Geekuni Interview: Perl's Pumpking Ricardo Signes

“Jesse Vincent and I were lodging together at YAPC::Asia in 2011. One morning, we went out and got breakfast, and he said, "Do you think that someday in the future, if I retire, you'd be willing to take over?" Then he handed it to me about two weeks later. ”

Interview with Ricardo Signes, Jesse Vincent's hand-picked successor as Perl 5 pumpking. Signes recounts being asked over breakfast at YAPC::Asia 2011 — "Do you think that someday in the future, if I retire, you'd be willing to take over?" — and being handed the role two weeks later. Credits Jesse with the regular release cycle that defined the modern Perl 5 release model.