Bug#711099: ITP: libnet-ssh-perl-perl -- Perl client Interface to SSH

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Hi Maximilian

On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 07:03:34PM +0200, Maximilian Wilhelm wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Maximilian Wilhelm <max@rfc2324.org>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : libnet-ssh-perl-perl
>   Version         : 1.35
>   Upstream Author : Benjamin Trott, David Robins, <dbrobins@cpan.org>
> * URL             : http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-SSH-Perl
> * License         : Perl
>   Programming Lang: Perl
>   Description     : Perl client Interface to SSH
> 
> Net::SSH::Perl is an all-Perl module implementing an SSH client.
> It is compatible with both the SSH-1 and SSH-2 protocols.
> .
> Net::SSH::Perl enables you to simply and securely execute commands on remote
> machines, and receive the STDOUT, STDERR, and exit status of a remote command.
> It contains built-in support for various methods of authenticating and
> completely implements the I/O buffering, packet transport, and authentication
> layers in pure Perl.
> .
> One advantage to using Net::SSH::Perl over wrapper-style implementations of
> ssh clients is that it saves on process overhead. Depending on the amount of
> time and memory needed to fork a process, this win can be quite substantial;
> particularly if you're running in a persistent Perl environment (mod_perl,
> for example), where forking a new process is a drain on process and memory
> resources.

See #469878[1]. libnet-ssh-perl-perl was already once in Debian but
then removed. Does the above still holds? If it needs Math::Pari then
it cannot be packaged for Debian.

 [1] http://bugs.debian.org/469878

Regards,
Salvatore