Le 11/12/2012 03:49, Adam Borowski a écrit : > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 06:12:55AM +0100, Xavier Guimard wrote: >> * Package name : libstring-perlidentifier-perl >> * URL : http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?String%3A%3APerlIdentifier >> Description : Perl extension that generate a random name for a variable >> >> String::PerlIdentifier automatically exports a single subroutine, >> make_varname(), which returns a string composed of random characters >> that qualifies as the name for a Perl variable. The characters are >> limited to upper- and lower-case letters in the English alphabet, the >> numerals from 0 through 9 and the underscore character. The first >> character may not be a numeral. > > Seriously? > A whole package for this? > And of all languages, in perl? > > Is this a joke? Because even if adding a new package would be free, you > need to type more to import the module and call the function than it would > take to implement it anew, inline. > > Every single package adds at least ~3.5KB to three apt lists, these must be > loaded into memory for every apt operation, etc. This can already take a > while on smaller systems supported by Debian. Adding a single package is > not a big deal, adding them for something orders of magnitude smaller than > the waste, is. > > And for added insult, this module's documentation already mentions > String::Random which can do this and more, and is already packaged in > Debian. > > Please, for the love of Yog-Sothoth, if you need this as a dependency, patch > it away instead of creating such a package.
Hi, sorry, I'll patch libfile-save-home-perl to include this in test dir (required only for "make test"). The goal is to package libextutils-modulemaker-perl that replace h2xs for pure Perl modules. Cheers, Xavier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50c7afc9.4000...@free.fr
