Re: perl module packages: why do they exist?
Hi,
>>"Adam" == Adam P Harris <apharris@onshore.com> writes:
Adam> I don't understand why the debian developers are undertaking to
Adam> maintain debianified version of Perl modules when the CPAN
Adam> module and its mechanisms are so much more native to Perl, are
Adam> well-supported by the Perl community, etc? Besides, Perl
Adam> already has it's own automated upgrade system (CPAN), it's own
Adam> configuration mgmt system (Config), and it's own automated
Adam> compilation and installation system (MakeMaker).
Adam> It seems like making work for no good reason. Let all the Perl
Adam> modules be installed by way of CPAN. You could even have simple
Adam> scripts driving installation. I really feel we'd have a better
Adam> and more supported Perl product that way.
How do I remove packages using cpan? Can I downgrade to a
lower version? make sure that all modules I have installed are
upgraded? Ensure that the perl modules that are available for auto
handling have been looked over by an expert, *for the Debian system*
specifically? Can other packages, that need modules, determine that
they have been installed on my machine? Can I hold a module to a
the current version, even if new versions are available, while
updating the rest?
I think you underestimate the work a systems integrator does.
I am planning on creating a make-ppkg package that shall
create perl packages just like make-kpkg creates kernel-image
packages, but I'm still recovering from a disk crash, and I have
other commitments at the moment.
manoj
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