Re: Introduction And Request for Help

On 01/11/2023 04:05, gregor herrmann wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:26:09 +0100, Mikko Koivunalho wrote:
>
>>> - If you want to get Env::Assert into Debian, the easiest way is to
>>>   ask us to package it :)
>> Yes, please!
>> Thank you.
> Alright, let's take this route :)
>   
>>> If it's the latter: I just spent 2 minutes with dh-make-perl and
>>> Env::Assert, and if I spend 5 minutes more, I can upload the package
>>> to the archive. [0]
>> Have I done everything right so the packaging is as easy as possible?
>> Just tell me if there is anything missing.
> I haven't noticed anything yesterday in my 2-minute-check but thanks
> for the offer!
>   
>>> [0] Although I just realize that this might be better named envassert
>>> than libenv-assert-perl, as it's more about the binary than the
>>> library, right?
>> Yes, that’s right. In this case the library is mostly a bi-product,
>> not really meant to be used by itself.
> Ok, thanks for the confirmation.
>
>> Would it be better if Env::Assert was two separate (CPAN) packages,
>> one for lib and one for executable?
> I think that would be overkill.
>
> What I often see is that distributions like this are named App-foo on
> the CPAN, so maybe App-envassert would be an option. But from a
> Debian point of view that's irrelevant …

I was thinking the Debian package could be called simply "env-assert".


>
>
> Cheers,
> gregor
>

Sincerely,
Mikko Koivunalho