XXX modules that are much more likely to support "difficult" platforms than the current install-only practice.
I've made two email attempts to the module author and tried to reach him by phone without luck. If this is not possible, I could always release an updated manifesto in a different namespace---but that seems ugly. Thoughts? Chris
