Comments on: Can you help identify ambiguous CPAN distributions? http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/ Whatever comes to mind Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: dagolden http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3248 dagolden Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:43:41 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3248 Offer++ thank you very, very much! That's exactly what I needed. -- David Offer++ thank you very, very much! That's exactly what I needed.

-- David

]]> By: Offer Kaye http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3247 Offer Kaye Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:40:33 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3247 Hi David, After removing from your list distributions that were already filtered by previous comments by TAKESAKO and ANDK, I looked at the latest version of each distribution on CPAN and looked for the author or contributor name in the documentation. Here are the results: <code> Attribute-Memoize-0.01 DANKOGAI/Attribute-Memoize-0.01.tar.gz MARCEL/Attribute-Memoize-0.01.tar.gz Both DANKOGAI and MARCEL are listed as authors in the POD. On CPAN, Attribute::Memoize current version is listed under DANKOGAI. Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-File-0.07 ESSKAR/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-File-0.07.tar.gz KARMAN/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-File-0.07.tar.gz ESSKAR is listed as the author in the POD. Catalyst-Plugin-Static-0.05 MRAMBERG/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-0.05.tar.gz SRI/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-0.05.tar.gz SRI is listed as the author in the POD. Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple-0.14 AGRUNDMA/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple-0.14.tar.gz MRAMBERG/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple-0.14.tar.gz AGRUNDMA is listed as the author in the POD. MRAMBERG is listed as a contributor. Crypt-SSLeay-0.51 CHAMAS/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51.tar.gz TAKESAKO/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51.tar.gz Joshua Chamas is listed in the POD in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS section as a past maintainer. This is also written in the SUPPORT section: "This module was originally written by Gisle Aas, and was subsequently maintained by Joshua Chamas. It is currently maintained by David Landgren." Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.04 BISSCUITT/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.04.tar.gz MWILSON/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.04.tar.gz MWILSON is listed as the author in the POD. Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.05 BISSCUITT/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.05.tar.gz MWILSON/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.05.tar.gz MWILSON is listed as the author in the POD. Locale-Object-0.73 EMARTIN/Locale-Object-0.73.tar.gz FOTANGO/Locale-Object-0.73.tar.gz EMARTIN is listed as the author in the POD. Mail-Thread-2.41 RCLAMP/Mail-Thread-2.41.tar.gz SIMON/Mail-Thread-2.41.tar.gz SIMON is listed as the author in the POD. Net-SSH2-0.07 AWA/AWA/Net-SSH2-0.07.tar.gz DBROBINS/Net-SSH2-0.07.tar.gz DBROBINS is listed as the author in the POD. NetPacket-0.04 ATRAK/NetPacket-0.04.tar.gz CGANESAN/NetPacket-0.04.tar.gz ATRAK is listed as an author in the POD. PNGgraph-1.11 DMOW/PNGgraph-1.11.tar.gz SBONDS/PNGgraph-1.11.tar.gz I couldn't find a "PNGgraph", only a Chart::PNGgraph for which SBONDS is the author. POE-Session-Attributes-0.01 CFEDDE/POE-Session-Attributes-0.01.tar.gz JSN/POE-Session-Attributes-0.01.tar.gz I cannot find this. Probably CFEDDE as I found something called POE-Session-AttributeBased under his name. RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02 JESSE/RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02.tar.gz KEVINR/RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02.tar.gz RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02 is listed under JESSE on cpan search. SNMP-1.6 GSM/SNMP-1.6.tar.gz WMARQ/SNMP-1.6.tar.gz The POD lists the file as being copyright GSM. Scalar-Defer-0.13 AUDREYT/Scalar-Defer-0.13.tar.gz NUFFIN/Scalar-Defer-0.13.tar.gz AUDREYT is listed as the author in the POD. Term-Prompt-0.02 ALLENS/Term-Prompt-0.02.tar.gz DAZJORZ/Term-Prompt-0.02.tar.gz Term-Prompt-0.05 ALLENS/Term-Prompt-0.05.tar.gz DAZJORZ/Term-Prompt-0.05.tar.gz ALLENS is listed as a contributor in the POD. Test-Warn-0.07 BIGJ/Test-Warn-0.07.tar.gz MPRESSLY/Test-Warn-0.07.tar.gz BIGJ is listed as the author in the POD. Time-0.01 JPRIT/Time-0.01.tar.gz PGOLLUCCI/Time-0.01.tar.gz JPRIT is the author, but this module no longer exists on cpan (perhaps his Time::Warp replaced it) UUID-0.03 CFABER/UUID-0.03.tar.gz LZAP/UUID-0.03.tar.gz CFABER is listed as an author in the POD. However there seems to be a mess-up on cpan, as http://search.cpan.org/dist/UUID/ points to version 0.02 while the latest version (0.04) has "** UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE **" in big red letters on the dist page http://search.cpan.org/~jnh/UUID/ . </code> Hope this helps, Offer Hi David,
After removing from your list distributions that were already filtered by previous comments by TAKESAKO and ANDK, I looked at the latest version of each distribution on CPAN and looked for the author or contributor name in the documentation. Here are the results:

Attribute-Memoize-0.01
DANKOGAI/Attribute-Memoize-0.01.tar.gz
MARCEL/Attribute-Memoize-0.01.tar.gz

Both DANKOGAI and MARCEL are listed as authors in the POD. On CPAN, Attribute::Memoize current version is listed under DANKOGAI.

Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-File-0.07
ESSKAR/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-File-0.07.tar.gz
KARMAN/Catalyst-Plugin-Session-Store-File-0.07.tar.gz

ESSKAR is listed as the author in the POD.

Catalyst-Plugin-Static-0.05
MRAMBERG/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-0.05.tar.gz
SRI/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-0.05.tar.gz

SRI is listed as the author in the POD.

Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple-0.14
AGRUNDMA/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple-0.14.tar.gz
MRAMBERG/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple-0.14.tar.gz

AGRUNDMA is listed as the author in the POD. MRAMBERG is listed as a contributor.

Crypt-SSLeay-0.51
CHAMAS/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51.tar.gz
TAKESAKO/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51.tar.gz

Joshua Chamas is listed in the POD in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS section as a past maintainer. This is also written in the SUPPORT section:
"This module was originally written by Gisle Aas, and was subsequently maintained by Joshua Chamas. It is currently maintained by David Landgren."

Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.04
BISSCUITT/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.04.tar.gz
MWILSON/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.04.tar.gz

MWILSON is listed as the author in the POD.

Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.05
BISSCUITT/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.05.tar.gz
MWILSON/Finance-Bank-HSBC-1.05.tar.gz

MWILSON is listed as the author in the POD.

Locale-Object-0.73
EMARTIN/Locale-Object-0.73.tar.gz
FOTANGO/Locale-Object-0.73.tar.gz

EMARTIN is listed as the author in the POD.

Mail-Thread-2.41
RCLAMP/Mail-Thread-2.41.tar.gz
SIMON/Mail-Thread-2.41.tar.gz

SIMON is listed as the author in the POD.

Net-SSH2-0.07
AWA/AWA/Net-SSH2-0.07.tar.gz
DBROBINS/Net-SSH2-0.07.tar.gz

DBROBINS is listed as the author in the POD.

NetPacket-0.04
ATRAK/NetPacket-0.04.tar.gz
CGANESAN/NetPacket-0.04.tar.gz

ATRAK is listed as an author in the POD.

PNGgraph-1.11
DMOW/PNGgraph-1.11.tar.gz
SBONDS/PNGgraph-1.11.tar.gz

I couldn't find a "PNGgraph", only a Chart::PNGgraph for which SBONDS is the author.

POE-Session-Attributes-0.01
CFEDDE/POE-Session-Attributes-0.01.tar.gz
JSN/POE-Session-Attributes-0.01.tar.gz

I cannot find this. Probably CFEDDE as I found something called POE-Session-AttributeBased under his name.

RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02
JESSE/RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02.tar.gz
KEVINR/RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02.tar.gz

RT-Extension-MergeUsers-0.02 is listed under JESSE on cpan search.

SNMP-1.6
GSM/SNMP-1.6.tar.gz
WMARQ/SNMP-1.6.tar.gz

The POD lists the file as being copyright GSM.

Scalar-Defer-0.13
AUDREYT/Scalar-Defer-0.13.tar.gz
NUFFIN/Scalar-Defer-0.13.tar.gz

AUDREYT is listed as the author in the POD.

Term-Prompt-0.02
ALLENS/Term-Prompt-0.02.tar.gz
DAZJORZ/Term-Prompt-0.02.tar.gz
Term-Prompt-0.05
ALLENS/Term-Prompt-0.05.tar.gz
DAZJORZ/Term-Prompt-0.05.tar.gz

ALLENS is listed as a contributor in the POD.

Test-Warn-0.07
BIGJ/Test-Warn-0.07.tar.gz
MPRESSLY/Test-Warn-0.07.tar.gz

BIGJ is listed as the author in the POD.

Time-0.01
JPRIT/Time-0.01.tar.gz
PGOLLUCCI/Time-0.01.tar.gz

JPRIT is the author, but this module no longer exists on cpan (perhaps his Time::Warp replaced it)

UUID-0.03
CFABER/UUID-0.03.tar.gz
LZAP/UUID-0.03.tar.gz

CFABER is listed as an author in the POD. However there seems to be a mess-up on cpan, as http://search.cpan.org/dist/UUID/ points to version 0.02
while the latest version (0.04) has "** UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE **" in big red letters on the dist page http://search.cpan.org/~jnh/UUID/ .

Hope this helps,
Offer

]]> By: dagolden http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3241 dagolden Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:27:30 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3241 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> By: dagolden http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3240 dagolden Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:27:03 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3240 Thank you! I'm surprised it isn't more, but that's already a big help. Thank you! I'm surprised it isn't more, but that's already a big help.

]]> By: ANDK http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3238 ANDK Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:26:23 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3238 The following list identifies those that represent NO conflicts since the two alternatives above have equal SHA1 checksums: B-Generate-1.12_03.tar.gz Bundle-Cobalt-0.01.tar.gz CDDB-0.9.tar.gz Curses-UI-0.72.tar.gz Curses-UI-0.73.tar.gz DateManip-5.20.tar.gz MARC-0.81.tar.gz MARC-1.13.tar.gz Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.6.tar.gz Maypole-Config-YAML-0.1.tar.gz Maypole-Loader-0.1.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Authentication-Abstract-0.10.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Component-0.05.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Config-YAML-0.04.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Exception-0.03.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-I18N-0.02.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Loader-0.03.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Relationship-0.03.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Transaction-0.02.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Untaint-0.04.tar.gz PDL-2.3.2.tar.gz Plucene-1.19.tar.gz Tk-Wizard-Bases-1.07.tar.gz Win32-EventLog-Carp-1.21.tar.gz YAML-0.39.tar.gz finance-yahooquote_0.19.tar.gz libapreq-1.33.tar.gz pg95perl5-1.2.0.tar.gz The following list identifies those that represent NO conflicts since the two alternatives above have equal SHA1 checksums:

B-Generate-1.12_03.tar.gz Bundle-Cobalt-0.01.tar.gz CDDB-0.9.tar.gz Curses-UI-0.72.tar.gz Curses-UI-0.73.tar.gz DateManip-5.20.tar.gz MARC-0.81.tar.gz MARC-1.13.tar.gz Maypole-Authentication-Abstract-0.6.tar.gz Maypole-Config-YAML-0.1.tar.gz Maypole-Loader-0.1.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Authentication-Abstract-0.10.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Component-0.05.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Config-YAML-0.04.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Exception-0.03.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-I18N-0.02.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Loader-0.03.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Relationship-0.03.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Transaction-0.02.tar.gz Maypole-Plugin-Untaint-0.04.tar.gz PDL-2.3.2.tar.gz Plucene-1.19.tar.gz Tk-Wizard-Bases-1.07.tar.gz Win32-EventLog-Carp-1.21.tar.gz YAML-0.39.tar.gz finance-yahooquote_0.19.tar.gz libapreq-1.33.tar.gz pg95perl5-1.2.0.tar.gz

]]> By: ANDK http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 ANDK Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:19:57 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3237 I was neither the maintainer of Math-MatrixReal-1.1.tar.gz nor of Net-DNS-0.02.tar.gz and cannot remember how these came into my directory. Please ignore them. I was neither the maintainer of Math-MatrixReal-1.1.tar.gz nor of Net-DNS-0.02.tar.gz and cannot remember how these came into my directory. Please ignore them.

]]> By: TAKESAKO http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 TAKESAKO Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:07:13 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3236 I uploaded TAKESAKO/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51.tar.gz by missed operation. please ignore it :-) I uploaded TAKESAKO/Crypt-SSLeay-0.51.tar.gz by missed operation.
please ignore it :-)

]]> By: tokuhirom http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/675/can-you-help-identify-ambiguous-cpan-distributions/comment-page-1/#comment-3235 tokuhirom Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:28:18 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=675#comment-3235 I uploaded TOKUHIROM/SXIP-Membersite-1.0.0.tar.gz by missed operation. please ignore it :P I uploaded TOKUHIROM/SXIP-Membersite-1.0.0.tar.gz by missed operation.
please ignore it :P

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