Re: CPAN Meta Specification and debian perl
I haven't seen activity from the Debian Perl Group on this yet. I have
myself commented a bit from what I know, namely with respect to the
future of recommended modules (from the Perl META.yml). I am
interested in ensuring congruency between what we consider
Recommends/Suggests and what Upstream considers to be the usef or
those.
It's important to get involvement from vendors (looking at you Debian)
about what the Perl community can do to make it easier to package
things.
While not technically a specification (not everything in the proposals
will be implemented), this contains a lot of ideas for the directions
some people want to go. It's important to solicit the opinions of many
on the current proposals to determine what the community generally
considers important/useful.
Another important place that discussion will probably take place is
irc.perl.org #toolchain -- it's a channel with the goal of ensuring
coordination between all the various Perl toolchains (Module::Build,
Module::Install, Dist::Zilla [technically not a toolchain in itself]
and, to a lesser extent, ExtUtils::MakeMaker). These are the people
who want to hear what Debian has to say -- as some of the most
prominent Perl software developers, they need to know what problems we
face and what would help the group with packaging.
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Jeremiah Foster
<jeremiah@jeremiahfoster.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At http://perl-qa.hexten.net/wiki/index.php/CPAN_Meta_Spec_Proposals
> there is a discussion regarding how to improve the CPAN Meta specification.
> This specification will likely affect the work that debian-perl does in
> building and maintaining packages. The needs of 'downstream' packagers and
> distributions seem to be somewhat favorably considered here so perhaps
> people from the debian-perl group might look the spec over to see if there
> are ways that we can make packages easier to build and manage. In any case,
> accurate input from debian perl team members can probably only help the
> process of developing a clear and effective spec.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Jeremiah
>
>
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