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On 25/02/14 22:09, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> -=| Daniel Lintott, 25.02.2014 21:37:30 +0000 |=-
>> On 25/02/14 21:28, gregor herrmann wrote:
>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:39:56 +0000, Daniel Lintott wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Packaging of these isn't going to be a small task due to the
>>>> number of required dependencies.
>>>> 
>>>> 1st Batch (required by 2nd batch): + Carp -
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Carp
>>>> 
>>>> 2nd Batch (required by 3rd batch): + IO -
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/IO + Time-HiRes -
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Time-HiRes + Net-IPv6Addr -
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Net-IPv6Addr
>>> 
>>> Carp, IO, and Time::HiRes are in perl core (or are newer
>>> versions needed?), Net::IPv6Addr is in libnet-ipv6addr-perl.
>> 
>> Ooops.. My mistake on that one! Still getting to grips on exactly
>> what is included in the perl core.
> 
> corelist (from libmodule-corelist-perl) is of great help for this.
> 

I shall take a look at that

>> Ahh... That's okay... Didn't realise Net::IPv6Addr wasn't in the
>> group.
> 
> apt-file search Net/IPv6Addr.pm should have helped.
> 
> I think that attempts to package these with dh-make-perl would emit
>  warnings as well.
> 

Ah.. yes! apt-file... forgot about that momentarily, despite using it
regularly!

>>>> 3rd Batch (required by 4th batch): + Net-Frame-Dump -
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Frame-Dump +
>>>> Net-Frame-Layer-ICMPv6 - 
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Frame-Layer-ICMPv6 +
>>>> Net-Frame-Layer-IPv6 - 
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Frame-Layer-IPv6 +
>>>> Net-Frame-Simple -
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Frame-Simple + Net-Libdnet6
>>>> - https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Libdnet6
>>>> 
>>>> 4th Batch: + Net-Frame-Device -
>>>> https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Frame-Device
>>> 
>>> The Net::Frame::* modules are indeed not packaged yet ...
>>> 
>>>> Before I go ahead and begin packaging all 10 of these I
>>>> wanted to get the groups' opinion on this and whether it
>>>> would be worthwhile proceeding with this for a package that
>>>> has a relatively low but rising popcon [2], but obviously has
>>>> user interest.
>>> 
>>> Hm, no idea, I defer to others :)
>>> 
>> 
>> I shall await some input from others.
> 
> AIUI, we either package the missing deps or drop the module.
> 
> Dropping doesn't really give us anything, so I'd lean towards 
> packaging the dependencies.
> 
> It doesn't have to be done immediately. I guess if it is emergency
> for someone, that someone would be willing to help :)
> 

I guessing it isn't an emergency, but I shall take a look at the
packaging in the next few days.

Thanks again for all the advice guys!

Cheers,

Daniel
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