Hi everyone, Just a follow-up on this, I now see that I have permissions to co-maintain the Geo::Cache namespace but just to clarify, it's the Geo::Gpx one that I am interested in. :)
Thanks for looking into this! Not sure if it's labour day week-end in your area of the world, but if it is, wish you all a fabulous week-end regardless. Cheers, Patrick On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 11:22 PM Patrick Joly <patjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >
