Bug#1098820: ITP: libip-geolocation-mmdb-perl -- module to read MaxMind DB files

[gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:25:50 +0200, Faidon Liambotis wrote:

> > * Package name    : libip-geolocation-mmdb-perl
> >   Version         : 1.012
> >   Upstream Author : Andreas Vögele <voegelas@cpan.org>
> > * URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/IP-Geolocation-MMDB
> Do you know what the difference is between this module and MaxMind's
> official Perl library, MaxMind::DB::Reader, packaged in Debian as
> libmaxmind-db-reader-perl and libmaxmind-db-reader-xs-perl?

Andreas (cc'd) is the expert but quoting from his mail to the
debian-perl list:

| Once the modules are available as packages, I'd like to get support
| for IP::Geolocation::MMDB into SpamAssassin as an alternative to the
| deprecated MaxMind::DB::Reader module.

https://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/2025/02/msg00013.html
 

Cheers,
gregor

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