Hi Neil, I'm fine with you deleting the old releases. I don't want to be a maintaner on this (or any other Perl) package. That includes Archive::Zip, and others.
Thanks! Ned Konz > On Jul 30, 2020, at 2:49 PM, Neil Bowers <neil.bow...@cogendo.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I’m one of the PAUSE admins, and I’m working on resolving distributions where > multiple people hold first-come permissions on packages that make up the > distribution. One of these is the Algorithm-Diff distribution. It’s a bit > complicated, so please bear with me. > > MJD did the first 5 releases, then NEDKONZ did 6 releases, and then TYEMQ did > 3 releases. > > Curiously, we’re now in the situation where ANDREWC has first-come on > Algorithm::Diff, and NEDKONZ and TYEMQ both have co-maint. > > But ANDREWC has never done a release of Algorithm-Diff; he has > Algorithm::Diff::Apply, so I’m wondering Andrew, at some point did you > include Algorithm::Diff in one of your releases? > > Algorithm::DiffOld was included in earlier releases of Algorithm-Diff, and > still appears in the CPAN Index, because NEDKONZ has old releases in his > author directory. I think we can get rid of this — see below. > > Algorithm::Diff::_impl has first-come assigned to TYEMQ, and was included in > recent releases. But no co-maint. > > Here’s what I suspect are the steps to clarify things: > • Delete the old releases from NEDKONZ’s author directory on PAUSE. I > can do that for you Ned, if you’re happy with that? > • Once they’re gone, I’ll drop the first-come on Algorithm::DiffOld > • Transfer first-come on Algorithm::Diff from ANDREWC to TYEMQ. > • If NEDKONZ still wants co-maint on this distribution, then add > co-maint for him to Algorithm::Diff::_impl > • I note as well that Algorithm::Diff could do with a bit of attention. > Tye: If you don’t have the time or inclination to maintain it, would you be > happy for me to try and find an appropriate maintainer? There are quite a few > CPAN distributions dependent on Algorithm-Diff, so we’d be careful on who > we’d consider appropriate. > How does the above sound? > > Thanks, > Neil
