Re: Change in PAUSE ID approval policy

2013-04-10 Thread brian d foy
[[ This message was both posted and mailed: see the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. ]] In article , David Golden wrote: > Unless I hear violent objection (accompanied with a volunteer to take > over registration responsibilities), this will be my approval policy > going forw

Re: Change in PAUSE ID approval policy

2013-04-09 Thread Johan Vromans
> PAUSE ID's cost very little to provide. I see no reason to deny > anyone's application as long as they seem human and mention Perl. No problem, although I think it would be wise if the approval message included a short explanation where PAUSE ID's should be used for. -- Johan

Re: Change in PAUSE ID approval policy

2013-04-09 Thread David Golden
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: > On Apr 9, 2013, at 6:45, David Golden wrote: >> PAUSE ID's cost very little to provide. I see no reason to deny >> anyone's application as long as they seem human and mention Perl. > > They get an email address and a link from the CPAN s

Re: Change in PAUSE ID approval policy

2013-04-09 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Apr 9, 2013, at 6:45, David Golden wrote: > PAUSE ID's cost very little to provide. I see no reason to deny > anyone's application as long as they seem human and mention Perl. They get an email address and a link from the CPAN sites and could use both for spam.

Re: Change in PAUSE ID approval policy

2013-04-09 Thread Matt S Trout
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 09:45:18AM -0400, David Golden wrote: > Unless I hear violent objection (accompanied with a volunteer to take > over registration responsibilities), this will be my approval policy > going forward. +1 -- Matt S Trout - Shadowcat Systems - Perl consulting with a commit bit

Change in PAUSE ID approval policy

2013-04-09 Thread David Golden
With the improved spam filters in place, I've seen almost no spam "applications" for quite a while. The applications I still deny tend to be Perl users applying for a PAUSE account because they think they need one or just want one, without saying they intend to upload anything. Even with my canne