I feel entitled to be a little critical here. It didnt take long to determine this was a fault in Getopt::Std, nor to identify and fix the bug.

Bug? The bug is in Getopt::Std, and I think it is worthy of disucssion. How do I take this further? I ought to inform the author or maintainer of the package. What's the ettiquette here? Should I just email the author, or should I subscribe to some kind of mailing list?