Hi everyone. I want to know about manners that release CPAN modules. Please teach me.
I took over many CPAN modules. I want to inform everyone that person who maintain these CPAN modules changed. What should I do?
I think I should add my name to documents. What section is proper? AUTHOR(S)? I might have to increase the version, but any code has not changed. Is this appropriate as release?
I am a newbie of PAUSE. I do not have an experience enough to release CPAN modules. I want to learn polite way to release CPAN modules. Please teach me. thanks.
PAUSE doesn't allow new uploads with the exact same version number as what is there already.
And as long as the code, nor the docs, change, I wouldn't upload anything, yet. There's no reason for people to upgrade.
Just my 2 cents.
If PAUSE knows about you taking over (that is, you have PAUSE permission to upload those modules), you don't need to do anything else.
People should submit bugs via RT, and you have access to that. If the previous maintainer is still reading e-mail sent to the address written in the docs, (s)he'll forward people to you.
When you have a new release of a module, add yourself to the AUTHORS, and publish it (with a higher version number, of course).
Don't do a release just to say "hey I'm here".
I'm assuming you took over the modules mainly because you had some bug that you needed fixing, or some feature you needed to add.
When you do the release with that change, change the author value.
If you take it over, and then disappear and don't do anything, you don't want your name in there. The need to release acts as a kind of sincerity filter.
