On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 12:43:02PM -0800, John M. Gabriele wrote:
> --- Kenneth Pronovici <pronovic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > So my questions to this list are:
> > >
> > > 1. Why doesn't the "apt-cache show" description usually list the
> > > module names? (I see that it *is* properly listed for, say, the
> > > libtext-template-perl package.)
> >
> > Careful with that word "properly". :)
>
> Yes, I see. That sentence would've been shorter and more clear
> without that extra word. :)
Well, in the context of Debian packages, "proper" would typically mean
"compliant to policy" or something like that. This is all I meant.
> > I think that quite a few Debian Perl packages do list the module name in
> > their package description. I've done it in most of my Perl packages
> > over the past few years. However, there are going to be some CPAN
> > packages (large ones, I mean) for which it is kind of impractical to
> > list all of the provided modules in the package description.
> >
> > So, one possible answer to your question is that it wasn't really
> > practical in this case. Another is that the Debian packager didn't
> > think it was worthwhile. As an example, I don't personally think it is
> > worthwhile for my own libxmltv-perl package.
[snip]
>
> How can your users find out which Perl modules come with
> your Debian package (without actually installing it to find
> out)?
I think you got a technical answer to this in another reply (a much
better answer than I originally gave you, by the way).
However, I think you're also asking why I don't personally think it's
worthwhile to list the modules that libxmltv-perl provides. One reason
is that there are a lot of them. Another reason is that the typical
user will never develop directly against the libxmltv-perl package. It
only exists as a dependency for use by other packages like xmltv-util
and xmltv-gui. So, adding the information to the description just
doesn't seem worthwhile.
KEN
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Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@xxxxxxxxxx>
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