Package: perl-base
Version: 5.10.0-10
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
I've been going through Essential looking for package descriptions
that were in need of a review. This one's the very last on my
"Severity: minor" list (see #482098, #482666, #458029, #483023,
#483221, #484002, #484172, #484547).
# Package: perl-base
# Description: The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
# A scripting language with delusions of full language-hood, Perl is used
# in many system scripts and utilities.
# .
# This is a stripped down Perl with only essential libraries. To make
# full use of Perl, you'll want to install the `perl', `perl-modules' and
# optionally `perl-doc' packages which supplement this one.
Issues:
* Capitalised article in synopsis (discouraged in DevRef).
* Unhelpful synopsis. There's nothing wrong with humour in a
package description (if #144193 was right then the first
line of the long description would have to go as well), but
Policy on synopsis lines does say to "make it as informative
as you can".
* Slightly too personal; what I want isn't relevant (if company
policy demands a full Perl system, I'm forced to install
"perl", whether I like it or not).
* The only extra package I need to ask for is perl, which "Depends:
perl-modules" and "Recommends: perl-doc".
Here's a suggestion that fixes all those and has spacing and quotes
standardised to match the debian-l10n-english house style:
Description: minimal Perl system
Perl, the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, is a scripting
language with delusions of full language-hood, used in many system
scripts and utilities.
.
This package provides a stripped down Perl with only essential
libraries. For the full standard set, install "perl" (and its
dependencies).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.custom
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages perl-base depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
perl-base recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
diff -ur perl-5.10.0.pristine/debian/control perl-5.10.0/debian/control
--- perl-5.10.0.pristine/debian/control 2008-06-03 17:51:13.000000000 +0100
+++ perl-5.10.0/debian/control 2008-06-03 17:54:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
Replaces: perl (<= 5.10.0-9), perl-modules (<< 5.8.8-8), libperl5.8 (<< 5.8.0-20), libscalar-list-utils-perl, libclass-multimethods-perl (<< 1.70-4), libxsloader-perl
Provides: perl5-base, ${perlapi:Provides}, libscalar-list-utils-perl, libxsloader-perl
Suggests: perl
-Description: The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
- A scripting language with delusions of full language-hood, Perl is used
- in many system scripts and utilities.
+Description: minimal Perl system
+ Perl, the Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, is a scripting
+ language with delusions of full language-hood, used in many system
+ scripts and utilities.
.
- This is a stripped down Perl with only essential libraries. To make
- full use of Perl, you'll want to install the `perl', `perl-modules' and
- optionally `perl-doc' packages which supplement this one.
+ This package provides a stripped down Perl with only essential
+ libraries. For the full standard set, install "perl" (and its
+ dependencies).
Package: libcgi-fast-perl
Priority: optional
