Hi Shawn, On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:06:10 -0400 Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 01 May 2015 09:02:08 +1000 > Dean Hamstead <d...@fragfest.com.au> wrote: > > > Emailing the authors of modules who's last release was 10+ years ago > > seems like a sensible first step. Especially if there is a clear list > > of next steps (i.e. give it up for adoption). Possibly this should be > > a normal part of PAUSE. > > I haven't touch my modules for a long time; it might be 10 years. :) According to https://metacpan.org/author/SHCOREY their latest releases were on August 2009 - so about 6 years ago. > They just work. So far, the only bug reports are that they don't work > with v5.6 and I'm too lazy to fix them. > In that case, you should either fix them on perl-5.6.x or alternatively set a minimal version of perl in META.yml/the code ("use 5.008;") / etc. This is also mentioned in the optional Kwalitee tests here: http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/author/SHCOREY This is also of relevance to this discussion: http://perl.plover.com/yak/12views/samples/notes.html#sl-9 Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Buffy Factoids - http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Buffy/ NASA Uses COBOL. — http://is.gd/ClKAz5 Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
