Re: Best practice to patch a existing module written by others
Tom wrote:
Dear all,
Thanks for all replies. The original author told me that he would like
to let me to hand over if I am happy with that.
Just for future reference, there are some suggestions available
for modules that have apparently been abandoned:
http://www.cpan.org/misc/cpan-faq.html#How_maintain_module
The modules at perl.org mailing list can be consulted if
these suggestions don't work.
I spent plenty of time to search for "cpan.org" and "perl.org" but
still cannot find a standard procedure of "handover". Could anyone
suggesting some reference to me to follow?
Besides, I tried to register a developer a/c at "pause.cpan.org" but I
did not receive a acknowledge email. Is it normal?
The registration guidelines at
http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html#registering
suggest it might take 3 weeks to process; if nothing happens
after this time, try the modules at perl.org mail list.
Once you get a CPAN id, transferring ownership is relatively
straightforward; the original author visits
https://pause.perl.org/pause/
in which there's a form that can be used to transfer a given
module to your CPAN id.
--
best regards,
randy kobes
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