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