Re: Renaming a perl module/dist

2009-08-11 Thread Steffen Schwigon
Paul LeoNerd Evans writes: > I have a one-module dist that I'd like to rename. How problematic will > this be? > > I know I could just upload new dist with new module, and get things to > use that instead, and just abandon the old one. Seems a bit harsh. IMHO it's not harsh at all but provides th

Re: Renaming a perl module/dist

2009-08-11 Thread Paul LeoNerd Evans
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 07:09:04AM -0400, Shawn H. Corey wrote: > How many people are using it? Would they be upset if you changed > the name? Don't forget, when you place a module in CPAN, it is no > longer entirely yours. People have invested time to use your module > and consider it as much t

Re: Renaming a perl module/dist

2009-08-11 Thread Shawn H. Corey
Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote: I have a one-module dist that I'd like to rename. How problematic will this be? How many people are using it? Would they be upset if you changed the name? Don't forget, when you place a module in CPAN, it is no longer entirely yours. People have invested time to

Re: Renaming a perl module/dist

2009-08-11 Thread Curtis Jewell
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:57 +0100, "Paul LeoNerd Evans" wrote: > I have a one-module dist that I'd like to rename. How problematic will > this be? > > I know I could just upload new dist with new module, and get things to > use that instead, and just abandon the old one. Seems a bit harsh. > > I c

Renaming a perl module/dist

2009-08-11 Thread Paul LeoNerd Evans
I have a one-module dist that I'd like to rename. How problematic will this be? I know I could just upload new dist with new module, and get things to use that instead, and just abandon the old one. Seems a bit harsh. I could upload one last copy of the old module (which, being an object class) c