Adam Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I find it odd that this is so and somewhat annoying that there are
> no publicly visible bug queues for his module, he does have a legitimate
> point in that these queues exist despite the fact he doesn't want them.
>
> This means that long bug queues persist even when they have been fixed,
> and create a high level of confusion.
>
> So I ask the group for ideas on how we might allow authors to opt-out of
> rt.cpan.org, and thus other systems that auto-link there, such as
> search.cpan.org, might then know to NOT link to rt.cpan.org.
How about allowing a package maintainer to set a "bug tracking URL",
and when this is set, rt.cpan.org will redirect a user there? That way
people who don't want to use rt.cpan.org can just have it redirect to what
they *do* want to use (sourceforge or whatever).
Cheers,
Tyler
