As the author of the Net::SNMP Perl module, I have been kind of neglecting the module for the last couple of years because I changed industries and there really has not been any significant issues with the module. I did not realize that there was someone actively monitoring for "orphaned" modules. At this time I am not really ready to hand off the module to someone.
This is more of a wake up call for me to get back to playing with Perl. I might be willing to have someone aid with any changes that might need made for Perl 6 though. -David On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 3:15 AM, Jens Rehsack <rehs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am 13.10.2013 um 01:42 schrieb Wes Hardaker <w...@hardakers.net>: > > > Jens Rehsack <rehs...@gmail.com> writes: > > > >> I've seen on Neil's page (http://neilb.org/adoption/) that SNMP and > Net-SNMP are a candidates for adoption. > >> Currently I'm busy with other tasks, and if in the meantime someone > >> comes around - I would move out of the way. > > > > So, FYI: I'm heavily involved with (aka started) the Net-SNMP C library > > and corresponding SNMP perl module. Net::SNMP, on the other hand, is a > > perl module that is entirely implemented in C (unless something has > > changed) and is very very different than the SNMP module and Net-SNMP > > open source package. > > > > So... the module on the page above (listed as Net-SNMP) is actually > > Net::SNMP and is unrelated to the modules or code for which I'm > > responsible. Make sense? > > It does and doesn't :P > > The question is not, are you responsible - the question is, are you > reliable. > Perl and CPAN have an active community. SNMP hasn't been updated since 2007 > and could need a lot of enhancements. > > Further: SNMP should be a "meta-module" like JSON and switch to > Alien::SNMP or > Lib::SNMP (in favor), Net::SNMP or any other XS binding or Pure-Perl > module … > > Adopting the module would allow me to do such namespace cleanup, and having > created an own SNMP agent and wrote a lot of ASN.1 based communication > software (SNMP, SUPL, …) makes me experienced enough to honor previous > authors contribution and improve for CPAN. > > Make sense? > > Cheers > -- > Jens Rehsack > pkgsrc, Perl5 > rehs...@cpan.org > > > >
