Bug#694653: RFP: libnet-frame-device-perl -- This module is used to get network information, and is especially useful when you want to do low-level network programming.

[Simon Fondrie-Teitler <simonft@cae.wisc.edu>]

gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> writes:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:45:03 -0600, Simon Fondrie-Teitler wrote:
>> * Package name    : libnet-frame-device-perl
>>   Version         : 1.03
>>   Upstream Author : Patrice Auffret <gomor@cpan.org>
>> * URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/Net-Frame-Device
>> * License         : Perl Artistic License
>>   Programming Lang: Perl
>>   Description     : Perl module to get network device information and gateway
>> 
>> This module is used to get network information, and is especially useful when you want to do low-level network programming.
>> It also provides useful functions to lookup network MAC addresses.
>
> From a quick dh-make-perl run:
>
> Needs the following modules for which there are no debian packages available:
>  - Net::Frame::Layer::ICMPv6
>  - Net::Libdnet6
>  - Net::Frame::Dump
>  - Net::Frame::Layer::IPv6
>  - Net::Frame::Simple
>
> Seems this will be a bigger project ...

Agreed, and having played around with the module more, I no longer think
it is worth it to package it for Debian. My experience with it has not
been great. It seems to be a set of packages with somewhat arbitrary
divisions, and does not interface with other perl modules nicely.

Assuming no one else thinks it's a good idea to package it, I think this
RFP can be closed. 

Thanks,
Simon