On Fri, 2022-09-02 at 12:42 -0400, Patrick Joly wrote: > 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.
I wonder if Geo::Gpx was part of the Geo::Cache distribution, since I no longer appear to have Geo::Gpx listed on my Pause profile. I am embarrassed to say it has been so long since I worked with it that I have no idea. And I no longer have an git (or was it svn?) checkout of the code anywhere, so I'm not even sure where that is any more. I will do some digging today. --Rich > 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
