At 9:45 -0800 2000.11.09, Paul J. Lucas wrote:
>On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Chris Nandor wrote:
>
>> I wrote:
>> >So essentially I'm being asked to pay for his mistake of
>> >misnaming his module/distribution ...
>
>> If that is how you prefer to see it, then yes. Though I don't see it as
>> being a price to pay. I see it as action to take, but the action is not
>> negative or punitive in any way that I can tell.
>
>It's negative in that I have to take previous time to update
>all my source code, documentation, and web site.
Well, I have to take time to write these emails, too. I don't consider it
a price to pay, just something that needs to be done.
>> If Sean does not agree, then that is his business. Since his was there
>> first, it is incumbent on you to deal with that by changing the name of
>> yours, in my opinion.
>
>And as I've already /clearly/ stated /many/ times, I am /not/
>taking my precious time to contrive a new name.
Odd. If time is the issue, you could have done it already in the time
you've spent explaining why you don't want to.
>Why you
>haven't picked up on that simple fact already is beyond me.
Sorry, but your "precious time" is not all that relevant to me. I am here
to give my opinion on proper use of the CPAN. If you had taken more time
up front to make sure your name was a good one -- you admitted you knew
about it and did it anyway, so any time wasted is your own fault -- then
this would not have happened.
>If
>somebody /else/ wants to sit around for hours, days, or months
>trying to come up with a better name, /then/ he's free to
>suggest it to me.
We already did suggest other ones.
>OK, I'll try to make it painfully clear: any further discussion
>on this is a mutual waste of time. The only things I /might/
>consider and /good/ name suggestions.
Sigh. I wish you would attempt to be reasonable. Unfortunately, I see
that is not the case. Every other incident I've seen where the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] list said that a name is bad and should be changed, the
parties involved complied, even if they disagreed, because that's the way
things work. I guess there has to be a first for everything.
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