I, for one, would consider somebody uploading an unauthorized version of any of may modules before trying to contact me first very impolite and upsetting. | [reply] |
With (great) respect, I think you have missed the OPs second paragraph which starts
If the modules author can be contacted and is willing to fix the problem, everything is fine.
So, the OP (nor I) are suggesting that an unauthorised version should be the first response.
He goes on to finish that paragraph with:
But often, these are older modules the original author is not interested in them anymore. Sometimes, the required bugfixes are documented in years-old open bugtracker ticket.
I find it impossible to believe that you would ever leave one of your modules in such a state, so the situation is unlikely to apply to your modules. At least while you have the ability to be upset by it.
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With (great) respect, I think you have missed the OPs second paragraph which starts
If the modules author can be contacted and is willing to fix the problem, everything is fine.
But these are different things. I seldom respond to bug requests about my modules. Most of the time I just push the requests into a queue until I get the time (and energy) to fix them, and that could be days, months, years...
On the other hand, I would respond immediately to somebody requesting to take over any of my modules.
I find it impossible to believe that you would ever leave one of your modules in such a state, so the situation is unlikely to apply to your modules. At least while you have the ability to be upset by it.
But I have already done that, I have reached the point where maintaining all my modules in perfect shape is a too demanding task. There are some modules that do not interest me anymore (i.e. Net::ADNS) or/and that are too cumbersome to maintain (Win32::Socketpair, Language::Prolog::Yaswi), so I try to prioritize.
Note also that about 80% of the patches I get are broken in some way, so even if I would be enthusiastic about somebody taking over my abandoned modules, I would also like to ensure that it is for good keeping involved in the new releases for a while.
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I, for one, would consider somebody uploading an unauthorized version of any of may modules before trying to contact me first very impolite and upsetting.
Why?
I might agree if its patched ...Sort-Key-1.30_01-UNSHITTY :) but otherwise I don't see your point :/
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