Re^2: How to get a module off CPAN

Point 6 ought to be: fork (which, assuming a reasonable "open" or "free" license is possible), or write your own implementation from scratch. Name it differently, and you don't need to ask anyone for permission. You don't have to wait for months. You can upload something that works now.

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Re^3: How to get a module off CPAN (unofficial uploads) by tye (Sage) on Dec 11, 2011 at 23:07 UTC
Technically, I think that you can upload something that works now under the same name. It just gets flagged with big, red warnings about "Unofficial Release!" and isn't indexed as well. I can see situations where that would be preferred to picking a new name, at least to some people. I certainly find it preferable to "make a patch available 'somewhere'" that I've seen advocated. My preference would be to have such unofficial releases become official automatically simply based on the lack of response of the so-called "module owner". Certainly, we should not require presenting evidence of six months of stalking just to contribute a bug fix. - tye	[reply]

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Re^3: How to get a module off CPAN (unofficial uploads)
by tye (Sage) on Dec 11, 2011 at 23:07 UTC

Technically, I think that you can upload something that works now under the same name. It just gets flagged with big, red warnings about "Unofficial Release!" and isn't indexed as well. I can see situations where that would be preferred to picking a new name, at least to some people. I certainly find it preferable to "make a patch available 'somewhere'" that I've seen advocated.

My preference would be to have such unofficial releases become official automatically simply based on the lack of response of the so-called "module owner". Certainly, we should not require presenting evidence of six months of stalking just to contribute a bug fix.

- tye

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