Re^3: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (time-outs)

It'd be even better if CPAN even allowed a "default trust" model that has been so successful on the internet. I'd flag all of my modules as "default trust" so anybody who felt like I wasn't doing a good enough job of maintaining my module could upload a new version.

Add to that various time-outs so if I never respond to new uploads then those who do the work of uploading can get ownership power over the module name(s).

Heck, let me set the time-outs. How long before a non-author upload becomes official and gets indexed. How long after I upload a new version of a module (or even "refresh" a module as "still up-to-date") before non-author uploads can become official and get fully indexed. How long before a new uploader is automatically declared an authorized maintainer (and thus can set their own time-outs or approve others' uploads).

If I don't configure a specific time-out for a module, then that time-out wouldn't apply to it (CPAN would behave as it does now -- valuing ownership far above contribution and discouraging collaboration).

Though, I'd prefer to require a new version be uploaded and not allow an empty declaration of "still up-to-date". But I suspect allowing the latter would be more successful, at least at first.

- tye

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Re^4: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (time-outs) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 08, 2012 at 02:52 UTC
I thought anyone can upload a new version. It just gets marked as "UNAUTHORIZED" in red on search.cpan.org Besides, there is an existing process for taking over an abandoned module. This is a separate issue from the one brought up by the OP.	[reply]
Re^5: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (time-outs) by Anonymous Monk on Apr 08, 2012 at 04:12 UTC
Well yes, technically its different, but its all the same ball of wax -- the current situation requires far too much direct human intervention	[reply]
Re^4: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (There's the easy way or ...) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 08, 2012 at 11:17 UTC
It'd be even better if CPAN even allowed a "default trust" model ... I suspect that that would require long and wide-ranging discussions amongst CPAN authors; would probably require the implementation and validation of various checks and balances; and could conceivably have knock-on affects upon corporate views and policies with regard to CPAN. Five years from now you might finally reach a majority consensus, and all that would be left to do is argue about who is going to implement it; and who is going to fund that implementation. On the other hand, the timeouts could probably be implemented by one person over a weekend and -- as it only requires authors to log in once every six months; or respond to an email once every six months -- should be sufficiently uncontroversial that it wouldn't raise objections. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply]
Re^5: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (There's the easy way or ...) by tye (Sage) on Apr 08, 2012 at 16:13 UTC
The time-outs are the way to allow the "default trust" model. So I'm not sure what you were imagining in the nightmare scenario. - tye	[reply]
Re^6: Howto abandon rights to a cpan module and stop getting bug reports for it? (There's the easy way or ...) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 08, 2012 at 17:23 UTC
The time-outs are the way to allow the "default trust" model. Hm. Not sure how. What I envisaged doesn't allow anyone except the author to do anything until 7 months after the author last did something. I don't see how that would encourage collaboration, but maybe I misunderstood you. the nightmare scenario. Your words; not mine. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply]