Ask has been a little busy the past few weeks moving house. (His new place is very cool.) I'll nudge him next time I see him.
I think there was some question as to whether a new list was really needed - as this list really is mostly a duplicate of the one hosted at AS. -R At Thu, 9 Dec 2004 21:27:04 -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > > I see a real use for having a list to coordinate those contributing to > development of libwin32, and would prefer that this not be tied to > ActiveState (since I don't necessarily think this distribution will be > maintained by ActiveState employees or users exclusively or forever). > Does anyone have information on how to request a list on perl.org > (since asking Ask doesn't seem to have worked)? > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 12:44:20PM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ask, would you set up a [EMAIL PROTECTED] list? > > > > On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 11:56:11AM -0800, Jan Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > On Wed, 01 Dec 2004, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > > > > Perhaps a new mailing list is in order? If a perl.org [*]perl-libwin32 > > > > list were started and you post what you have, someone might take the > > > > work off your shoulders, and a beta release go out. Who actually has > > > > the PAUSE rights to upload the module now? > > > > > > > > [*] this name is deliberately not perl-win32* since libwin32 is also > > > > used by cygwin. Netware? wince? > > > > > > Having a mailing list is a good idea. I was thinking about (ab)using > > > perl-win32-porters for that, as the real Win32 porting stuff is > > > happening on p5p anyways. But I agree that a new mailinglist would be > > > better. I don't really care were it is hosted; I can also get one setup > > > at ActiveState if that is easier. > > > > > > I believe Sarathy made me co-maintainer of libwin32 on PAUSE. But since > > > libwin32 is a bundle of modules also maintained by other people, with > > > separate PAUSE settings, and I've never made an upload of libwin32 yet, > > > we may see some problems the very first time I try to upload it. > > > > > > I'll be leaving to Europe on vacation after next week, so I won't be able > > > to get anything done until January. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > -Jan > > > > > >
