Ron, It would *probably* take about twenty minutes of my time, to package it for Debian though with the release freeze it could be weeks before it actually gets into Debian. However there is a presentation on Debian packaging for Perl here: http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/docs/pkg-perl-for-users/pkg-perl-for-users.pdf .
[email protected] wrote: > Send cgiapp mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cgiapp digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Data::Session/CGI::Session (Ron Savage) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:37:46 +1100 > From: Ron Savage <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [cgiapp] Data::Session/CGI::Session > To: CGI Application <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hi Nicholas > > On Sat, 2010-12-18 at 23:37 +0000, Nicholas Bamber wrote: > >> I notice that a 4.43 o CGI::Session has been released. That should get >> into Debian in due course. Reviewing the Debian bug list I noticed this: >> >> "Session file not being written for driver:File; serializer:Storable" >> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=315669) >> >> That appears to be related to #482355 >> "Storable.pm segfaults when called during global destruction" >> >> And from my brief reading of the bug reports this seems to be related to >> design/backwards compatibility issues >> in both CGI::Session and Storable. Can I conclude from that, that the >> best thing to do with #315669 >> would be to mark it "wontfix" and to suggest that people bother by the >> bug try Data::Session (which would of course will need to be packaged)? >> > > Yes. > > This bug report for Storable > > http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36087 > > indicates that the maintainers of Storable /may/ attempt to rectify the > problem with Storable. > > As I see it, since the problem has been identified as being with > Storable, it should not be up to other modules to add special code to > compensate for this. > > I do realise various modules have had special code put in them to > compensate for problems with other modules. > > My policy is that the module with the bug should be fixed, and that > workarounds should not be used except, perhaps, in exceptional > circumstances. This case is not exceptional, since users can simply > switch away from Storable to something reliable. > > We could add a patch to CGI::Session, but I am not going to patch > Data::Session in this manner. > > What I will do is patch the docs for Data::Session to warn users about > the issue with Storable. > > I suggest the docs for CGI::Session should be likewise updated. > > Lastly, since I'm a Debian user myself, I could package Data::Session > (i.e. in Debian format), given some help, since I only have limited > experience with that. If there is someone available, they can email me > directly. > > Thanx for following this up. > ##### CGI::Application community mailing list ################ ## ## ## To unsubscribe, or change your message delivery options, ## ## visit: http://www.erlbaum.net/mailman/listinfo/cgiapp ## ## ## ## Web archive: http://www.erlbaum.net/pipermail/cgiapp/ ## ## Wiki: http://cgiapp.erlbaum.net/ ## ## ## ################################################################
