[cam.pm] advice about buggy CPAN module

[Daniel Hulme]

There is a module on CPAN which shall remain unnamed for now. I use this
module quite heavily, and happened to discover a bug in it. Like a good
boy, I wrote a failing test for the bug and came up with a patch against
the module.  The module's POD gives an email address to send bug reports
to, so I sent the test, the patch, and a note of explanation to that
address.  That was about a fortnight ago, and I've not heard back.

I'd like some advice on what to do next. Should I give in and just keep
the fix to myself? Should I try to find another way of contacting the
author? Should I write a bad review on cpanratings? Should I distribute
the patch on my website and hope people find it? Should I upload a
rival module to CPAN? I'm curious to know what other people have done
about this.

-- 
"And I see losing love is like a  window in your heart:  everybody sees 
 you're  blown  apart;  everybody  sees  the  wind  blow  in Graceland."
 -- Paul Simon, 1986
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