Re: Curating old dists on CPAN

Emailing the authors of modules who's last release was 10+ years ago seems like a sensible first step. Especially if there is a clear list of next steps (i.e. give it up for adoption). Possibly this should be a normal part of PAUSE. Judging by other responses so far, going further will prove

Re: Perl Modules in GitHub

hreads, threads::shared, etc.) would be appropriate? > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:23 PM, Dean Hamstead <d...@fragfest.com.au> wrote: > > Github allows you to create "groups" which can own modules. > > You can then add people to those groups as you see fit. &g

Re: Perl Modules in GitHub

Github allows you to create "groups" which can own modules. You can then add people to those groups as you see fit. Dean On 2016-03-29 14:21, Jerry D. Hedden wrote: > I maintain server Perl modules on CPAN: http://search.cpan.org/~jdhedden/ > Some of the modules are part of the core Perl

Survey: Marketing and branding for The Perl Foundation (TPF)

Hey Everyone The Marketing Committee of TPF would like to understand more about your perception of "The Perl Foundation"[1] itself (rather than Perl the language) and has posted a survey. If you are not programming Perl or Raku anymore, your input is still welcomed. If you have not familiar

MongoDB driver

This MongoDB driver is being abandoned per https://metacpan.org/pod/MongoDB Does anyone care? (I would guess /_someone_/ does) The MONGODB user also has BSON and BSON::XS modules they are abandoning? Whilst not a perfect fit, it might be worth adopting then under the GH perl5-dbi organization

Trying to contact Francis van Dun (FVANDUN)

I am trying to contact Francis van Dun (FVANDUN on cpan) for permission to relicense Net::DHCP to the MIT license . The email listed on cpan bounces. If you are out there Francis please give me your blessing