Oh, sorry. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Fayland Lam <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think you forget to CC the list. :) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bill Ward <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM > Subject: Re: Term::Info - takeover > To: Fayland Lam <[email protected]> > > > I think if you're going to extend the existing module (radically > improving it, it sounds like, but keeping backward compatibility) then > I'd say follow those instructions to take over the module. But if > you're doing something new that doesn't just extend what's already > there, it would be better to use a new name. Term::Terminfo might be > good, since "terminfo" is the name of the database you're supporting. > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Fayland Lam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I suggest that you should use another package name, that's the easiest > way to do. > > or else, you need follow the instruction of > http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_adopt_module > > that would take a month or two. > > > > Thanks > > > > Jonathan Yu wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Paul LeoNerd Evans > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I notice that Term::Info was released in 1999, has no documentation, no > >>> testing, only wraps Tput, and is generally not all that useful. > >>> > >>> I'm planning to write a proper terminfo wrapping module anyway, and > this > >>> seems an ideal name to give it. > >>> > >>> CPANTS claims nothing is using it: > >>> > >>> http://cpants.perl.org/dist/used_by/Term-Info > >>> > >>> If I were to create another one which is more useful, providing more > >>> access to terminfo information, how might I go about creating a release > >>> of it? > >>> > >> > >> I trust you know that releasing under the same name would be marked as > >> an unauthorized release by the indexer, unless you manage to convince > >> the original author or the PAUSE Admins to grant you that namespace. > >> > >> I suggest you first name the module something like, Term::Info::More > >> to indicate that it is Term::Info with some additional features. Then > >> you can petition for the Term::Info namespace if you so choose, at a > >> later date, though that probably won't be necessary or desired. > >> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Paul "LeoNerd" Evans > >>> > >>> [email protected] > >>> ICQ# 4135350 | Registered Linux# 179460 > >>> http://www.leonerd.org.uk/ > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Fayland Lam // http://www.fayland.org/ > > > > > > -- > Check out my LEGO blog at http://www.brickpile.com/ > View my photos at http://flickr.com/photos/billward/ > Follow me at http://twitter.com/williamward > > > > -- > Fayland Lam // http://www.fayland.org/ > -- Check out my LEGO blog at http://www.brickpile.com/ View my photos at http://flickr.com/photos/billward/ Follow me at http://twitter.com/williamward
