On Friday 10 March 2006 22:33, brian d foy wrote:
> > It's been over a month since I sent this. Why didn't I receive a reply?
> > (To say nothing of this request being dealt with.)
>
> Hi Shlomi,
>
> The usual procedure to take over a module invovles you publicly
> announcing your intent in some place that most people will see, such as
> use.perl, and some of the admins trying to contact the author.
>
OK, I'll keep it in mind.
> If, after a couple of weeks the author does not respond (or responds
> that he doesn't mind the transfer), we can add you as a co-maintainer.
>
OK.
> However, Allen Holman has uploaded a new version today, I think he's
> still interested in working on the module. I can't say why he hasn't
> responded to you, but realize that sometimes mail gets lost. Perhaps
> you can try again. You might consider being a bit less aggressive,
> though :)
That's OK. My problem was that the module had a critical issue and was not
corrected to fix the problem, despite the fact that a bug and a patch (by me)
were placed in the Request Tracker of the module. Today, the author uploaded
a new and corrected version, which fixes the problem. That was not the case
over a month ago when I first contacted [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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