[dancer-users] Adopting Dancer::Plugin::Passphrase

[David Precious]

I'd be happy to take on James' Dancer::Session::DBI, as we're active
users of it and happy to maintain it (I'm BIGPRESH on CPAN).

I'd be tempted to take on the awesome Acme::Addslashes too, but I think
it's reached the peak of perfection already ;)


On Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:34:41 -0400
David Golden <xdg at xdg.me> wrote:

> James,
> 
> Thank you for filling in the missing pieces and providing an obituary
> link.  I've transitioned JAITKEN to PAUSE custodial status and
> transferred his modules to the ADOPTME account.
> 
> PAUSE maintainers will transfer ownership of those modules to anyone
> who volunteers to take over.
> 
> Regards,
> David
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:26 AM, James Ronan <james at ronanweb.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > Further to this, regarding an obituary - I had a dig and found it:
> >
> > http://goo.gl/Ua6Mu3
> >
> >
> > On 18/09/14 09:17, James Ronan wrote:
> > > Hi David,
> > >
> > > On 17/09/14 19:18, David Golden wrote:
> > >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 4:33 AM, James Ronan
> > >> <james at ronanweb.co.uk <mailto:james at ronanweb.co.uk>> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>     If it helps, as his friend, I agree to it on his behalf ;)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> James,
> > >>
> > >> Requests to the Dancer project for information/details on James'
> > >> passing were not returned, so James' modules weren't put into
> > >> the usual "custodial" status.  Was an obituary published or are
> > >> there additional details that can be shared to corroborate what
> > >> happened?
> > >
> > > As James was estranged from his family it took some time for them
> > > to be tracked down, and as a result it's been difficult for us to
> > > get any more information.
> > >
> > > As far as we know, the accident he had a couple of months
> > > previous to his passing - where by he was struck by a motor
> > > vehicle whilst on foot - was the underlying cause.
> > >
> > > When he returned to work, and we spent some time talking, he told
> > > me that the doctors had confirmed that he had some form of damage
> > > to his brain, but they were happy he was showing good progress
> > > with healing and so he was allowed to return to work.  Over the
> > > course of those 2 months the injury to his leg was well on it's
> > > way to healing and he no longer required the walking stick he was
> > > using.
> > >
> > > About a week later we didn't hear from James for the tail end of
> > > a week (This was not uncommon as we all telecommute and
> > > occasionally we just get on with what we're doing). The shock
> > > came on the Monday morning when we had a message from his
> > > girlfriend that he had passed away. The details weren't clear, he
> > > had apparently returned to hospital because he was feeling
> > > unwell, as to whether he passed away in hospital or was again
> > > released we're unsure.  Needless to say we didn't really press
> > > his girlfriend for more information given the situation.
> > >
> > > I can confirm however that due to the support of his friends, the
> > > Perl community and even some complete strangers, that James did
> > > get a decent funeral and a proper send off. So my personal thanks
> > > to all those that contributed, as it was a send off he deserved.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps shed some light, and allows us to keep James'
> > > modules
> > going.
> > >
> > > Thanks again,
> > > JamesR
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > James Ronan
> >
> 
> 
> 



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