> >I asked about this on debian-perl a while ago, but didn't get any > >answer. > > Sorry... drowning in mail, that one must have slipped by. It's no problem. I had forgotten I even asked until I looked over my buglist earlier today. <sigh> > OK, the way it works is that the core Perl distribution contains a bunch > of modules (more with every release) which are also often packaged > seperately on CPAN. Got it. > In short, if you have reason to create a package a module of the same or > a newer version than is provided the perl packages please feel free to > do so. If your package is of the same version and does not provide > additional function, or is of an older version (in which case it will be > uninstallable anyway) please instruct the ftp masters to remove the > package. Hrm. I took the package over, along with three or four other packages, when mdorman admitted that he didn't have time for it any more. I didn't (don't) really have any particular need for it. There are a lot of packages which depend on libmime-base64-perl in some form; I suppose I should check whether any of those packages have a versioned dependency, and then if not, I should have the package removed from the archive. Thanks for the feedback. KEN -- Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@debian.org>
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