Perl modules in Ubuntu that do not adhere to Debian's naming policy
Hi,
Ubuntu includes several Perl module packages that do not adhere Debian's
naming policy[1]. Once Debian includes these modules in a differently
named package, there are problems if one tries to install both packages
at the same time. See [2] or [3] for examples.
It is cumbersome to solve these bugs: to correctly address these issues,
one would have to add an "Replaces: <old-package>", creating an
unnecessary diversion from Debian.
To avoid these problems, Ubuntu should rename the packages not yet
adhering to the naming policy. I do not know which packages in Ubuntu
are affected by this though.
Regards,
Ansgar
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names
[2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/470560
[3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338406
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