Front page | perl.perl5.porters |
Postings from October 2010
On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 12:43:16AM +0100, Zefram wrote: > I wish to take over maintenance of Data::Alias. I have recently published > a substantial patch to update it for post-5.10 Perls, but the author > (XMATH) is unresponsive. > > xmath has been noted as being unresponsive in recent months. This > particularly affected Sub::Name, which was broken by a core change in > 5.13.3. Despite a trivial patch being available, xmath never released > a fixed version, and ultimately it was taken over by rafl (FLORA). > > Data::Alias got broken by core changes in 5.11.0 and 5.11.2. Until > recently there was no fix to make it work on 5.12. I posted a fix to > <xmath@cpan.org> and <perl5-porters@perl.org> on 2010-10-12. In that > message I offered to take over maintenance. > > xmath has not replied to my message of 2010-10-12. Given the prior > history, I don't think a long wait is required to establish that he's > long-term unresponsive. Given he's a fairly laid back guy and "doesn't work on 5.12" is a bitch at this stage, I've granted you co-maint in order to get this situation resolved. Please *only* use this co-maint access for bug fixes for 5.12 and any further bug fixes that result from that for the moment; my motivation is not a fast takeover but merely a fixed version on CPAN (I cite Adam Kennedy's treatment of Template as precedent for this). If we don't hear anything from xmath for a few months, we can consider the module to be yours. XMATH, come back, we miss you! -- Matt S Trout - Shadowcat Systems - Perl consulting with a commit bit and a clue http://shadowcat.co.uk/blog/matt-s-trout/ http://twitter.com/shadowcat_mst/ Email me now on mst (at) shadowcat.co.uk and let's chat about how our Catalyst commercial support, training and consultancy packages could help your team.Thread Previous | Thread Next