Re: Namespace Query: SYSV package creation

[A . Bergman]

On måndag, feb 10, 2003, at 20:47 Europe/Stockholm, Mark A. Hershberger wrote:

I've been developing a script that creates SYSV packages from CPAN
sources using CPANPLUS.  In the process, I've developed a few bits of
code that should be abstracted out into a seperate module so that
others (for example, alien <http://www.kitenet.net/programs/alien/>)
can use the code to create SYSV packages.

Related module namespaces I've found are:

    Alien::Package        -- Convert between various package formats.
    Meta::Tool::Deb       -- Something to do with debian archives?
    RPM                   -- Perl wrapper for RPM API.
    Software::Packager    -- Abstract class for creating SYSV packages
                             RPMs, debs, etc.

I had thought of creating a SYSV:: namespace, but that seems a bit too
broad. Pkg::SYSV?  Ideas?

Mark.

Cross posting to cpanplus devel list.

Perhaps it would be good if the CPANPLUS -> package developers talk and agree on a namespace to use for the hopefully large number of modules for converting to packages of all the formats out there?

Arthur