Hi people.
I'm a monk from when i started developing WWW::SMS and almost every problem i got developing it passed on these pages.
The same day i started discussing the module here, on comp.lang.perl.modules and started an opensource development effort. With the help of various monks i got a good job done.

In the meanwhile i asked for a CPAN account to put up the module. I was aware another similar module was already available so I told the author about my project.

Obtained the necessary CPAN userid i submitted for namespace and i got it. But surprise surprise, it was already assigned to AWRIGLEY, the author of Net::SMS::Web!!! He changed his namespace just after i noticed him (thinking I was doing the most correct thing) about my project!

So I asked modules@perl.org for advice but nobody seems to care.

Now I'm asking you wise monks: what am i to do? I put a lot of work in this project, i got an up and running website on sourceforge by that name. I wished the project to be in a CVS so everybody can help about it and i got it cause i think that's important.

I'm really disappointed by CPAN administrators and by AWRIGLEY: i thought Perl community to be much more loyal and helpful, just like i find perlmonks to be.

Any comment on the subject is welcome. Thank you.

GIULIENK

In reply to On which base CPAN does give away namespaces? by giulienk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.