Re: passing the baton onwards (was Re: The relation between CPAN Testers and quality (or why CPAN Testers sucks if you don't need it))

2008-09-08 Thread David Cantrell
On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 04:07:43PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 02:19:26PM -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > Careful attention and responsiveness to CPAN testers and to rt.cpan.org is > > the best cure for this. > Alternatively, I could just not upload code to CPAN, an

Re: passing the baton onwards

2008-09-06 Thread brian d foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Andreas J. Koenig) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:15:04 -0700, brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Andreas J. Koenig) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > On Fri, 05 Sep 2008

Re: passing the baton onwards

2008-09-06 Thread Steffen Mueller
Hi, brian d foy wrote: > Beyond that, is there a way for everyone to see the list of those > modules? That's what I meant about you changing pause, much like you > did for 06.perms. > > It would also be nice to see that bit set somewhere like CPAN Search, > maybe with a button that says "I want t

Re: passing the baton onwards

2008-09-06 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
> On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:15:04 -0700, brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Andreas J. Koenig) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:54:40 -0700, brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > said: >> >> > Or, Andreas could change

Re: passing the baton onwards

2008-09-06 Thread Andreas J. Koenig
> On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:54:40 -0700, brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Or, Andreas could change PAUSE, which is a bit more involved :) Do you not know the abandoned flag? Or not considering it appropriate? On the Edit Module Metadata page the DSLIP status has under Support Level: d

Re: passing the baton onwards

2008-09-05 Thread Gabor Szabo
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:15 AM, brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll do the work to handle the ones the authors give up without a > maintainer, and my first idea was that a virtual user than we > advertised as "free modules" (free as in kittens) would move modules > int willing homes faste

Re: passing the baton onwards

2008-09-05 Thread brian d foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, (Andreas J. Koenig) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:54:40 -0700, brian d foy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > said: > > > Or, Andreas could change PAUSE, which is a bit more involved :) > > Do you not know the abandoned flag? Or not consider

Re: passing the baton onwards (was Re: The relation between CPAN Testers and quality (or why CPAN Testers sucks if you don't need it))

2008-09-05 Thread brian d foy
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 02:19:26PM -0400, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > > I recognize that CPAN is a volunteer effort, but it does seem to me there > > is a implicit responsibility on the part of the author to maintain t