Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:35:06PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > > Or the package's name may
> ^^^
> > > > be an abbreviated version, and the longer name put in the Provides
> > > > field.
> > >
> > > Require is probably too strong, but
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:35:06PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Or the package's name may
^^^
> > > be an abbreviated version, and the longer name put in the Provides
> > > field.
> >
> > Require is probably too strong, but I suggest this should instead read:
>
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 03:56:00PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> As for dselect, all this needs is full-text-search of package
> descriptions in dselect (which is implemented already, and in CVS I
> think), and then mentioning what modules are provided in the
> description.
Okay, please add the descri
ivan wrote:
> Provides: will allow the CPAN->package mapping for *dependencies*. There
> is no provision for "/" in dselect (or the equivalent in other package
> managers) or `apt-get install libfoo-bar-perl'.
Apt will honour provides when installing a package.
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On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:31:33PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> ivan wrote:
> > I object to this proposal for the reasons outlined below. I _do_ agree
> > with the spirit of the proposal and would support it if the issues below
> > were resolved.
> >
> > The amendment should explicitly specify a max
Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > > I suggest the amendment require that the package Provide the full
> ^^^
> > > name, if it doesn't use it as its real name.
> >
> > It already does.
>
> It currently suggests it:
>
> > Or the package's name may
> > be an abbreviated
ivan wrote:
> I object to this proposal for the reasons outlined below. I _do_ agree
> with the spirit of the proposal and would support it if the issues below
> were resolved.
>
> The amendment should explicitly specify a maximum length rather than the
> ambiguous "too long and cumbersome". Thi
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 10:37:25AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:11:44AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:05:09AM -0700, ivan wrote:
> > > Current perl policy provides an unambiguous mapping from CPAN distribution
> > > name to debian package na
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 11:11:44AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:05:09AM -0700, ivan wrote:
> > Current perl policy provides an unambiguous mapping from CPAN distribution
> > name to debian package name, and vice-versa. If I know the name of the
> > CPAN module distrib
On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:05:09AM -0700, ivan wrote:
> Current perl policy provides an unambiguous mapping from CPAN distribution
> name to debian package name, and vice-versa. If I know the name of the
> CPAN module distribution I want, I know the name of the debian package
> which provides it.
I object to this proposal for the reasons outlined below. I _do_ agree
with the spirit of the proposal and would support it if the issues below
were resolved.
The amendment should explicitly specify a maximum length rather than the
ambiguous "too long and cumbersome". This should be a general po
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