On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM Dan <gri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I (DBOOK) am interested in adopting ZEFRAM's DateTime related modules, > which are not depended on much by CPAN and have no outstanding issues > (other than Data::Pond), but which I depend on for work code. > > I primarily directly use DateTime::TimeZone::Olson, which depends on these > other modules for its functionality and which I am also prepared to > maintain: DateTime::TimeZone::Tzfile, DateTime::TimeZone::SystemV, and > Time::OlsonTZ::Data. > > Additionally, Time::OlsonTZ::Download and Data::Pond are used for the > Time::OlsonTZ::Data prebuild process, and I would like to adopt these as > well, primarily to fix an outstanding issue in Data::Pond that prevents it > from building on recent versions of perl, and to ensure Time::OlsonTZ::Data > releases can continue unimpeded with updates to the Olson timezone > database. I don't feel particularly qualified to maintain Data::Pond as it > is an XS module, but I will seek assistance from more experienced parties > as needed. > > Finally, I would like to adopt App::olson which is the primary user of all > of these modules on CPAN, in the off chance that it requires future > maintenance. > > I do not have any current plans to make new releases of these modules > other than to fix the Data::Pond issue and update Time::OlsonTZ::Data when > it is next required. I will also note that Time::OlsonTZ::Data appears to > have an automatic release process when the Olson timezone database updates, > and I do not know whether it will continue to attempt making releases. >
I will additionally request to adopt Date::ISO8601 and IPC::Filter for completeness - both relatively simple modules with no known issues that are also not used by much of anything on CPAN other than these datetime modules. -Dan
