Re: Google Summer of Code Proposals
Hi Dominique:
Thanks for your reply!
The first idea sounds brilliant, particularly as it can tie in well
with some other ideas I have for simplifying the build/test process -
by being able to model the Debian files as Config::Model's, then we
can also query the data back out, which can help for testing.
As for automatically running dh-make-perl, I think this would be a
great option to have, especially for people in the pkg-perl team.
However, for the casual user, this can be a daunting task when it
doesn't work as it should. So I think a better idea might be to file a
reportbug report (of course checking that the module doesn't already
exist as a bug) and then offer to install via the normal CPAN shell
(so that users can do 'force install' if necessary)
Lastly, I think another idea might be to separate our package wishlist
tracking from Debian's centralized bug control system, and make a new
web interface to do that sort of thing. But there are probably Very
Good Reasons(tm) that we are using the Debian Bug Tracker, so I guess
we should just stick to that :P
Cheers,
Jonathan
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Dominique Dumont
<dominique.dumont@hp.com> wrote:
> Jonathan Yu <jonathan.i.yu@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> So if you have any ideas, please let me know as soon as possible, and
>> I'll try to submit them as proposals for this summer :-)
>
> Here's another idea:
>
> Enhance aptitude so that "aptitude install perl(Foo::Bar)" will:
> - check if a debian package is already available
> - if not, use dh-make-perl --build -cpan Foo::Bar to create a package
> - create a local repository with this package
> - install the package from local repository
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Dominique Dumont
> "Delivering successful solutions requires giving people what they
> need, not what they want." Kurt Bittner
>
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