Re: libperl6-slurp-perl

[Allard Hoeve <allard@byte.nl>]

Hello Gunnar,

> Ok, I finally got to it, and I suppose I will upload it today.

Thanks!

> Just FYI, it is Lintian-clean, but Linda still complains:
>
> W: libperl6-slurp-perl; Module package has no dependancy on perl or perl-base.
>  The module package shown does not have a dependancy on perl or perl-
>  base. Perl may be marked Essential, but a dependancy is still required
>  on it, according to Policy.
>
> I am not changing your packaging, however - Linda wants it to depend
> on Perl, but it _does_ depend (and build-depend) on
> libperl6-export-perl, which depends on perl-modules, which depends on
> perl. Does anybody disagree with this?

Well, it should be simple enough to add it in future releases. Let's wait
where debian-perl discussions lead.

> Now, I see your module does still not have an ITP bug. I am filing it
> (and closing it in the changelog).

Thanks, I hadn't really thought of filing one.

This has become one of my favorite modules, you should definitely try it!

Regards,

Allard