State of DBD::mysql maintenance (was: looking for a patch or workaround for err/errstr bug)

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 01:17:32PM -0700, Robert Dodier wrote:
> Hi, I think I have run into this bug;
> https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=71555
> 
> I am working on a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 system
> and 32-bit Strawberry Perl (32-bit since it appears that
> there is a module I need which doesn't work with 64-bit).
> perl/vendor/lib/DBD/mysql.pm says $VERSION = '4.022' in it.
> 
> Does anyone know of a patch or workaround for bug #71555?

I was amazed and dissapointed that such a serious apparent bug
has gone without even a comment for over 18 months.

Then I looked at the RT queue for DBD::mysql
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=DBD-mysql
and felt sad at the apparent neglect. 127 bugs (7 critical)
of which over half are still 'New'.

On the other hand, I see the code is on github (along with 13 other bug
reports) at https://github.com/CaptTofu/DBD-mysql and Patrick seems
active in recent months.

I'd like to know why there hasn't been more activity on this and the
other critical bugs.

Do the DBD::mysql maintainers need more help?

If you're a DBD::mysql user and care about the future of the code,
please help out.

Tim.