Bug#477501: ITP: libmime-base64-urlsafe-perl -- Perl version of Python's URL-safe base64 codec
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: AGOSTINI Yves <agostini@univ-metz.fr>
* Package name : libmime-base64-urlsafe-perl
Version : 0.01
Upstream Author : Kazuho Oku <kazuho ___at___ labs.cybozu.co.jp>
* URL : http://search.cpan.org/dist/MIME-Base64-URLSafe/
* License : Perl
Programming Lang: Perl
Description : Perl version of Python's URL-safe base64 codec
This module is a perl version of python's URL-safe base64 encoder / decoder.
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When embedding binary data in URL, it is preferable to use base64 encoding. However, two characters ('+' and '/') used in the standard base64 encoding have special meanings in URLs, often leading to re-encoding with URL-encoding, or worse, interoperability problems.
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To overcome the problem, the module provides a variation of base64 codec compatible with python's urlsafe_b64encode / urlsafe_b64decode.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-xen-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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