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Bram wrote: > Citeren Jan Dubois <jand@activestate.com>: > >> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, jesse wrote: >>> >>> Verified as still being an issue on blead. Is there a reason Pod::Html >>> doesn't use File::Temp? >> >> I remember that Pod::Html maintenance was in some kind of stalemate. >> David Landgren has been given co-maintainership, and he said (IIRC) >> he doesn't want to apply any changes to Pod::Html until the code has >> been refactored, but then Tom Christiansen vetoed changes that would >> be for purely stylistic reasons. Nothing much happened after that. >> >> There is one dev release of Pod::Html on CPAN: >> >> http://search.cpan.org/~dland/Pod-Html-1.09_04/ >> >> I've CC'ed David so he can clarify the situation. >> > > From how I remember the situation: > > - David send a patch (on 30 April 2008) with style changes for Pod::Html > - Tux (H.Merijn Brand) was reluctant to apply it because he remembered > Tom had veto'ed such changed in the past > > Tom did not speak up in that discussion. > See also: > http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2008/04/msg136411.html > > > > On 3 Augustus 2008 I mailed Tom about this and asked him if he was ok > with David becoming the maintainer and changing the style. Tom had no > problems with this. > > Quote from Tom: > "No, I have no plans of maintaining Pod::Html in the future and yes, I am > more than perfectly OK with David -- or anyone -- taking over the > maintenance and thus changing the style." > > Also on 3 Augustus 2008 (after receving Tom's reply) I send a mail to > Tux and David that Tom was Ok with the style change and that the patch > could (/should) be applied to blead. > > (Neither Tux nor David responded on that mail) That one slipped right under my radar, sorry. > > So the situation is very clear: Tom does no longer care about the > Pod::Html code and "any" change can happen. Aha! Well, I doubt I'll make it in time for 5.11.1, but I will resume working on this then. There are a couple of other tickets to be taken care of as well. Thanks, David -- The rich and powerful piss on us, and the media tells us it's rainingThread Previous | Thread Next