On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:55:13 +0200 (CEST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pstadt) wrote:
> I had some troubles with Compress::Bzip2. > This Module was uploaded in 1999 as 1.00 and never touched again. > > Maintainer is AZEMGI, but the address mentioned on > http://search.cpan.org/author/AZEMGI/ > is not vaild anymore. > But I was able to reach him (because the domain is his surname and I > played a little bit with addresses) and he said that he doesn't have > access to CPAN anymore and that he is not longer interested in > maintaining Compress-Bzip2. Hello Oliver, I found an email from October 2001 asking about taking over ownership of this module in the [EMAIL PROTECTED] archives. (I saved it because I had, at one point, also tried to use the module and found it didn't work with current bzlib, and the tests weren't really there.) The email is available at http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/modules/2001-10/msg00651.html and there is a response by Elaine Ashton at http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/modules/2001-10/msg00656.html which I suggest you read. > Is there any defined process for a module handover from him to me in CPAN? I don't speak for [EMAIL PROTECTED], but as I understand it, the easiest way is to have AZEMGI login at https://pause.perl.org/ and transfer ownership to your CPAN ID (by choosing "Edit Module Metadata", selecting "Compress::Bzip2", changing "CPAN User-ID" from "AZEMGI" to "PSTADT", and pressing "Update"). Failing that, I would suggest you email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a copy of an email from AZEMGI saying that he is handing ownership of the module to you; they may be able to transfer the ownership by hand. (However, this process may take a fairly long while, as you may be able to imagine, since it involves manual intervention.) You may, of course, redact details such as the email address or signature from the message so that they will not be archived. See also http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_maintain_module (this URL is also referenced in Elaine's response to the October 2001 enquiry). Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not to me (though you may CC me if you wish; in fact, I would appreciate it). Cheers, Philip
