Hi! On Sat, 2016-04-16 at 12:02:35 +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote: > Source: dpkg > Severity: wishlist
> as of today it's not possible to use the perl-libraries in the Dpkg:: > namespace on systems other then Debian (except someone packaged > them for the target system, like it has been done in Fedora). Which means many if not most major distributions (and their derivatives) already provide them: <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/Downstream> > Since the perl ecosystem does have it's own platform for modules with > it's own tooling (which we as a distribution happily benefit from, when > packaing perl modules), it would be very nice if Debian made their own > libraries available on CPAN, too. TBH I don't consider language specific packaging ecosystems a feature, as that falls apart in many cases, such as when a project provides multiple language bindings. For pure such language specific code using those ecosystems as just a distribution channel seems fine so that others can package them properly for their systtems though. :) > Some Debian projects already do, unfortunately dpkg is a prime example > where it could be useful to other people. This came up recentish, and my first reaction is that this would be between quite bothersome to handle, and not currently necessary. If there's a downstream that is missing the perl modules I'd rather request them to package the entire dpkg suite: <https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2015/01/msg00016.html> <https://lists.debian.org/debian-dpkg/2015/01/msg00018.html> So I'm perhaps inclined to mark this as wontfix. Thanks, Guillem
