Gregor Herrmann wrote:
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 <voege...@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
IP::Geolocation::MMDB is an API-compatible replacement for the
deprecated MaxMind::DB::Reader module. Its runtime dependencies are
libmaxminddb and modules that ship with Perl.
On the other hand, IP::Geolocation::MMDB requires Alien::Build and its
dependencies if the module is built by CPAN smokers or with commands
like "cpanm". If Debian provided IP::Geolocation::MMDB, the module could
be used with minimal dependencies and replace MaxMind::DB::Reader in the
long run. Fedora packages are already available.
I've also written Geo::Location::IP, which is a replacement for the
deprecated GeoIP2 distribution. MaxMind does no longer update
GeoIP2-perl. Geo::Location::IP and IP::Geolocation::MMDB, on the other
hand, provide new methods that MaxMind added to libraries such as
GeoIP2-python and MaxMind-DB-Reader-python. Currently, Geo::Location::IP
depends on Object::Pad. The plan is to package Geo::Location::IP once
Perl supports roles natively.
SpamAssassin can easily be modified to use IP::Geolocation::MMDB. The
test suite is another beast. Some tests need to be run twice, once with
MaxMind::DB::Reader and once with IP::Geolocation::MMDB.
Kind regards,
Andreas
