Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > libmime-base64-perl is a new package. I sent email to its maintainer about > how and why it is bigger/better/a possible replacement for mine, but I have > yet to hear from him. Michael ?
Sorry, been away for a week. libmime-base64-perl implements a MIME::Base64 module, which provides appropriate en-/de-coding of base64 stuff. It was originally part of libwww-perl, but Gisle Aas unbundled it, since it's demonstrably not libwww-specific. If your package provides a truly interface- and name-compatible module, then I'm fine with removing mine from the distribution and adding a 'Provides' line to your package, which relieves me of a package, which is not a problem at all. If it presents a similarly named, but interface-incompatible module, I'm not sure what we'll do. Given the good coordination that the Perl Modules list has, I think that unlikely. If it provides a bunch of other MIME::* modules, but not MIME::Base64, well, I'm open to suggestions---it makes a certain conceptual sense to bundle them all together, but there's the general proscription against aggregate packages. It might make sense to ask the upstream authors what they think---CGI-modules includes both CGI.pm and the CGI::* stuff at Lincoln Stein's explicit request. So, what's the scoop? Mike. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
