Re: INGENICO user & download of "perl-5.38.2"

2024-03-20 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Adriano, The account has been secured, and original settings restored, and the rogue files have been deleted. Cheers, Neil On 20 Mar 2024 at 09:28 +, Adriano Ferreira , wrote: > > It seems the user "INGENICO" has been hacked – the user updates have flowed > into this mailing list as well

Re: Urgent Assistance Needed: Company Account Hacked

2024-03-22 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Franco, This message is just to you, and copied to the public PAUSE admins list. I'm sending this to put on the record that we have removed the dodgy uploads, reset your account, and you are now back in control of the account. Cheers, Neil

Re: MIME-tools not updating to 5.515

2024-04-25 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Dianne, > I uploaded MIME-tools-5.515 yesterday, but it still doesn't show up on > CPAN... the latest version listed is still 5.514. Is something wrong > with the CPAN infrastructure? My CPAN ID is DSKOLL. Your 5.514 release was successfully indexed by PAUSE, so it is now listed as the latest

Re: Mustache::Simple is an orphan package

2024-05-03 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Sven, If you want to do a release to fix Mustache::Simple, you need to get the co-maint indexing permission, which gives you the right to do a release. That release will be under your name – you can't do a release under someone else's name. More information about how to do that can be found

Re: Failed: PAUSE indexer report TEODESIAN/URI-Shorten-0.001.tar.gz

2024-05-07 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi George, The reason your URI-Shorten-0.001 release wasn't added to the index is because the distribution name didn't match the module name. Your module is called URI::Shortener, but the distribution name is URI::Shorten. For security reasons, PAUSE requires that a distribution called Foo-Bar

Re: Adopt Sub::Pipeline?

2024-05-07 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Chris, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just transferred the first-come indexing permission on Sub::Pipeline to you. Cheers, Neil On 22 Apr 2024 at 07:53 +0100, Christos Argyropoulos , wrote: > Hello, > > I'm interested in adopting the Sub::Pipeline module. If you can grant me the > privi

Co-maint granted on Log-Contextual

2024-05-17 Thread Neil Bowers
Just for the record - I've given HAARG co-maint on Log-Contextual, with FREW's blessing. Neil

Re: Adopt Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper?

2024-05-21 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Wendy, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. > I'm interested in adopting the Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper module. > If you can grant me the privilege I will release the next version I need to know your PAUSE account name – I can't find you in the user list. If you don't have an account, you can

Re: Request to remove Chart::Graph from cpan/metacpan

2024-05-23 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Alex, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. > What is the procedure to get [Chart::Graph] unlisted so we can responsibly > shut down our c...@caida.org alias, as it was only used for listing at CPAN You have several options, the main ones being: 1. You can put the module up for adoption. This leaves

Re: The AECOOPER Account On The Pause Server

2024-05-24 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Anthony, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've updated your AECOOPER account with your new email address, and we've unlocked your account, so once you've set your password (if you've forgotten it), you should be able to log in again. Happy uploading, Neil

Re: Request to remove Chart::Graph from cpan/metacpan

2024-05-24 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Alex, > Let's put it up for adoption then, though I don't think this will be useful > to anyone anylonger. Great. I've just transferred ownership to the special ADOPTME user, which flags it as being available for adoption. If you look at this page, you can see how MetaCPAN flags the adoptab

Re: Request to remove Chart::Graph from cpan/metacpan

2024-05-24 Thread Neil Bowers
the > c...@caida.org from the AUTHOR section of that page? I've given up on > updating the documentation itself, but i'm talking about the content on the > main listing at https://metacpan.org/pod/Chart::Graph#CONTACT and > https://metacpan.org/pod/Chart::Graph#AUTHOR >

Re: Delete PAUSE account

2024-05-29 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Rafa, I can blank out the details on your account, so it doesn't have your name or email address associated with it, and then mark it as available for deletion. Are you ok with that? Cheers, Neil On 24 May 2024 at 22:43 +0100, Rafa Casado , wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to delete my PAUSE ac

PAUSE indexer failed to index TableData-Business-ID-BPOM-NutritionLabelRef releases

2024-06-05 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Perlancar, Your releases of the distribution TableData-Business-ID-BPOM-NutritionLabelRef aren't being indexed, because you've hidden the package statement in TableDataRole::Business::ID::BPOM::NutritionLabelRef so that the PAUSE indexer can't see it. PAUSE now requires that the releaser ha

Re: DDRP login

2024-06-05 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Duncan, Sorry - we set your account back to allow login, but then I forgot to email you that it had been sorted. Cheers, Neil On 5 Jun 2024 at 06:31 +0100, Duncan Ross Palmer <2e0...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Any chance of an update on this?  I'd like to update libtest-module-runnable > ;( > > >

CPAN indexing issue with your config distribution

2024-06-06 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Yaroslav, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. You've done a number of releases of your "config" distribution, but you may have noticed that it's never been indexed by PAUSE, which means it doesn't show up in your list of releases on MetaCPAN, for example: https://metacpan.org/author/DART T

Re: Account set to nologin

2024-06-10 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Paul, I've remove the login block on your PBOYD account, so you should be able to log in now. Cheers, Neil

Re: password reset

2024-06-12 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Paul, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just removed the login block on your account. Cheers, Neil On Jun 11, 2024 at 11:20 PM +0100, prj via modules , wrote: > Hi. I haven't logged into PAUSE in several years, so I just reset my > password and tried to log in, but I get this message: > > Use

Re: Question on a CPAN::Mini::Inject takeover with actual perms but questionable process (cc fixed)

2024-06-13 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Christian, & co, The foundational principle here is that the first-come has control of the indexing permissions, and thus who gets to release, and as a result, has control over what goes in releases. Where a first-come is non-responsive, then a PAUSE admin can make a decision that they feel

Re: PAUSE login

2024-06-14 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Tony, I've removed the "nologin" block on your account. Apologies for taking so long - I had missed your email when it first arrived. Cheers, Neil

Re: Adopt Geo::Coordinates::ITM?

2024-06-14 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Enric, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. What's your PAUSE account name please? I can't transfer the first-come indexing permission to you unless I know your PAUSE id. Neil On May 27, 2024 at 2:49 AM +0100, Enric Miranda Muñoz , wrote: > Hello, > > I'm interested in adopting the Geo::Coordinates

Re: Maintaining List::Gen

2024-06-19 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Jörg, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've emailed Eric (ASG) to ask if he's happy for me to give you co-maint on his behalf. Cheers, Neil On May 17, 2024 at 10:36 PM +0100, Jörg Sommrey , wrote: > Hi all, > > there are some long standing unresolved issues with List::Gen that I'd > like to reso

Re: Mustache::Simple is an orphan package

2024-06-19 Thread Neil Bowers
es updated, > and people with access to the github archived it and I think they do > not want to be reminded > more. > > https://github.com/CliffS/mustache-simple/issues/9 > > Best, > > > On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 5:44 AM Neil Bowers wrote: > > > > Hi Sven, >

Re: User 'PTLMRCH' set to nologin.

2024-06-20 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi David, > User 'PTLMRCH' set to nologin [...] > Please let me know what I might do to proceed You've done it! I've just removed the block on your account, so you should be able to log in (or reset your password, if you've forgotten it). Cheers, Neil

Re: PAUSE login issue

2024-06-20 Thread Neil Bowers
Just for the record: I've unlocked Ashish's account. His emails were delayed, so he emailed me directly. Neil On Jun 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM +0100, Ashish Gulhati , wrote: > Hi there > > I'm unable to log in to my PAUSE account. After authenticating, I get > the message: > > --- > > Error > > User

PerformanceHub - distribution not being indexed

2024-06-24 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. You've hopefully noticed that your JavonetPerlSdk releases aren't being indexed. This is because the distribution doesn't include a module called JavonetPerlSdk. To prevent one CPAN author causing problems in another author's namespace, PAUSE requires that a di

PerformanceHub - modules not being indexed

2024-06-24 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Paul, I'm contacting you wearing my PAUSE admin hat. I noticed that with the last two releases of your Data-Checks distribution, the module Data::Checks::Builder wasn't updated in the index. This is because in the 0.01 release, you set the version of the Data::Checks::Builder to 0.42:     

Re: login issues

2024-06-24 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Elisa, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just removed the lock on your account, so you should be able to log in now. Cheers, Neil

Re: Reennable login for SIMONW

2024-06-25 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Simon, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just unlocked your account, so you should be able to log in again now. Cheers, Neil

Re: [OT] is Regexp::Common still active?

2024-06-25 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Alceu, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. Not sure if Abigail is on this list, but I'll email them and see if they're open to giving co-maint. I think in the past someone else asked for co-maint and was politely turned down. Requests for co-maint on CPAN distributions should be directed, or at lea

Re: Adopt Image::JPEG::Size?

2024-07-04 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Robert, I've just made you the primary maintainer of Image::JPEG::Size. Thank you for taking this on. Neil

Re: Pause access

2024-07-08 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Ziya, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just unlocked your account. If you can remember your password, you should be able to log in again. Otherwise you'll now be able to reset your password. Cheers, Neil On 7 Jul 2024 at 05:07 +0100, Ziya , wrote: > Hi there > > It looks like I lost access

Re: Re-enable my PAUSE account?

2024-07-08 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi David, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just unlocked your account. Cheers, Neil

Re: PAUSE password reset

2024-07-08 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I've unlocked your PAUSE account. Cheers, Neil On 7 Jul 2024 at 01:24 +0100, JtR , wrote: > Seems like I can't login to reset my compromised password, :/ > > Let me know what is needed to prove I own the account. thanks. > > -- > == ==##

Re: Username set to NOLOGIN

2024-07-09 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Bruno, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just unlocked your account. Cheers, Neil

Re: Failed: PAUSE indexer report BPS/RT-Extension-FormTools-1.10.tar.gz

2024-07-10 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi BPS, In your release of RT-Extension-FormTools, you included a module HTML::Mason::Commands. This wasn't indexed (the rest of the release was), because there's a module of that name in the HTML-Mason distribution, and indexing permissions associated with that. To avoid this sort of clash, t

Re: Failed: PAUSE indexer report BPS/RT-Extension-FormTools-1.10.tar.gz

2024-07-10 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Jim, > We don't want HTML::Mason::Commands indexed in this context. > I'll try adding that directory to no_index in the META file. Since you're using the package name inside Web_Vendor.pm, that's a safe way to go. >  Out of curiosity, I searched for HTML::Mason::Commands on metacpan and > d

Re: Maintaining List::Gen

2024-07-15 Thread Neil Bowers
After trying to contact the author of List::Gen, and failing, I have now given Jörg co-maint. Thank you for your patience Jörg. Neil On 19 Jun 2024 at 10:05 +0100, Neil Bowers , wrote: > Hi Jörg, > > I'm one of the PAUSE admins. > > I've emailed Eric (ASG) to ask if he&#

Re: Access to old account

2024-07-23 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Drew, I've unlocked your DREWF account, so you should be able to log in or reset the password if you've forgotten it. And yes, once you've got access, you'll be able to change the email address associated with your account. Cheers, Neil

Re: CPAN account recovery

2024-07-26 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Jeremy, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've re-enabled your account, so you should be able to log in now. Cheers, Neil

Re: Problem with MetaCPAN when submitting updated distribuction

2024-07-26 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Jacques, I can see the 0.3.0 release both in the CPAN Index and showing up on MetaCPAN, so it looks like everything is ok now? Cheers, Neil

Re: Error logging in to PAUSE

2024-07-28 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Dan, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just unlocked your account, so you should be able to log in now. Cheers, Neil On 27 Jul 2024 at 22:29 +0100, Dan Barbarito , wrote: > I am seeing the following error: > > Error > User 'BARBARITO' set to nologin. Many users with an insecure password have

Re: User 'PENMA' set to nologin

2024-08-06 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Lara, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've unlocked your PAUSE account, so you should be able to log in now. Cheers, Neil

Re: Failed: PAUSE indexer report ETJ/PDL-Opt-NonLinear-0.09.tar.gz

2024-08-06 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Ed & Grégory, I've just transferred the first-come indexing permission from EDJ to ETJ, for the *PDL* packages where the perms had been accidentally transferred to EDJ instead of EDJ. Cheers, Neil

Re: User set to nologin

2024-08-14 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Thomas, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. > I recently tried to login to pause.perl.org with username tminney in order to > delete the account as I no longer use it. > Please can you help delete the account. Can you confirm that you would still like your account deleted? As you have 3 releases i

Re: PAUSE is throwing me error: User 'PERLBOY' set to nologin.

2024-08-14 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Niels, I've unlocked your PAUSE account PERLBOY, so you should be able to log in again, and upload that new version of one of your modules :-) Cheers, Neil

Re: Logging in PAUSE

2024-08-15 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Alexander, I've unlocked your PAUSE account, so you should now be able to log in. Cheers, Neil

Re: Adoption of some of ABELTJE's modules

2024-08-19 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Ruth, I've transferred the first-come indexing permissions to you for the following distributions that were Abe's: • Dancer-Plugin-RPC • Dancer-Plugin-RPC-RESTISH • Dancer2-Plugin-RPC • Dancer2-Plugin-RPC-RESTISH • Test-DBIC-Pg • Test-DBIC-SQLite Thanks for taking these on, and ensuring Abe

Re: Adopt Set::Tiny?

2024-08-20 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Graham, I've just transferred first-come on Set::Tiny to you. Cheers, Neil

Re: Adopting Archive::Tar::Wrapper CPAN module

2024-08-20 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Michael (MSCHILLI), If you're happy for Graham to have co-maint, or even to take the first-come indexing permission from you, you can just reply to this email and I'll make the change on your behalf. Cheers, Neil On 20 Aug 2024 at 12:57 +0100, Graham Knop , wrote: > Hello. > > I would like t

Re: Adopting Archive::Tar::Wrapper CPAN module

2024-08-21 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Mike, Thanks for that - I've transferred first-come on Archive::Tar::Wrapper to Graham (HAARG). Here's what I think happened: • You did the first N releases of Archive-Tar-Wrapper, from 2005 to 2015. As a result, you had the first-come indexing permission. • You gave co-maint on it to ARFRE

Re: My account set to nologin

2024-09-17 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Jan, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just re-enabled your account, so you should be able to log in now. Cheers, Neil On 17 Sep 2024 at 05:41 +0100, Jan Eskilsson , wrote: > Hello > > > I tried to set a new password but i still get the message that my account > JANESKIL is set to nologin :-

Re: Trying to reset my password

2024-09-17 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Paul, I'm one of the PAUSE admins. I've just unlocked your account, so you should be able to log in now. Cheers, Neil On 17 Sep 2024 at 05:41 +0100, Paul Jacobs , wrote: > Hi, I was just getting back into an account I haven't touched for quite a > while, and it first forced me to change my p

two Heap modules

2000-03-12 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear modulers, There are two Heap modules: /modules/by-authors/id/MJD/Heap-0.10.tar.gz /modules/by-authors/id/JMM/Heap-0.01.tar.gz These are very different, and one of them is required by Jarkko's graph modules (JMM's). A search for "Heap" on search.cpan.org only turns up MJD's

Graph-ReadWrite

2001-01-22 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], I've got a set of modules I'd release as a distribution called Graph-ReadWrite. These are classes for reading and writing directed graphs, represented in Perl using Jarkko's Graph class(es). Hey Jarkko, are you there? There are two base classes: Graph::Reader

AppConfig::Std

2001-02-28 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I'd like to release my module AppConfig::Std to CPAN. This is a subclass of Andy Wardley's AppConfig module (for defining and handling config parameters, from the command-line, config file, etc). The idea is to provide some basic standardisation for perl scripts. It defines and handles 5 sta

Re: modules/by-module/AppConfig/

2001-03-11 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Andreas, et al, I thought I'd donate some tuits to the module list. These are mainly new / updated entries for my things, but I've also noted entries not currently in the list which could be. 01234567890123

Request for feedback: interface to 06perms.txt

2012-10-12 Thread Neil Bowers
I've created an interface to PAUSE's 06perms.txt file, which currently contains two classes: PAUSE::PermissionsFile Module::Permissions Here's example usage: use PAUSE::PermissionsFile; $pp = PAUSE::PermissionsFile->new; $mp = $pp->module_permissions('HTTP::Client'); $owner= $mp->owner; @

Re: Request for feedback: interface to 06perms.txt

2012-10-16 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Shlomi, Thanks for your thoughts. >> PAUSE::PermissionsFile >> Module::Permissions > > Preferably, those two classes should be under the same namespace. Yeah, I realised that as I continued working on it. They are now. I'm leaning towards PAUSE::Permissions now, but am waiting to see what A

rename Mail::Sendgrid in modules list

2012-10-16 Thread Neil Bowers
Can you change Mail::Sendgrid to Mail::SendGrid in the registered modules list for me (NEILB) please? Thanks, Neil

co-maint of Crypt::RandPasswd

2012-11-21 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, Can you give me co-maint on Crypt::RandPasswd please? The original author is John Douglas Porter (JDPORTER). I first emailed him on 13th August, and again on 16th September, but have had no response. I previously emailed you (PAUSE admins) requesting co-maint 2 months ago (20th September).

PAUSE permissions should be case insensitive

2013-02-14 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I recently got bitten by installing File::Stat on my Mac, as it superseded File::stat, the core module. This broken various things, but I only discovered this when two CPAN authors emailed me about some failing reports I sent to CPAN testers (I'm using CPAN::Reporter). I discovered there ar

Re: PAUSE permissions should be case insensitive

2013-02-15 Thread Neil Bowers
> http://github.com/andk/pause > > Code speaks louder than words. Heh. I already have it forked, but thanks anyway. > (I'm not sure what my opinion is, but I am sure that this isn't going to go > anywhere without working code :) It'll be a fun challenge, but to be honest I don't want to invest

ADOPTME vs HANDOFF

2013-08-10 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I've been looking at the ADOPTME and HANDOFF pseudo-user permissions, as described in the Lancaster Consensus. This is as part of my project to try and identify CPAN distributions that might be candidates for adoption. There are two areas where things weren't entirely clear. First, here's a

Apache::OneTimeURL and HouseURL

2013-08-10 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, Can you give me primary ownership of Apache::OneTimeURL and HouseURL please? These are in the Apache-OneTimeURL dist, which was released by Simon Cozens. HouseURL has ADOPTME, but Apache::OneTimeURL doesn't. I'd like to do a release that doesn't contain HouseURL. I note that Apache::OneTim

Re: ADOPTME vs HANDOFF

2013-08-11 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi David, > As I mentioned in my response, per Lancaster, ADOPTME means that PAUSE > admins can transfer permissions without contacting the author (usually > because that's already been attempted and failed). HANDOFF does not > allow PAUSE admins to make changes. > > Put differently, ADOPTME is

Re: Apache::OneTimeURL and HouseURL

2013-08-16 Thread Neil Bowers
> I've made you co-maint of Apache::OneTimeURL. Thanks Ron. I've released a new version to CPAN without HouseURL. I've asked Simon Cozens to remove his old release from CPAN -- once he's done that I'll email again and ask you to delete all permissions for HouseURL. Cheers, Neil

Looking to adopt 'enum' distribution

2013-08-21 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, This is really just advance notice that I will be asking for co-maint on the 'enum' dist: https://metacpan.org/release/enum This was written by Byron Brummer, and last released in 1999 (the last time Byron Brummer released anything). His CPAN email address bounces, as did the other email a

Re: Looking to adopt 'enum' distribution

2013-08-21 Thread Neil Bowers
> Try the email address listed here: > http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2007-01/0768.shtml Thanks David. Unfortunately it bounced as well :-( Neil

Please drop ADOPTME from HouseURL

2013-08-22 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear PAUSE Admins, Can you drop ADOPTME from the HouseURL module please? It was originally included in Simon Cozens' Apache-OneTimeURL distribution. Simon told me in email that it shouldn't really have ever been included. I was given co-maint of Apache::OneTimeURL and did a release of Apache-One

Namespace clash over 'enum' with CORBA-IDL

2013-09-02 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi François,I have recently taken over maintenance of the 'enum' module on CPAN. I tried to release a new version to PAUSE, but the indexing failed because you have permissions for the Enum module, which you included in an earlier release of your CORBA-IDL distribution.I noticed that in version 2.6

Can I have ownership of Net::Dict please?

2013-11-15 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I took over Net::Dict from DIMRUB in 2001, after he did 3 initial releases in 1999. I've done releases since then (with a big gap), including one just now. Some ABIGAIL has accidentally been given co-maint of Net::Dict, and in email to me he just said: > I certainly haven't asked for that,

Re: HTML::Summary

2014-01-07 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Tony, > Thanks Brian but I don't seem to have a username or password for this system. > It's been a while since i last accessed it (possibly a decade or so). > > Can you advise please? No worries -- someone has transferred the permission to me. I thought you might have remembered it, but cl

Please remove Win32::FUtils from user JOCASA

2014-01-16 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear PAUSE Admins, Please can you remove the following files for user JOCASA: futils.02Jun96.readme futils.02Jun96.zip This contains the module Win32::FUtils, released by Joe Casadonte in 1996. The module appears in 02packages.details.txt Win32::FUtils undef J/JO/JOCASA/fut

Re: Co-maint for Pod::Escapes

2014-02-08 Thread Neil Bowers
Just to close the loop... > Hm, odd... > CPAN shows my last release, 1.04, as being the most current release of the > module, anywhere: > http://search.cpan.org/~sburke/Pod-Escapes-1.04/ > > ~But~ as I look in PAUSE, I don't see it as belonging to me at all. > Owner: ARANDAL > Co-ma

Re: Co-maint for Pod::Escapes

2014-02-09 Thread Neil Bowers
>> And then my email to the PAUSE admins got spam blocked, as often happens. > > I'd like to discuss this issue. > > [...] there is no sign of my message until hours later again. > > Is that by chance what you're referring to, Neil? Yes. If I email this list (and I think this is true for any pe

Re: Deleting old modules. WAS: Re: Co-maint for Pod::Escapes

2014-02-09 Thread Neil Bowers
> [confessions of being an arms dealer in Thailand deleted] > > Can I delete (some) old items from here...? > http://search.cpan.org/~sburke/ > > And: How?-- Is it just a matter of jumping into PAUSE and deleting them from > my home PAUSE directory and then things are automatic? Yes, if you l

Adopting Pod-Escapes?

2014-02-09 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, Pod::Escapes was created by Sean M Burke in 2001 and last released in 2004. 06perms lists the permissions as: Pod::Escapes,ARANDAL,f Pod::Escapes,LTOETSCH,c Neither of whom have done a release. I know that Sean has retired from the Perl world, and left instructions for some of his dists. I

Can I have co-maint permissions on String::Parity?

2014-03-22 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear PAUSE Admins, Can you give me co-maint on String::Parity please? I first emailed the author (WINKO) on 16th February this year, but her CPAN email address bounces. I tracked down another email address, but haven't had a response from that. The module was last released in 1996, so I suspec

Re: Can I have co-maint permissions on String::Parity?

2014-03-23 Thread Neil Bowers
> I can't find the cc to modules@ for that email. I've almost never cc'd earlier emails to authors to modules@perl.org, is that the expectation now? > Unsure why you think WINKO is female Just because it sounded like Winifred. Just checked online, and indeed it is a male name. > I can't find

Re: Module::InstalledVersion

2014-06-05 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Alex, > Yeah, ok, I buggered this up somehow and now nobody is maintainer. Not sure > how to fix. Horrified to learn I am actually a PAUSE admin (still! after not > logging for the best part of a decade!) but am in no way confident in trying > to fix my screwup. I just grabbed a copy of 06p

Re: Module::InstalledVersion

2014-07-18 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, On 1 Jun 2014, at 16:44, Alex Bayley wrote: > PAUSE admins (Cc'd) -- can you please remove me from PAUSE adminship, and > also transfer ownership of Module::InstalledVersion to NEILB as above? Can you transfer ownership as per Alex's request please? I've nudged him a few times to ask him t

Lingua::EN::Numbers and friends

2011-09-28 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I've recently been looking at modules for spelling out numbers in English, and ended up posting a review on blogs.perl.org: http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2011/09/cpan-modules-for-spelling-out-numbers-in-english.html In doing this I've submitted bugs and/or patches on all 4 modul

Re: New module Mail::Sendgrid

2011-10-07 Thread Neil Bowers
> The next version of the Module List will list the following module: > > modid: Mail::Sendgrid I've realised that they call themselves SendGrid, not Sendgrid, so can you change the name to: Mail::SendGrid please? Sorry for the hassle. cheers, Neil

HTTP::Headers::UserAgent

2011-11-11 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I'd like to be granted maintenance of the module HTTP::Headers::UserAgent please. There are currently two registered authors: John Neystadt (JNEYSTADT) who released version 1.00 in 1998. Ivan Kohler (IVAN) who released a couple of versions, most recently 3.

Lingua::EN::Numbers - request for co-maintainer status

2011-11-11 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, I'd like to be granted co-maintainer status on Lingua::EN::Numbers. The current version is 1.01, release by Sean Burke 2005-01-06. He took over the module from Stephen Pandich and completely rewrote it. I wrote a review of modules for spelling out numbers in English: http://blogs.p

The CPAN Covenant

2011-11-17 Thread Neil Bowers
A week ago I posted a proposal for a voluntary pledge, which CPAN module authors could sign up to. With Bill Ward's tweak to the wording, the discussion on per-distribution stating, and generalising the RT point: I hereby give modules@perl.org permission to grant co-maintainership to [% dist

Re: The CPAN Covenant

2011-11-21 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Steffen, >>I hereby give modules@perl.org permission to grant co-maintainership >>to [% distribution %], if all the following conditions are met: > > Refer to the "PAUSE administrators" instead of modules@perl.org? A mailing > list is a weird thing to carry authority. :) Ah, that's t

Looking for co-maint on a module

2011-12-06 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, This is to let you know that I may be asking for co-main on Geo::Coder::HostIP in 3 weeks or so. The module was written by Séan Cannon (DODGER), and last released in April 2007. I've reported some bugs (in RT), and have mailed Séan saying that I've created fixes, and put them on github. I o

Looking for nightcat (LINC)

2011-12-13 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, Does anyone have contact details, or even know the name of Nightcat (PAUSE id LINC)? (S)he has three dists on CPAN, including HTTP::Client. I've fixed a number of bugs in HTTP::Client, and mailed the address registered with PAUSE, but that results in a bounce (no such mailbox). None of the

Fwd: Looking for Sean Cannon (DODGER)

2011-12-22 Thread Neil Bowers
I'll mail you again late December / early January, as one month hasn't quite passed yet for Geo::Coder::HostIP. cheers, Neil Begin forwarded message: > From: "John M. Gamble" > Subject: Re: Looking for Sean Cannon (DODGER) > Date: 21 December 2011 19:40:07 GMT

Requesting co-maint on Geo::Coder::HostIP and HTML::ParseBrowser

2012-01-06 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear PAUSE Admins, Can you give me co-maint on the following modules please: Geo::Coder::HostIP HTML::ParseBrowser These are both from Seán Cannon (DODGER), who I've been unable to contact. I first emailed Sean about HTML::ParseBrowser on October 10th 2011, and about Geo::Coder::

Request co-maint on HTML::ParseBrowser

2012-01-11 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, Can you give me co-maint on HTML::ParseBrowser please? I first contacted the author (Sean Cannon, DODGER) about this on October 10th 2011, while working on my review of UserAgent modules: http://blogs.perl.org/users/neilb/2011/10/cpan-modules-for-parsing-user-agent-strings.html I'

Re: Request co-maint on HTML::ParseBrowser

2012-01-14 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Sean, > Nope, I'm fine with this. I haven't been able to mess with it in a long time > so it's all good. Great -- thanks for that. Are you happy for me to get co-maint on Geo::Coder::HostIP as well? I've got a few bug fixes I'd like to release for that. cheers, Neil

Co-maint on HTTP::Client

2012-01-14 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, Can you give me co-maint on HTTP::Client please? The author is given as Nightcat -- I've cc'd this email to his PAUSE email address, though all email to that address bounces. Because I don't know his/her real name, I haven't been able to track him down, and email to module-authors didn't get

Co-maint on constant::Atom

2012-01-18 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear PAUSE Admins, Can you give me co-maint on constant::Atom please? I'm working on a review of modules for defining constants, and while reviewing constant::Atom I fixed one bug, and have done some other tidy-ups. My version is on github: https://github.com/neilbowers/constant-Atom

Re: Co-maint on constant::Atom

2012-01-20 Thread Neil Bowers
> I just gave Neil co-maintenance permissions for the module via PAUSE. > > John, if you object to this, please realize that it's done in best faith and > it's fully reversible. Thanks Steffen, Neil

Co-maint on ex::constant::vars

2012-01-26 Thread Neil Bowers
Dear PAUSE Admins, Can you give me co-maint on ex::constant::vars please? It's currently listed as having two maintainers: CTWETEN: Casey West CWEST: also Casey West ex-constant-vars-0.01 appears to have been released in 29 Nov 2000, though the pod says copyright 1995 Casey Twet

Re: Co-maint on ex::constant::vars

2012-01-26 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi Casey, > Please go for it on this module. I'm happy for you to take it over. Thank you. > To answer your question about my persons I do have two PAUSE accounts, one > historical and one current. These are both my names. I am the same as myself, > too, so not to worry about tracking me down

Proposal for building module info

2012-02-10 Thread Neil Bowers
Hi, At the start of each CPAN module review I do, there is a table of summary information for all the modules reviewed. Ron suggested that the module which builds up this information be released to CPAN. See an example at http://neilb.org/reviews/constants.html At the moment this is part of th

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