Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-19 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, _brian_d_foy wrote: > >1. Not register it. This maintains the current situation. > Your preference against this namespace notwithstanding, what happens if some > does get a module approved in th

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, _brian_d_foy wrote: > you have quite a bit of say in this. > > here are the options i can think of, but other people might have more > ideas. > >1. Not register it. This maintains the current situation. Your preference against this namespace notwithstanding, what happens

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, _brian_d_foy wrote: > the first author to upload a new namespace effectively owns it, whether > or not they register it. no one should be able to upload something over > your namespace. > you do not need anyone's permission to upload something to CPAN. the > PAUSE admins ar

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, _brian_d_foy wrote: > I'm not going to keep arguing my case. If this is your show and I have no say > in this, then tell me explicitly what my options are, or what you are (or > aren't) going to do,

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This whole debacle with Parse::PlainConfig opens up a few questions about the > integrity of CPAN. If I am to believe brian's assertion that I proceeded with > the module with *any* consensus at all, why was I allowed to

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread Arthur Corliss
Greetings: This whole debacle with Parse::PlainConfig opens up a few questions about the integrity of CPAN. If I am to believe brian's assertion that I proceeded with the module with *any* consensus at all, why was I allowed to upload it? Allowing authors to upload willy-nilly could potentially c

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, _brian_d_foy wrote: > the only thing i see there is that Tim suggested a name. i do not > see any decision or plurality. When I applied for the Curses::* modules I was told that the absence of an objection implied acceptance. I took the advice for the name, and went with i

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arthur Corliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In short, I think you would do well to note that dumping it from CPAN would be > a disservice to those already using it, and expecting it to be there. I would > also be somewhat disheartened to have this list go back on a

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-18 Thread Arthur Corliss
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, _brian_d_foy wrote: > i don't think Parse is the right top-level namespace for this, > especially since that is not all this module does. > > besides that, i think i can incorporate the differences into > ConfigReader::Simple, since the modules are so similar. Hold on, we've

Re: Module submission Parse::PlainConfig

2003-01-17 Thread _brian_d_foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Perl Authors Upload Server <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List: > > modid: Parse::PlainConfig i don't think Parse is the right top-level namespace for this, especially since that is not all this m