The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: App::Info
DSLIP: adpOp
description: Information about software packages
userid: DWHEELER (David Wheeler)
chapterid: 12 (Opt_Arg_Param_Proc)
communities:
similar:
rationale:
App::Info is an abstract base class designed to provide a
generalized interface for subclasses that provide metadata about
software packages installed on a system. The idea is that these
classes can be used in Perl application installers in order to
determine whether software dependencies have been fulfilled, and to
get necessary metadata about those software packages.
App::Info seems a good namespace choice to me, as the goal of this
module is to provide a uniform interface for providing, well,
information about applications. It's also designed to grow, so that
anyone can contribute subclasses in the App::Info namespace
(preferably in a subcategory, e.g., App::Info::Lib or
App::Info::RDBMS). And since there are many, many applications for
which people might want data, the number of packages in the
namespace could become extensive. Registering the namespace will
help people to think about App::Info as addressing a particular
problem space, and will discourage them from uploading unrelated
stuff while, at the same time, encouraging them to contribute new
subclasses to it.
Thanks!
enteredby: DWHEELER (David Wheeler)
enteredon: Sat Jun 8 21:00:44 2002 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
App::
::Info adpOp Information about software packages DWHEELER
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