Re: Perl issues

1997-05-24 Thread Christian Schwarz
On 21 May 1997, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote: > I have some ideas on what I'm planning on doing with the Debian Perl > package in the near future. > > 1. Split the main executable and a small set of base files into >perl-base. This would be Priority: required, should it be Essential? >

Re: Perl issues

1997-05-22 Thread Darren/Torin/Who Ever...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Vincent Renardias, in an immanent manifestation of deity, wrote: >On 21 May 1997, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote: >> 1. Split the main executable and a small set of base files into >>perl-base. This would be Priority: required, should it be Essential? >>

Re: Perl issues

1997-05-22 Thread Carey Evans
Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Don't let this slow down your work, but: one thing I've been > itching for is a mechanism for CPAN installation to interoperate > with the Debian package manager. > > This is a pretty broad project, and to do it right you'd probably > have to get the CPAN

Re: Perl issues

1997-05-21 Thread Tomislav Vujec
Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 21 May 1997, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote: > > > 2. The man-pages and html-docs would go into a separate perl-doc > >package. > > I agree for the html docs, but I think each manpage should go into the > package containing the feature it d

Re: Perl issues

1997-05-21 Thread Rob Browning
Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think perl-base should not be Essential, since it will be replaced > anyway once the installation completes. "perl" should be essential though. > (Or can "essential" packages be replaced by dpkg?) I think maybe you misread the proposal. Under th

Re: Perl issues

1997-05-21 Thread Vincent Renardias
On 21 May 1997, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote: > 1. Split the main executable and a small set of base files into >perl-base. This would be Priority: required, should it be Essential? >There will still be a main Perl package but it would supplement >perl-base instead of replacing it.

Re: Perl issues

1997-05-21 Thread Raul Miller
On May 21, Darren/Torin/Who Ever... wrote > I'd really appreciate your input on these issues, so that I can go > forward with the Perl package. Don't let this slow down your work, but: one thing I've been itching for is a mechanism for CPAN installation to interoperate with the Debian package mana

Perl issues

1997-05-21 Thread Darren/Torin/Who Ever...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I have some ideas on what I'm planning on doing with the Debian Perl package in the near future. 1. Split the main executable and a small set of base files into perl-base. This would be Priority: required, should it be Essential? There will still be a mai