On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 01:22:36PM +0200, Thomas Jacob wrote: > Am Mi, den 31.03.2004 schrieb Peter Gervai um 11:09: > > I see this two wnpp's are basically the same, shouldn't they be merged? > > > > Apart from that I found a package called libnet-libidn-perl > > > > ( http://search.cpan.org/~thor/Net-LibIDN/ ) > > > > which seems to be a correct interface to libidn (which is included in > > debian), but seems not to be in the main archive (and not really getting > > built). Thomas, is there a plan to include that in debian? > > Yes there is, the package is already debianized anyway, and Matthias > Urlichs has also already contacted me about including it in Debian, he's > currently in the process of testing a slighlty bugfixed version (see > http://spaceship.berlios.de/index.php?page=idn.php, Version 0.06).
Oh great. I just figured out how that #$%@ makemaker works :) and compiled it successfully (changing INSTALLDIRS to 'perl' instead of 'site'), bahh. > As far as I can see, the main thing to sort out is the uploading > process (I am not yet a Debian member/maintainer, but > want to be the maintainer for my package ;) Well it's pretty easy, do as I used to do and get a sponsor. I can upload your package, and probably Matthias can do that, too. You maintain it, handle the bugs and praise the upstream. ;-) You apply for maintainership and handle the package when you're in. Peter
