On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Ovid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No names, but if you happen to be sitting on a module which other people > depend on and you're not going to fix bugs, give up the module, offer someone > co-maintainership or figure out *something* which gives users a way out. I > realize that not everyone has a pile of free time to constantly upgrade and > maintain modules, but if it's something widely used and you don't have time > for it, isn't the responsible thing to find a way to get those bug fixes out > there? > Cheers,
In fact, there are 2 modules that frustrats me from not maintaining
for a long time:
Dan Sully Crypt-Cracklib 0.01 since 1998-11-27
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-Cracklib/
Rafael R. Sevilla Crypt-Rijndael 0.05 since 2001-09-17
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-Rijndael/
I was using them on my web system. Earlier this year I upgraded my
system into x86_64, and they are not working anymore. I have
submitted failed test reports, rt bug reports, and personal mails, but
no response since. I even wonder whether their registered e-mail
addresses are still reachable.
For Crypt-Rijndael, I can use Crypt-Rijndael_PP instead. But for
Crypt-Cracklib I have completely no idea but to disable that part of my
code. Consider the fact that it is not updated for 8 years!
But this ain't right. Crypt-Cracklib is critical to security and
user management, Crypt-Rijndael is the current US governmental standard
encryption algorithm, and x86_64 is the contemporary architech. It's
just not right that they don't work.
I'm not a skilled C/XS programmer, or I would consider taking over
them. Can anybody have advice on this issue?
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