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25.12.2012 18:30, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Torsten Veller <tove@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Let's discuss the "specific guideline" for Perl modules. It's as follows: |
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>> |
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>> ,- http://devrel.gentoo.org/handbook/handbook.xml?part=2&chap=1#doc_chap2_sect2 |
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>> | Perl |
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>> | |
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>> | New Perl modules are to be added to portage only when one of the following |
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>> | conditions is met: |
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>> | a) The module(s) fulfill a dependency |
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>> | b) The module(s) cannot be handled by g-cpan |
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>> | c) The module(s) add functionality to existing ebuilds |
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>> | d) The module(s) provide tools, applications or other features (i.e. more |
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>> | than what their .PM offers) |
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>> | Please make sure that at least one member of the perl herders approves |
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>> | your addition. |
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>> `- |
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>> |
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>> Recently the proxy-maintainer project is repeatedly adding packages |
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>> which aren't following these guideline AFAIK. So maybe we should change |
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>> it. |
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>> |
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>> 444974 a) dev-perl/Text-Format - Various subroutines to format text 2012-12-07 |
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>> 444976 a) dev-perl/Roman - Perl module for conversion between Roman and Arabic numerals. 2012-12-03 |
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>> 446710 ?) dev-perl/FLV-AudioExtractor - Extract audio from Flash Videos 2012-12-12 |
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>> 447724 ?) dev-perl/Email-Send-Gmail - Send Messages using Gmail Mon 10:12 |
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>> |
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>> Ad a): This requirement is a little problematic: |
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>> Sometimes perl modules are needed for maintainer-wanted packages. |
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>> Sometimes the perl modules are added to the tree while the |
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>> maintainer-wanted package never are or will be. Sometimes the maintainer |
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>> are waiting for the perl team to do their work. |
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>> |
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>> Ad b): (Judging from bugreports) g-cpan doesn't seem to be really |
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>> reliable these days. I always wanted to test/verify it. But ... (random |
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>> excuse: time, motivation,...) |
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>> I guess I don't have no problem with modifying or dropping the |
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>> requirements. The perl overlay contains hundreds of packages which |
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>> should be added to the main tree. |
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>> |
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>> The dev-perl category currently already contains the most packages |
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>> (1140 per packages.g.o). |
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>> -- |
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>> Best regards |
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>> Torsten |
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>> |
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> |
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> I'm sure I skimmed that section of the handbook at some point for the |
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> quizzes, but I don't remember it. I think it is possible that the |
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> proxy commiter (pinkbyte) forgot about it too. |
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No, i do not, i have read this guideline, and yes - it is not mentioned |
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directly in Handbook or Devmanual. |
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Some of these modules was added cause they are dependencies for other |
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packages(which are still waiting for adding in tree, cause they have no |
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maintainer yet), others - cause g-cpan generate very ugly ebuilds for them. |
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> I think that all of those requirements make sense. We might want to |
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> formalize a similar guideline for the python herd. |
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> Perhaps the requirements list could be copied somewhere more visible? |
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> The perl project page might get more traffic for people looking to |
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> write perl ebuilds. |
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> |
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Truly, i do not really understand such hard policy for NOT including |
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perl modules in tree. I know that perl herd is understaffed, but i do |
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not think that this is generally a problem, cause they do not maintain |
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recently added packages, but proxy maintainers do. |
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So, basically, yes, i vote for easing policy a bit. |
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P.S. CCing maintainer of modules, that i have commited as a proxy, maybe |
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he also wants to say something regarding this. |
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-- |
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Best regards, Sergey Popov |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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Desktop-effects project lead |
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