"if the author doesn't respond in a year, you may get maintenance by having interest"

Just a note to the OP that when people take over modules, they are usually given a "co-maintenance" status, which means that if ever the original author resurfaces, they may resume working on the module.

Also, if one shows that considerable effort has been undertaken to find out how to get in touch with the current author (email addresses, web searches, friends of friends, etc), co-maintenance is usually handed over fairly promptly.

• another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl

In reply to Re^4: perlfaq candidate: "How do I adopt an abandoned module ? " by grinder
in thread perlfaq candidate: "How do I adopt an abandoned module ? " by syphilis

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