I completely agree. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Brian Cassidy <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: dh-make-perl > Version: 0.55 > Severity: normal > > > The watch file generated by dh-make-perl seems to allow development versions > (i.e. _XX in the version string). > > I believe the default behavior should ignore these releases for a few reasons: > > 1) They are not indexed by PAUSE; development versions do not affect the CPAN > indices used by CPAN/CPANPLUS clients. To that effect, attempting to install a > module via the standard "cpan Foo::Bar" idiom will never hit a development > release. > > 2) Development versions are generally not meant for mass distribution. They > are > sent to CPAN as "Release Candidates" or even "preview" releases. They often > include untested code, and sometimes code which can break backwards > compatibility. > > For the reasons mentioned about these releases do not make good candidates for > debian packaging and should be ignored by the watch file. > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages dh-make-perl depends on: > ii debhelper 7.2.8 helper programs for debian/rules > ii dpkg-dev 1.14.26 Debian package development tools > ii fakeroot 1.12.2 Gives a fake root environment > ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.23 Perl interface to libapt-pkg > ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.33-1 Automated accessor generator > ii libemail-date-format-perl 1.002-1 Module to generate RFC-2822-valid > ii libmodule-corelist-perl 2.17-1 what modules shipped with > versions > ii libmodule-depends-perl 0.14-3 identify the dependencies of a > dis > ii libtie-ixhash-perl 1.21-2 ordered associative arrays for > Per > ii libwww-mechanize-perl 1.54-2 module to automate interaction > wit > ii libyaml-perl 0.68-1 YAML Ain't Markup Language (tm) > ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" > util > ii perl 5.10.0-22 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction > ii perl-modules [libmodule-corel 5.10.0-22 Core Perl modules > > Versions of packages dh-make-perl recommends: > ii apt-file 2.2.2 search for files within Debian > pac > ii perl-modules [libmodule-build 5.10.0-22 Core Perl modules > > dh-make-perl suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-perl-maintainers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-perl-maintainers >
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