In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This whole debacle with Parse::PlainConfig opens up a few questions about the > integrity of CPAN. If I am to believe brian's assertion that I proceeded with > the module with *any* consensus at all, why was I allowed to upload it? > Allowing authors to upload willy-nilly could potentially cause namespace > conflicts, could it not? the first author to upload a new namespace effectively owns it, whether or not they register it. no one should be able to upload something over your namespace. > I've never attempted to upload anything until I had (or thought I had) the > group's authorisation to do so. you do not need anyone's permission to upload something to CPAN. the PAUSE admins are the ones who add things to the Modules List. a lot of the modules in CPAN are not in the Modules List (including yours), and that is okay. -- brian d foy (one of many PAUSE admins), http://pause.perl.org please send all messages back to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
