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• rollup (Score:2)

  by Matts (1087)

  I tend to roll up bug fixes to "when I have time". My life is busy, and I do this stuff for free, and your tone is a little ungrateful. I don't like it much when people tell me I'm taking too long to fix bugs in free code.
  • Re:rollup (Score:1)

    by jk2addict (4946) on 2006.09.18 7:57 (#50173) Homepage Journal

    While I understand you and brian d foys responses and agree sometimes the nasty tone doesn't help anyone, I understand the posters frustrations as well.
    
    If it was a matter of an internal application where you can just patch and go, then the issue isn't so bad. However, if the module is a prereq for another module getting pushed to CPAN, maybe even a major release, it's pretty frustrating having to either put a hold on development, wait for a takeover and rerelease, or fork to get the job done.
    
    I lucked out big time when Lyo Kato (FormValidator::Simple) responded to emails but never updates RT. Had I had to hold off getting Handel out the door because of it, I guess I would be a little snippy too.

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    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Matts (1087)

      What's interesting is it's very rare for people to realise that they can "fix" the bugs they find by subclassing if it's that urgent. Admittedly it's not always the case, but when it is, it's often more appropriate than getting annoyed at the author.
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        by brian_d_foy (44)

        Indeed, I'm devoting an entire chapter of Mastering Perl to dealing with absent module maintainers [pair.com]. I certainly know the pain of many approaches :)