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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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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