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What to do when CPAN module authors can't be reached? (Bug + fix for Frontier::RPC2) Craig Manley 05-06-2006
Posted by Craig Manley on May 6, 2006, 2:50 pm
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Hi,

I found a bug in Frontier::RPC2. I've sent the author 2 emails (with a
few months between) and never received any reply nor did the email
bounce. This seems to be a common problem with open source software.
What should one do when bugs are found but the authors aren't with CPAN
modules?

In any case this is the bug I found and it's fix:

The automatic encoding of scalars doesn't conform to the specs when a
long string of digits is passed into the _scalar method.

The fix is easy.:

Just replace this line....
if ($value =~ /^[+-]?\d+$/) {
with this line....
if (($value =~ /^[+-]?\d$/) && ($value <= 2147483647) && ($value
>= -2147483648)) {

The id of the module I have is: # $Id: RPC2.pm,v 1.18 2002/08/02
18:35:21 ivan420 Exp $

Regards,
Craig Manley

Posted by Kurt Jaeger on May 7, 2006, 2:47 pm
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>I found a bug in Frontier::RPC2. I've sent the author 2 emails (with a
>few months between) and never received any reply nor did the email
>bounce. This seems to be a common problem with open source software.
>What should one do when bugs are found but the authors aren't with CPAN
>modules?

Submit a new version of the module to CPAN.

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Posted by Achim Grolms on May 8, 2006, 7:12 pm
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>>I found a bug in Frontier::RPC2. I've sent the author 2 emails (with a
>>few months between) and never received any reply nor did the email
>>bounce. This seems to be a common problem with open source software.
>>What should one do when bugs are found but the authors aren't with CPAN
>>modules?
>
> Submit a new version of the module to CPAN.

You can not upload a new version to a registered
namespace.

Posted by Eric R. Meyers on May 9, 2006, 9:04 pm
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Achim Grolms wrote:

>>>I found a bug in Frontier::RPC2. I've sent the author 2 emails (with a
>>>few months between) and never received any reply nor did the email
>>>bounce. This seems to be a common problem with open source software.
>>>What should one do when bugs are found but the authors aren't with CPAN
>>>modules?
>>
>> Submit a new version of the module to CPAN.
>
> You can not upload a new version to a registered
> namespace.

Not everyone has the "response" gene. Go to here and create your bug
report:
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Frontier-RPC

Posted by Eric R. Meyers on May 11, 2006, 11:42 pm
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Achim Grolms wrote:

>>>I found a bug in Frontier::RPC2. I've sent the author 2 emails (with a
>>>few months between) and never received any reply nor did the email
>>>bounce. This seems to be a common problem with open source software.
>>>What should one do when bugs are found but the authors aren't with CPAN
>>>modules?
>>
>> Submit a new version of the module to CPAN.
>
> You can not upload a new version to a registered
> namespace.

I Formally Appologize to Achim, for making a trivial mistake in Public View.


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