Thanks Rich for your quicky reply and support, it's much appreciated. I checked some of the FAQs about CPAN today and this page seems to indicate procedures for adding co-maintainers or transfer of ownership. However, that presumes you still have or remember your login credentials.
https://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html#set-primary-maintainer I requested as user ID today from CPAN and it is PATJOL Thanks again Rich! Patrick On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 8:21 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2022-08-27 at 13:19 -0400, Patrick Joly wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed on CPAN that module Geo::Gpx > > (https://metacpan.org/pod/Geo::Gpx) is looking for a new maintainer. > > I would be glad to help and can offer to look after it. I have been > > using that very useful module for years to manage my Gpx files after > > my bike rides and want to ensure it lives on. > > That's very cool. I had no idea anyone else ever used it. > > > > > I created a repo on Github here (https://github.com/patjoly/geo-gpx) > > where I tweaked it by adding a class (Geo::Gpx::Point) to store and > > provide methods for the 'points' array of Geo::Gpx instances. The > > structure of the hash for the point is the same, it's just that it > > is blessed into that class so that Gpx points now know what they can > > do. There aren't that many methods so far but I intend to build more > > similar to the ones I have for Garmin trackpoints another module I > > have on github (see https://github.com/patjoly/garmin-tcx). > > > > I just made Garmin::TCX public today to give you a glimpse of where > > I am coming from but it's not ready for prime time. In that repo, I > > have a class called Garmin::TCX::Trackpoints similar to > > Geo::Gpx::Points where I do distance calculation by leveraging > > Geo::Calc to find points closest to a point on track, split a track > > based on distance from a point, etc. I would like to use more of > > these methods for Geo::Gxp::Point and possibly Geo::GPX. I also > > provide methods to convert points from TCX to GPX (and vice-versa > > with the 'with-tcx' branch of ::Gpx) > > > > I plan on renaming that Garmin module to Geo::TCX and propose it for > > CPAN so it could live happily along side Geo::Gpx. > > This is all very cool stuff, and I'm so pleased that you've breathed > new life into the module. > > > > > Now, a bit about me. I am *not* a developer, my background is in > > economics and stats and I just happen to code for the fun of it, > > personal projects, etc. I have never posted anything on CPAN but > > there are enough resources out there that I can surely figure out > > how to do that. > > > > So what I am saying is I want to help, but I am not a professional. > > I was until this point happy to just fork the module but if it's no > > longer being maintained.... Caveating this because I do not want to > > give the impression that I master the ins and outs of Geo::Gpx, I > > don't, but as I am debugging it to modify it to my liking, I am > > growing a functional grasp of how it works and parse the xml in > > chunks, descends into the xml to parse tags as they appear, etc. > > That said, even though I am just a hobbyist, I have been using and > > creating modules/classes on and off in perl for 20 years, have > > experience in python, R as well. > > > > Happy to hear your thoughts/reaction. > > > I, also, am not a developer, although I suppose I was at one point. > > I haven't touched any of my stuff on CPAN for at least 10 years, and > would be *delighted* to have one (or more!!) of my modules find a new > home. > > Please let me know what I need to do to facilitate the transfer of the > namespace, because I really don't know any more. > > --Rich >
