Re: Bug#702124: RFP: libmozilla-ca-perl -- Mozilla::CA - Mozilla's CA cert bundle in PEM format

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Paul

On Sat, Mar 02, 2013 at 11:01:22PM +0000, Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : libmozilla-ca-perl
>   Version         : 20130114
>   Upstream Author : Ask Bjørn Hansen <ask@perl.org>
> * URL             : https://metacpan.org/module/Mozilla::CA
> * License         : MPL v1.1
>   Programming Lang: Perl
>   Description     : Mozilla::CA - Mozilla's CA cert bundle in PEM format
> 
> Mozilla::CA provides a copy of Mozilla's bundle of Certificate Authority
> certificates in a form that can be consumed by modules and libraries
> based on OpenSSL.
> 
> The module provide a single function:
> 
> SSL_ca_file()
> 
> Returns the absolute path to the Mozilla's CA cert bundle PEM file.

This is probably not going to be packaged. The reason in short is
following: Debian has ca-certificates providing among others already
those shipped with Mozilla's browsers.

See also:

 [1]: http://bugs.debian.org/698101
 [2]: http://bugs.debian.org/619059

Do you have specific package needing Mozilla::CA?

Hope that helps,

Regards,
Salvatore