Re^3: Compiling Win32::AdminMisc on ActiveState 5.10

I had a look at the roth website, and all the modules I examined (all both of them) appear to be available under the Artistic License or the GPL.

So the good news is that there's nothing stopping anyone from getting the code and fixing the makefile, and making the forked version of the module available to the world.

However, the bad news is that there's nothing anyone can do to force that change back onto the roth website (well, unless you're his mum, perhaps) and it takes time and effort to maintain a forked module (otherwise, some poor soul has exactly the same problem with the next bug they want fixed, but doubled).

Anyone tried asking nicely?

Failing that, does anyone know his mum?

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Re^4: Compiling Win32::AdminMisc on ActiveState 5.10 by syphilis (Archbishop) on Oct 16, 2008 at 13:15 UTC
Anyone tried asking nicely? Some time back (possibly about 8 years) he was asked (possibly by me ... I can no longer recall with cetainty) why his source distros were not the "usual" cpan-type distro. His reply was that Visual Studio had no need of Makefiles. Those who witnessed that response (including myself) were left with the strong impression that there was no point in "asking nicely". Cheers, Rob	[reply]
Re^4: Compiling Win32::AdminMisc on ActiveState 5.10 by Anonymous Monk on Oct 16, 2008 at 13:25 UTC
Who cares? Its not on CPAN, so doesn't follow CPAN guidelines (not having Makefile.PL isn't a bug). I'm sure when someone asks for a perl-5.10 version, he'll upload one.	[reply]
Re^5: Compiling Win32::AdminMisc on ActiveState 5.10 by ramtek (Novice) on Oct 16, 2008 at 22:28 UTC
Actually, I did ask (before I actually started using 5.10). His response was that he doesn't maintain it because he doesn't do much Perl coding any longer but I'm welcome to download his source and compile it. This was harder than expected since there is much in the way of instructions (hence this thread). I was a bit disappointing (because I'm lazy) at the time but hey, he doesn't owe me anything.	[reply]