Niko Tyni writes:
> I'm OK with the wording about 'Configuration Modules', and I agree that
> Debian packages should not ship regular modules in /etc/perl. Maybe a
> footnote about recommending other configuration formats over arbitrary
> Perl code would alleviate Steve's concern?
Yeah, we coul
On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 10:07 +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> As for libnet.cfg and ParserDetails.ini, both of those seem to me more
> like minor bugs than something to bless in Policy. They could equally
> well (barring transition issues) go in something like /etc/libnet-perl
> and /etc/libxml-sax-perl AF
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 06:15:41PM +, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 09:07:38AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > Dominic Hargreaves writes:
> >
> > > There are a couple of other things which use /etc/perl, from only a
> > > brief look at the perl debian/changelog (/etc/perl
On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 09:07:38AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Dominic Hargreaves writes:
>
> > There are a couple of other things which use /etc/perl, from only a
> > brief look at the perl debian/changelog (/etc/perl/CPAN and
> > /etc/perl/CPANPLUS). Those files are created by a local administ
Dominic Hargreaves writes:
> There are a couple of other things which use /etc/perl, from only a
> brief look at the perl debian/changelog (/etc/perl/CPAN and
> /etc/perl/CPANPLUS). Those files are created by a local administrator
> (using the tools shipped).
Here's what I currently have, which
On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 05:06:32PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> Is it correct to say that packages should not ship modules in /etc/perl,
> or is that too strong?
>
I agree that packages should not ship modules in /etc/perl. I cannot
think of a circumstance where a package would have to ship a
Dominic Hargreaves writes:
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:05:53AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> I also did a search on packages.debian.org, and as near as I can
>> determine there are no packages in Debian sid that install files under
>> /etc/perl other than perl-modules (for libnet.cfg), which as
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:05:53AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Hello, Perl folks (particularly perl package maintainers),
>
> There is a long-standing bug against Policy to document that /etc/perl is
> added to the module search path, and indeed that is the behavior of Perl
> currently. However,
Hello, Perl folks (particularly perl package maintainers),
There is a long-standing bug against Policy to document that /etc/perl is
added to the module search path, and indeed that is the behavior of Perl
currently. However, in discussing that change, Bill observed:
Bill Allombert writes:
> A
On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:15:28 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> I see this has been seconded by
>
> Niko Tyni (message #25)
>
> and I imagine that Russ might be willing to second this, but that
> still leaves us one DD short[1]. Seconds? Objections?
> Clarifications?
> diff --git a/perl-policy
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 08:15:28PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ansgar Burchardt noticed:
>
> > perl/5.8.0-7 added /etc/perl to @INC:
> >
> > * Prepend /etc/perl to @INC to provide a standard location for
> > configuration modules:
> >
> > But this addition has never been documen
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 08:15:28PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Ansgar Burchardt noticed:
> > perl/5.8.0-7 added /etc/perl to @INC:
> > * Prepend /etc/perl to @INC to provide a standard location for
> > configuration modules:
> > But this addition has never been documented in the Debia
Hi,
Ansgar Burchardt noticed:
> perl/5.8.0-7 added /etc/perl to @INC:
>
> * Prepend /etc/perl to @INC to provide a standard location for
> configuration modules:
>
> But this addition has never been documented in the Debian Perl Policy.
Russ Allbery wrote:
> Good point. Here's updated pr
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:45:38AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Good point. Here's updated proposed wording.
> diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
> index 3b76b94..03e5dfb 100644
> --- a/perl-policy.sgml
> +++ b/perl-policy.sgml
> @@ -128,17 +128,27 @@
>
> Module Path
Niko Tyni writes:
> The last paragraph seems redundant to me. I suggest dropping it.
> Otherwise it all looks good to me.
Good point. Here's updated proposed wording.
diff --git a/perl-policy.sgml b/perl-policy.sgml
index 3b76b94..03e5dfb 100644
--- a/perl-policy.sgml
+++ b/perl-policy.sgml
@
On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 07:20:55PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Ansgar Burchardt writes:
> > I suggest to add /etc/perl to the list of location in the "Module Path"
> > section.
> Here's an expanded patch that documents what I believe to be the intended
> purpose of adding that to the module sea
Ansgar Burchardt writes:
> perl/5.8.0-7 added /etc/perl to @INC:
> * Prepend /etc/perl to @INC to provide a standard location for
> configuration modules:
> But this addition has never been documented in the Debian Perl Policy.
> I suggest to add /etc/perl to the list of location in the "
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.9.0.0
Severity: minor
Hi,
perl/5.8.0-7 added /etc/perl to @INC:
* Prepend /etc/perl to @INC to provide a standard location for
configuration modules:
But this addition has never been documented in the Debian Perl Policy.
I suggest to add /etc/perl to the
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