Re: What to do about the fact that installing https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate became broken after 1 Jan 2020 ?

Hi dear Pause Admin, I would like to let you know that TimeDate test suite is still breaking several continuous integration smokers…

Waiting for your answer to get permissions to release a fix for this module, I’ve setup my GitHub clone with the following:
- add GitHub actions to smoke every commits on linux, mac, windows
As shown here, you can see that the test suite is now fixed on my master branch...
https://github.com/atoomic/perl-TimeDate/actions <https://github.com/atoomic/perl-TimeDate/actions>
- migrate RT tickets to my GitHub clone and advertise it as the main bug tracker
- rebase a few pending PR from the original GitHub repo 
https://github.com/atoomic/perl-TimeDate/issues <https://github.com/atoomic/perl-TimeDate/issues>

Once I’ve primary maintenance for the Module, I will release to CPAN a patched release..
I will be glad to also give permissions to Shlomi to contribute to the project.

I think at this point what everyone is expecting is to have a new release submitted fixing the existing issue.

This is already a problem for more than two weeks, let’s not wait much more to fix it...

Waiting for your answer. 
--
Nicolas

> On Jan 14, 2020, at 1:31 PM, Nicolas Rochelemagne <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I was also asking Graham to help him releasing the module,
> and I would appreciate to have co-maint on the module too 
> this would limit such issues in the future.
> 
> my pause id is @atoomic
> 
> thanks
> nicolas
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Todd Rinaldo <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> 
>>> From: Shlomi Fish <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> Subject: Re: What to do about the fact that installing https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate <https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate> became broken after 1 Jan 2020 ?
>>> Date: January 13, 2020 at 9:42:14 AM CST
>>> To: Shlomi Fish <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> Cc: Graham Barr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Perl Module Authors List <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> Hi all!
>>> 
>>> Can a CPAN admin please take action for that already? <joke>TimeDate has become the left-pad of CPAN: 
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_(software)#Notable_breakages <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_(software)#Notable_breakages> </joke>.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 10:54 AM Shlomi Fish <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> Hi Graham and all,
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 07 Jan 2020 21:33:54 +0000
>>> "Graham Barr" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > I have not had anything to do with anything Perl for a long time so I'm ok
>>> > with anyone taking ownership 
>>> > 
>>> > Graham
>>> > 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the update, Graham! So: does anyone else want ownership of TimeDate?
>>> 
>>> > On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, at 18:04, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>>> > > Hi all,
>>> > > 
>>> > > installing https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate <https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate> from CPAN while running
>>> > > tests has become broken -
>>> > > https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=124509 <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=124509> . Its maintainer -
>>> > > https://metacpan.org/author/GBARR <https://metacpan.org/author/GBARR> didn't make a release of any of his
>>> > > distros since July 2017 and had no github activity for at least a year -
>>> > > https://github.com/gbarr <https://github.com/gbarr> . Graham, are you there?
>>> > > 
>>> > > I suggest making an emergency update release with the fix to the test file,
>>> > > and if no one better volunteers instead, I volunteer to receive COMAINT on
>>> > > all the TimeDate namespaces (see https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate <https://metacpan.org/release/TimeDate> )
>>> > > and fix bugs, apply patches, etc. I am https://metacpan.org/author/SHLOMIF <https://metacpan.org/author/SHLOMIF>
>>> > > on CPAN.
>>> > > 
>>> > > Are there any better suggestions?
>>> > > 
>>> > > -- 
>>> > > 
>>> > > Shlomi Fish       https://www.shlomifish.org/ <https://www.shlomifish.org/>
>>> > > Original Riddles - https://www.shlomifish.org/puzzles/ <https://www.shlomifish.org/puzzles/>
>>> > > 
>>> > > Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
>>> > >     — Ecclesiastes 1:11
>>> > > 
>>> > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply <http://shlom.in/reply> .
>>> > >  
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> 
>>> Shlomi Fish       https://www.shlomifish.org/ <https://www.shlomifish.org/>
>>> Selina Mandrake - The Slayer (Buffy parody) - https://shlom.in/selina <https://shlom.in/selina>
>>> 
>>> Chuck Norris is a real programmer. He writes programs by implementing the most
>>> optimised machines for them using real atoms.
>>>     — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ <http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/>
>>> 
>>> Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply <http://shlom.in/reply> .
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ <http://www.shlomifish.org/>
>>> 
>>> Buddha has the Chuck Norris nature.
>>> 
>>> Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply <http://shlom.in/reply> .
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