Bug#800093: ITP: libdpkg-parse-perl -- module to parse various dpkg files into Perl Objects

[Andy Beverley <andy@andybev.com>]

Package: wnpp
Owner: Andy Beverley <andy@andybev.com>
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-perl@lists.debian.org

* Package name    : libdpkg-parse-perl
  Version         : 0.03
  Upstream Author : Adam Jacob <holoway@cpan.org>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/DPKG-Parse
* License         : Artistic or GPL-1+
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : module to parse various dpkg files into Perl Objects

DPKG::Parse contains utilities to parse the various files created by dpkg and
turn them into helpful Perl objects. Current files understood by various
DPKG::Parse modules:

/var/lib/dpkg/status - DPKG::Parse::Status

/var/lib/dpkg/available - DPKG::Parse::Available

Packages.gz - DPKG::Parse::Packages

See each module's documentation for particulars - You should not be calling
DPKG::Parse directly.

The package will be maintained under the umbrella of the Debian Perl Group.