On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:27:09 +0100 (BST) David C Tarrant <dct05r@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > The bug is #171968 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=171968 > > * Package name : eprints > Version : 3.0.1-1 > Upstream Author : Christopher Gutteridge > * URL : http://www.eprints.org > * License : GPL (v2 or later) > Section : web Missing information: What language does this package use? I note that the ITP is very old (changed owner a few times) but it does specify "it's a set of Perl scripts designed to run with Apache and mod_perl using a MySQL database." So I hope this isn't an old upstream depending on apache and not apache2. If it is a set of perl scripts, are there any modules that may deserve being split into other packages? All RFS emails should specify the language of the package because there are several teams in Debian dedicated to supporting maintainers of packages using that particular language - the Debian Perl group would be your first source of help with this package. Again, judging by the (old) ITP, you will *need* significant, maybe considerable, assistance to package this correctly : "The installation is however quite complicated." Unless upstream have smoothed the process, that sounds like eprints should definitely request an overview from members of Debian Perl. (Not retitling the thread, I have no time to take on a complex Perl package right now - I have enough work rewriting the Perl cross-building support in Debian.) -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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