Bug#230378: libdn, idn, punycode, perl
On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 01:22:36PM +0200, Thomas Jacob wrote:
> Am Mi, den 31.03.2004 schrieb Peter Gervai um 11:09:
> > I see this two wnpp's are basically the same, shouldn't they be merged?
> >
> > Apart from that I found a package called libnet-libidn-perl
> >
> > ( http://search.cpan.org/~thor/Net-LibIDN/ )
> >
> > which seems to be a correct interface to libidn (which is included in
> > debian), but seems not to be in the main archive (and not really getting
> > built). Thomas, is there a plan to include that in debian?
>
> Yes there is, the package is already debianized anyway, and Matthias
> Urlichs has also already contacted me about including it in Debian, he's
> currently in the process of testing a slighlty bugfixed version (see
> http://spaceship.berlios.de/index.php?page=idn.php, Version 0.06).
Oh great. I just figured out how that #$%@ makemaker works :) and compiled
it successfully (changing INSTALLDIRS to 'perl' instead of 'site'), bahh.
> As far as I can see, the main thing to sort out is the uploading
> process (I am not yet a Debian member/maintainer, but
> want to be the maintainer for my package ;)
Well it's pretty easy, do as I used to do and get a sponsor. I can upload
your package, and probably Matthias can do that, too. You maintain it,
handle the bugs and praise the upstream. ;-) You apply for maintainership
and handle the package when you're in.
Peter
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