Hi Justin,
> I'm experiencing some issues with a certain module named, "Badger",
>
> https://metacpan.org/pod/Badger
>
> running under newer Perls. […]
>
> They do not seem to be easily reached using polite methods:
>
> https://github.com/abw/Badger/issues/11
> <https://github.com/abw/Badger/issues/11>
Have you tried emailing him directly? His email address is listed at the bottom
of his web site:
http://www.andywardley.com
> I would love to gain co-maintainershp permissions to push this release out. I
> do not have goals to start up development of the module itself, and I do have
> the utmost respect towards the original author, given their extensive history
> of releases to the Perl community. In other words, I'm not looking to take
> over/steal this module from this author, I just want to push a release out,
> without having to create a new namespace - doing THAT won't fix my problems,
> as I have software releases that have Badger as a dependency themselves.
> Having everyone coordinate on using a slightly different module would be...
> messy. The module itself is Wizard-level to this run-of-the-mill Perl guy.
I’ve bcc’d Andy on this email. This may nudge him to do a release, or possibly
to give you co-maint.
Cheers,
Neil