Hi Neil,

thanks for coming back to that.

I will do both: first write ETHER a mail, polite but clear. And as second, 
contact the MetaCPAN people.
As I was supposed that there is an indexing issue, I contacted PAUSE Admins 
first (and NEILB was displayed by PAUSE as the available admin).

And regarding the Block: I would really be happy if hijacking someone else 
namespace (even with DEV-Releases) isn't possible without COMAINT. And I would 
be always happy to add someone as COMAINT, when this person respects the 
service quality of a module and not just "it's own particular bug regardless 
everyone else". I do not really want an ETHER poster at anyones wall with "Must 
prevented to disturb Jens" :)

Cheers,
Jens

PS: Seems a lot of people changed their primary email addresses ...

> Am 06.05.2026 um 11:40 schrieb Neil Bowers <[email protected]>:
> 
> Hi Jens,
>   There isn't a documented policy related to doing developer releases of 
> someone else's distribution. I've done this a few times in the past, but 
> always checking with the author first that they're happy for me to do that.
>   I'll discuss this with other admins, but if the PAUSE Operation Model is 
> updated, it would likely be to say that it's good manners to check with the 
> people who have indexing permissions, and particularly those who've done 
> recent releases.
>   Have you contacted ETHER directly to say that you're not happy for her to 
> do this? If not, then I suggest a polite email asking her to (a) delete the 
> recent upload, and (b) not do it again. That puts you in a stronger position 
> if she does it again. You could also ask her if there's a bug she was trying 
> to address, which you could then address in your own releases. Being polite 
> and trying find out what problem someone else is trying to address, often 
> helps diffuse a situation, I've found.
>   You requested "A standing block preventing ETHER from uploading into any 
> namespace I own". There is no mechanism for that, and I don't see us adding 
> one.
>   Due to the way PAUSE handles indexing permissions, the real problem here 
> seems to be MetaCPAN related, so maybe you could have a chat with that team?
>   Cheers,
> Neil
>  

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