On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:29:39AM +0000, Chris Ball wrote: > There are a couple of things (not allowing a release to be deleted and > re-uploaded, not allowing another maintainer to take over a namespace) > that seem silly, but are security features. It would be all too easy to > upload a CPAN module that just ran `rm -rf /` in the test portion of its > Makefile. :(
I believe that transfer arranged by the existing maintainer is possible (not sure if it is automated) "Hostile" takeover is possible by arrangement, but it's more "apathy" than "hostile" - you need to demonstrate that you have the unmaintained author is uncontactable. <aol> on the security comments. Nicholas Clark
