Raku / Raku/whateverable

transferable – a bot for moving a module to perl6 community modules

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Raku
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Description

IRC log

<timotimo> do we want a perl6communitymodulable btw?
<timotimo> forks a module to the perl6 community account and changes ecosystem's meta.list to point to the new one?
<timotimo> and back, once the original maintainer of a module returns
<timotimo> just add it to the ~5000 open issues whateverable has :')
<sarna> it only has 230 open issues :^)

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked IRC log to understand the proposed workflow for moving modules. Then inspect whateverable's existing issue-handling bots and how the ecosystem's meta.list is managed. Done means agreeing on the transfer and return behavior, implementing the bot workflow, and documenting or testing it.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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