Re: Bug#695559: ITP: libstring-perlidentifier-perl -- Perl extension that generate a random name for a variable
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
Re: Bug#695559: ITP: libstring-perlidentifier-perl -- Perl extension that generate a random name for a variable
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. -- How to squander your resources: those silly Swedes have a sauce named hovmästarsås, the best thing ever to put on cheese, yet they waste it solely on mere salmon. -- 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/20121211024953.ga23...@angband.pl
