RFC: QA Uploads

Debian has a process called "QA uploads" — if a package is orphaned¹, any Debian Developer can upload a new version of the package without adopting it.

When adopting a package/module, the adopter feels compelled to fix all bugs, add more tests, clean up everything, etc (otherwise they wouldn't be doing their job as maintainers). The amount of work discourages people from adopting modules.

With QA Uploads, an interested user can fix that particularily annoying bug without the burden of having to maintain the module.

Thus, I believe that adding QA uploads to PAUSE would increase the average quality of modules. I haven't thought about implementation details, but I think the PAUSE indexer could simply index any upload of an orphaned module.

¹ Debian / CPAN equivalence:

Debian	CPAN
O: / Orphaned	ADOPTME has f/m/c
RFA: / Request for Adoption	HANDOFF has c
RFH: / Request for Help	NEEDHELP has c

QA Uploads are only possible for orphaned packages.

Comment on RFC: QA Uploads

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Re: RFC: QA Uploads ( yes, cpanmetadb cpanminus cpanm --latest-unauthorized ) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 28, 2014 at 01:55 UTC
Thus, I believe that adding QA uploads to PAUSE would increase the average quality of modules. I haven't thought about implementation details, but I think the PAUSE indexer could simply index any upload of an orphaned module. That is a nice thought and good idea Nothing stops a PAUSE account holder right now from uploading a new version of an old module ... and naturally such UNAUTHORIZED releases won't make it to the index ... but PAUSE indexer isn't the only game in town ... cpanm has http://cpanmetadb.plackperl.org/ ... you can create your own index of approved forks So I agree with you an alternate index that includes latest UNAUTHORIZED release on CPAN culd be a good thing to have, a `cpan --latest-unauthorized` or `cpanm --latest-unauthorized` or `cpanp --latest-unauthorized` option So if you got internet website you can make an index today for use with cpanm --cpanmetadb ... So if you got internet website you can make a mirror today for use with cpanm cpanm --mirror-only proof of concept should be easy to write especially with api.metacpan.org ... example /search/reverse_dependencies/ExtUtils-MakeMaker / http://api.metacpan.org/v0/search/reverse_dependencies/ExtUtils::MakeMaker similar thoughts and kinda related thoughts Re: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (The Lancaster Consensus: pause HANDOFF/ADOPTME /NEEDHELP ) / Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it?, PAUSE MINOS, Modules In Need Of Support), Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation There is always the nuclear option :) upload a fork (unauthorized version), Re: Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation, Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation, Why don't CPAN.pm and cpanminus update modules, even if they know about newer modules?	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: RFC: QA Uploads ( yes, cpanmetadb cpanminus cpanm --latest-unauthorized )
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 28, 2014 at 01:55 UTC

That is a nice thought and good idea

Nothing stops a PAUSE account holder right now from uploading a new version of an old module ... and naturally such UNAUTHORIZED releases won't make it to the index ...

but PAUSE indexer isn't the only game in town ... cpanm has http://cpanmetadb.plackperl.org/ ... you can create your own index of approved forks

So I agree with you an alternate index that includes latest UNAUTHORIZED release on CPAN culd be a good thing to have, a cpan --latest-unauthorized or cpanm --latest-unauthorized or cpanp --latest-unauthorized option

So if you got internet website you can make an index today for use with cpanm --cpanmetadb ...

So if you got internet website you can make a mirror today for use with cpanm cpanm --mirror-only

proof of concept should be easy to write especially with api.metacpan.org ... example /search/reverse_dependencies/ExtUtils-MakeMaker / http://api.metacpan.org/v0/search/reverse_dependencies/ExtUtils::MakeMaker

similar thoughts and kinda related thoughts

Re: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (The Lancaster Consensus: pause HANDOFF/ADOPTME /NEEDHELP ) / Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it?, PAUSE MINOS, Modules In Need Of Support), Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation

There is always the nuclear option :) upload a fork (unauthorized version), Re: Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation, Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation, Why don't CPAN.pm and cpanminus update modules, even if they know about newer modules?

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