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Re: Packaging "bundled" Perl distribution



On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:27:26 -0400, Jonathan Yu wrote:

> If it's bundled upstream, and it's needed in Debian, then I thnink
> it's fair to package it as: libdist-zilla-plugins-cjm-perl. 

Ack.

> If people
> need to find the constituent modules, they can use dh-make-perl locate
> or apt-file search per usual.

Additionally mentioning the names of the included modules in the long
description makes it easier for apt-cache search etc.
 
> Especially when the bundle isn't that big (23.8KB from search.c.o), I
> think it's best to keep 1 source tarball + 1 source package + 1 binary
> package, containing all the needed modules. 

Yup; everything else just causes pain.


Cheers,
gregor

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