Public bug reported: Happy new year to all those who develop Linux, Debian, Ubuntu, Perl and CPAN !
I am Jean Forget, a Perl hobbyist, JFORGET on cpan dot org. Since 2013, I am co-maintainer of Astro::Sunrise and DateTime::Event::Sunrise. http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.datetime/2013/07/msg7934.html When checking packages I could install on my xubuntu 16.04 PC, I noticed with mixed feelings two Perl packages dealing with sunrises. On one hand, I am honored that you built a package providing DateTime::Event::Sunrise. Thank you. On the other hand, I was surprised, even a little annoyed, that you built a libdatetime-astro-sunrise-perl package with DateTime::Astro::Sunrise, an obsolete and buggy Perl module. Here is the history of sunrise Perl modules before I stepped in. 2000 Ron Hill publishes the first release of Astro::Sunrise 2003-01-10 the Perl DateTime project begins http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.datetime/2003/01/msg388.html 2003-03-19 to 2003-03-24 discussion on the DateTime mailing-list about the proper naming of a DateTime module to compute sunrises and sunsets. The community prefers DateTime::Event::Sunrise to DateTime::Astro::Sunrise or DateTime::Set::Sunrise. http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.datetime/2003/03/msg1243.html 2003-03-20 Before the discussion is closed, Ron Hill publishes a proof of concept DateTime::Astro::Sunrise: same algorithm as Astro::Sunrise, overhauled internals and API to integrate with other DateTime modules. http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.datetime/2003/03/msg1253.html 2003-03-24 After the discussion, Ron Hill releases DateTime::Event::Sunrise, which is no more than DateTime::Astro::Sunrise renamed. http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.datetime/2003/03/msg1389.html Unknown date, I guess around 2006 The last time Ron Hill posts a message on the Perl DateTime mailing-list. Unknown date DateTime::Astro::Sunrise is removed from CPAN's index. So you have created a package from a module which was just a proof of concept and which had an active life of just 4 days before becoming obsolete. And this module is buggy. Just take a look at the resolved bugs for DateTime::Event::Sunrise and Astro::Sunrise. Some of them, especially the 21st-March bug, most certainly apply to DateTime::Astro::Sunrise. https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Status=Resolved;Name=DateTime-Event-Sunrise https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Status=Resolved;Name=Astro-Sunrise I will continue to take care of DateTime::Event::Sunrise, but I have no intention of fixing bugs in a module with a wrong name. So can you please remove libdatetime-astro-sunrise-perl from Ubuntu's list of packages? Thank you in advance. ** Affects: libdatetime-astro-sunrise-perl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debian Perl Group, which is subscribed to libdatetime-astro-sunrise-perl in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654056 Title: package libdatetime-astro-sunrise-perl based on an obsolete (and buggy) Perl module To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libdatetime-astro-sunrise-perl/+bug/1654056/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~pkg-perl-maintainers Post to : pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~pkg-perl-maintainers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
