I'd think hand editing is 'good enough' for the alpha release, due in a few days. The APM enhancements can safely wait for beta. You probably have more urgent issues to deal with to get the alpha out the door than this one, Don

So, porters... please add yourself as an owner= line in the .info file of module(s) you are porting, and comment out owner= lines for the original aD author(s) of your module(s).