Bug#114920: PROPOSAL] remove foolish consistence in perl module names

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > > I suggest the amendment require that the package Provide the full
>                             ^^^^^^^
> > > name, if it doesn't use it as its real name.
> > 
> > It already does.
> 
> It currently suggests it:
> 
> >   Or the package's name may
> >   be an abbreviated version, and the longer name put in the Provides
> >   field.
> 
> Require is probably too strong, but I suggest this should instead read:
> 
>     or the package's name may be abbreviated. If the package does not
>     use the full name, it should include the full name in the Provides
>     field.

I have no problem with that wording, but I fail to see how it is any
different from the original wording. My original wording doesn't say
"and the longer name OPTIONALLY put in the Provides field", it says you
can abbreviate the name AND put the longer name in the provides field.

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