Tim,
I'm happy to see that you uploaded NetPacket 0.03 yesterday. Even
though I haven't seen any public flames (yet), it seems I have made a
major mistake wrt CPAN etiquette. For trampling on your namespace, I
apologize.
While I did try to find you and speak with you before submitting the
update, I have since discovered that I just didn't look in the right
places.
o I sent an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you remember me
e-mailing you almost a year ago about this same bug *with* a patch?
o I tracked down your home page and found there were no updates since
the beginning of 2000.
o The last post I could find from you in the Deja usenet archive was
from November of 1999.
o I asked in #perl on EFNet and no one knew how to contact you.
I hope you don't harbor any ill feelings towards me. My goal was to get a
bugfix that significantly affected the usefulness of the TCP package out
there to people. I did not try to take credit for the modules and even
praised your hard work and creativity in the Changes file.
I am taking it as a lesson learned. I should have checked and posted
to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive before uploading.
I was a bit disappointed that you removed every reference of me from
version 0.03. Thought you would at least keep my name and e-mail address
in the AUTHOR section of NetPacket.pm or TCP.pm. It's not a big deal but
would have been a nice touch.
Best Regards,
Benjamin R. Ginter (BRG)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
