On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 08:15:28PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Ansgar Burchardt noticed: > > perl/5.8.0-7 added /etc/perl to @INC: > > * Prepend /etc/perl to @INC to provide a standard location for > > configuration modules: > > But this addition has never been documented in the Debian Perl Policy. > Russ Allbery wrote: > > Good point. Here's updated proposed wording. > I see this has been seconded by > Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org> (message #25) > and I imagine that Russ might be willing to second this, but that > still leaves us one DD short[1]. Seconds? Objections? > Clarifications? > A refreshed patch is attached for reference. I am uncomfortable with the idea of Policy endorsing the use of Turing-complete languages for configuration files. I think software should use proper configuration libraries instead of this @INC behavior that I was previously unaware of. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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