Well, you certainly set him off, but you probably could have approached it a bit more friendly too:

Hey, thanks for Module::Foo. I made this change to your module to get rid of the warnings.

Tone is a difficult thing to convey in email. Honestly, you've probably worsened your position by publically implying defects in his character. That's not the way to move forward (even if you hide it behind "a CPAN developer").

Post the technical details of the patch and let shame do the rest. If the author doesn't want to change the module for whatever reason, then life sucks. Maybe he'll think about it more later and make the change, but don't push the issue to get immediate gratification. There's really nothing you can do.

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