I don’t know what’s been going on here, and I don’t want to know.   I do know, however, that PerlMonks is probably the most professional and responsible forum that I have ever had the privilege to participate in.   The CPAN library, also, is a collection of astoundingly good software.   (Like any product of diligent human effort, it has its warts.)

If you are finding yourself not-well received here, then consider what you might be able to do to improve the situation for yourself.   If you have taken offense, and you find that your fingers are itching to snap-off a response ... pause.   You can do nothing to influence what anyone else chooses to do, but you have absolute control over what you do.   Very often, the best action is no action; the best words, silence.

I sincerely hope that you find these thoughts useful in some way (“HTH...”), and I do not mean to appear condescending or disrespectful.   “Whatever happened,” it’s over now.   It’s done.   Let it remain that way.