Re^2: Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation

Uploading an unauthorised and unmaintained module really doesn't help anyone.

Sure it does, it removes the hassle of having to sift through the bug reports, locate and apply patches

It is like an actual branch/fork, rather than a patch file

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Re^3: Fixing broken CPAN modules without author cooperation by Anonymous Monk on Apr 28, 2012 at 08:15 UTC
It is like an actual branch/fork, rather than a patch file Since PAUSE indexer detects unauthorized release, it could notify the maintainers ( authorized authors ) along the lines <FictionalDramatization> Hi, author MARKSTOS has forked/branched your dist CGI.pm-3.50 , see it at https://metacpan.org/release/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.51/ You can see what changed at https://metacpan.org/diff/release/LDS/CGI.pm-3.50/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.51 If you like what you see, consider offerint this author an invitation to become a maintainer, his fork/branch could become official/authorized </FictionalDramatization>	[reply]

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It is like an actual branch/fork, rather than a patch file

Since PAUSE indexer detects unauthorized release, it could notify the maintainers ( authorized authors ) along the lines

Hi, author MARKSTOS has forked/branched your dist CGI.pm-3.50 , see it at https://metacpan.org/release/MARKSTOS/CGI.pm-3.51/

If you like what you see, consider offerint this author an invitation to become a maintainer, his fork/branch could become official/authorized

</FictionalDramatization>