On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:53:11 +0200, David Cho-Lerat wrote: > Thanks, that did the trick ! ;) Cool! > I believe a somewhat more formal introduction is in order > - here comes : Thanks, it's always nice to hear a bit about group members. > I heavily rely on CPAN modules, and not finding .deb > packages for some modules I need is one of the reasons > I'd like to contribute : I would rather not install software > outside of the APT system. Me too :) > I'm fairly fluent with Perl as I depend on it every day to earn a living. > The fact that I really enjoy using it helps. That should help with fixing bugs, which is an important part of our work besides "usual" packaging work. > I have not (yet) read all the relevant Debian-perl documentation, > and have only up to now created one .deb package from a CPAN > module I needed, using dpkg-buildpackage. I am not (yet) familiar > with debhelper, dh-make-perl and the like, so I guess I have some > catch-up to do. Right, there's a bit of reading, trying and learning in the beginnging, but you'll get the hang quite quickly. > I guess I should be able to help you create or maintain a few > CPAN-related packages, but if I can be of assistance with any > internal Perl tool within > Debian itself I would be glad to help there, too. Hm, there are actually some ideas for creating or improving internal tools for the pkg-perl group floating around :) > Guidance ! I know I have to start by RTFM, but then I will definitely need > someone to refer to. Sure! Don't hesitate to ask anything either here on the list or on IRC (#debian-perl @ irc.debian.org (=OFTC)). > My Alioth username is david_cho-lerat-guest. I don't know what your policy is > on usernames : should I get rid of the underscore and dash characters ? > If the name is OK, can you please add me to your group ? As long as Alioth accepts the username it's fine :) I've added you to the pkg-perl project right now. Bienvenue ! gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Die Toten Hosen: Sascha
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