Hi Neil, Thank you for the detailed explanation as to why this happens. I got a little impatient yesterday and chatted with mst and kid51 who also pointed out the resolution.
I'll work on what you suggested and release a new version. I must say it's been a smooth ride starting as a co maintainer but I know it's not a responsibility that is taken lightly. Thanks again. Charlie On Jun 27, 2016 4:04 AM, "Neil Bowers" <neil.bow...@cogendo.com> wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > > I am listed as a co-maintainer of the Asterisk-Perl distribution but for > some reason I don't have permission to upload this distribution. > > I know it’s a long email you get from PAUSE, but the reason is buried in > there: > > > This distribution name will only be indexed when uploaded by users with > > permission for the package asterisk::perl. > > You have permission for the individual packages in the distribution: > > Asterisk,ITCHARLIE,c > Asterisk::AGI,ITCHARLIE,c > Asterisk::Manager,ITCHARLIE,c > Asterisk::Outgoing,ITCHARLIE,c > Asterisk::QCall,ITCHARLIE,c > Asterisk::Voicemail,ITCHARLIE,c > > But a change made to PAUSE a little while ago means that a distribution > called Asterisk-Perl is expected to contain a package called > Asterisk::Perl, and you must at least have permission (co-maint or > ownership, it doesn’t matter) for the package name that matches the > distribution name. This change to PAUSE was made for security reasons[1]. > > The easiest solution would be for you to change the distribution name from > Asterisk-Perl to Asterisk, as the “Asterisk” module is already part of the > distribution. > > You should bump the release number at the same time, since the 1.04 did > make it as far as your author directory. > > Cheers, > Neil > > [1] > http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/2414/this-distribution-name-can-only-be-used-by-users-with-permission/
