On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:52:05PM +0100, Dominic Hargreaves wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 08:42:42PM +0200, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote: > > The current description of Perl in the Debian perl package doesn't > > well represent what Perl is about these days. Improved descriptions > > have been bouncing around in the Perl community, may I suggest one > > written by Chris Nehren? Here is a better description: > > > > > > Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over > > 20 years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from > > portables to mainframes. Perl is suitable for both rapid prototyping > > and large scale development projects. > > > > Perl 5 supports many programming styles, including procedural, > > functional, and object-oriented. In addition to this, it is supported > > by an ever-growing collection of reusable modules which accelerate > > development. Some of these modules include Web frameworks, database > > integration, networking protocols, and encryption. Perl provides > > interfaces to C and C++ for custom extension development. > Do any other list subscribers have opinions on this?
Not much. I doubt many people base their idea about what Perl is on the long description of the Debian package. I'm not very attached to the old description, although I do see some historical value in it. Feel free to do what you think is right :) FWIW, while not strictly relevant to this, #484681 has some discussion on the 'perl-base' long description that may give some perspective. -- Niko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org