Yeah, I don't really have any involvement with it at all, I'm out of the 
ecommerce business entirely, and rarely even do anything perl-related any more, 
I'm totally fine with Ivan taking over the whole thing..


> On Aug 6, 2020, at 7:51 PM, Ivan Kohler <i...@cpan.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 10:06:33PM +0100, Neil Bowers wrote:
>> Hi Ivan and Jason,
>> 
>> I’m one of the PAUSE admins; I’m working through distributions where 
>> multiple people have first-come permissions on different 
>> packages. These days PAUSE tries to ensure that the lead author 
>> retains first-come on all packages, regardless of who first releases 
>> them[1].
>> 
>> JASONK did the first releases of Business::OnlinePayment, so has 
>> ownership of that module. Ivan has done all releases since 2004, and 
>> has ownership of all other modules in the distribution.
>> 
>> Following PAUSE’s rules, Jason should get the first-come permission on 
>> all packages, but I wonder if it would be better for Ivan to get 
>> first-come on all modules?
> 
> That does reflect the current reality, I believe.  I am the 
> current/primary maintainer and that would make it easier for future 
> delgation or handover.
> 
> Looking at the mail Jason and I exchanged, it looks like his intention 
> was to hand it off.  I don't think he has had any involvement since way 
> back then.
> 
> -- 
> Ivan Kohler
> President and Head Geek, Freeside Internet Services, Inc.  
> http://freeside.biz/
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