Bug#114920: PROPOSAL] remove foolish consistency in perl module names
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>>>>> "jh" == Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
jh> Proposal:
jh> Replace section 3.2 of the perl sub-policy included with Debian policy
jh> with the following text:
jh> Packages which contain perl modules should provide virtual packages
jh> that correspond to the primary module or modules in the package. The
jh> naming convention is that for module 'Foo::Bar', the package should
jh> provide 'libfoo-bar-perl'. This may be used as the package's name if
jh> the result is not too long and cumbersome. Or the package's name may
jh> be an abbreviated version, and the longer name put in the Provides
jh> field.
Second. I'd also second with a clarification about the primary CPAN
distribution as Andrew mentions. I don't think that sspecifying a
specific maximum length is such a good idea because I don't see a need
for policy to specify that. It may depend on how the package is used,
who is likely to install it, etc.
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