It's not easy to find as it's marked as "unauthorized". search.cpan.org or cpan shell search does not show it.

When I look at Devel::Size, 0.72 is linked as the "latest release".

So, why not re-release this as an official 0.73 as Tels already marked this distro as abandonware{1}?

I'm not sure how that would be any different from having already released it as version 0.72?

I did offer to take it over, but apparently the existing two co-maintainers couldn't agree to that.

Apart from improvements, I know that you also fixed some serious bugs in it.

At the point where I released what I had after failing to get it adopted as "official" (whatever that means), I believe I had fixed every outstanding bug on RT, including several that had been around for years; I added exception handling to avoid the frequent traps; and made it 64-bit compilable.

Dunno what more I could have done?

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When I look at Devel::Size, 0.72 is linked as the "latest release".

Indeed it is :) But I failed to notice that. However;
• a search in cpan does not show it: http://search.cpan.org/search?query=Devel-Size&mode=all
• the module page does not show it: http://search.cpan.org/~tels/Devel-Size-0.71/
• and neither cpan shell: http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5326/develsize.jpg
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I did offer to take it over, but apparently the existing two co-maintainers couldn't agree to that.
(...)
Dunno what more I could have done?

Then, perhaps fork it as "Devel::Size::Improved"? License permits it. And the other two co-maintainers can still keep their precious namespace to themselves (even if they'll do nothing with it;)

Devel::Size: Please rebuild D::S with TRACKING_SLOTS > 15814
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# 20000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat size_0.72    freeze
size_0.71 80.3/s        --      -43%      -65%      -83%      -84%
reopen     142/s       77%        --      -38%      -71%      -71%
cat        227/s      183%       60%        --      -53%      -54%
size_0.72  485/s      505%      242%      114%        --       -1%
freeze     490/s      511%      245%      116%        1%        --
# 30000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 37.1/s        --      -54%      -65%      -83%      -84%
reopen    80.4/s      117%        --      -25%      -63%      -66%
cat        107/s      189%       33%        --      -51%      -54%
freeze     217/s      486%      170%      103%        --       -7%
size_0.72  234/s      530%      191%      118%        7%        --
# 40000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 22.1/s        --      -59%      -67%      -83%      -85%
reopen    54.1/s      144%        --      -20%      -58%      -64%
cat       67.4/s      204%       25%        --      -48%      -55%
freeze     130/s      487%      141%       93%        --      -13%
size_0.72  149/s      571%      175%      121%       14%        --
# 50000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 13.6/s        --      -63%      -70%      -81%      -85%
reopen    36.5/s      169%        --      -20%      -48%      -61%
cat       45.8/s      237%       25%        --      -35%      -51%
freeze    70.2/s      417%       92%       53%        --      -24%
size_0.72 92.6/s      582%      153%      102%       32%        --
# 60000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 9.97/s        --      -66%      -69%      -80%      -86%
reopen    28.9/s      190%        --      -10%      -43%      -59%
cat       31.9/s      220%       11%        --      -37%      -55%
freeze    50.5/s      407%       75%       58%        --      -28%
size_0.72 70.4/s      606%      144%      120%       39%        --
# 70000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 7.91/s        --      -65%      -69%      -79%      -86%
reopen    22.7/s      187%        --      -12%      -41%      -59%
cat       25.9/s      227%       14%        --      -32%      -54%
freeze    38.2/s      383%       68%       48%        --      -32%
size_0.72 56.1/s      609%      147%      117%       47%        --
# 80000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 5.78/s        --      -69%      -72%      -80%      -86%
reopen    18.9/s      227%        --      -10%      -35%      -55%
cat       21.0/s      264%       11%        --      -28%      -50%
freeze    29.1/s      404%       54%       39%        --      -31%
size_0.72 42.3/s      632%      124%      101%       45%        --
# 90000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 4.95/s        --      -69%      -72%      -80%      -86%
reopen    16.1/s      226%        --       -9%      -35%      -55%
cat       17.7/s      257%        9%        --      -29%      -51%
freeze    24.7/s      399%       53%       40%        --      -32%
size_0.72 36.1/s      630%      124%      105%       46%        --
# 100000 elements
            Rate size_0.71    reopen       cat    freeze size_0.72
size_0.71 4.21/s        --      -69%      -72%      -80%      -86%
reopen    13.8/s      227%        --       -9%      -35%      -56%
cat       15.2/s      261%       10%        --      -29%      -51%
freeze    21.3/s      407%       55%       40%        --      -31%
size_0.72 31.0/s      637%      125%      104%       45%        --
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On first run, it reported Devel::Size: Please rebuild D::S with TRACKING_SLOTS > 15814

I assume that you are running a 64-bit platform with 8GB of ram?

My version requires a small, static area of memory for tracking purposes. This has to be sized to cater for the size of the memory of the machine. It ships with this sized to cater for the maximum memory on a 32-bit machine (8192 * sizeof(void *).

On a 64-bit machine that has more than 4GB, it requires this be increased.

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Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

RIP an inspiration; A true Folk's Guy

I'm using 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userland. It might make sense to bump it up to 16384 so 64-bit users won't have to touch source at expense of small memory increase.

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