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Re: Comments regarding libio-pager-perl_0.06-1_amd64.changes



tags 508249 wontfix
thanks

-=| gregor herrmann, Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 04:53:26PM +0100 |=-
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:58:40 +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> 
> > > I'm really considering rejecting this module just for being
> > > crappy:
> > I agree it is crappy.
> 
> >   1. fix the above in a series of patches and send them upstream (last 
> >   release in 2005)
> > 
> >   2. rewrite it from scratch and patch clive to use IO::PagerNG
> > 
> >   3. forget about IO::Pager and patch clive to not use it
> >   IO::Pager is only used in the --print-cache option and I guess users 
> >   can pipe its output to a pager themselves anyway
> > 
> > What do others think is best?
> 
> I think option 3 is fine - having to use a pager is not really
> uncommon on linux machines :)

So be it.

Ftp-masters, please reject libio-pager-perl from NEW.

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