Re: Introduction And Request for Help

Hi,

When Env:Assert is packaged, will it become available to all supported 
Debians? When?

Is there a repository for the packaging code?

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mikko Koivunalho


On 01/11/2023 20:32, Mikko Johannes Koivunalho wrote:
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> On 01/11/2023 04:05, gregor herrmann wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:26:09 +0100, Mikko Koivunalho wrote:
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>>>> - 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 :)
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>>>> 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!
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>>>> [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.
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>> 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 …
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> I was thinking the Debian package could be called simply "env-assert".
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>> Cheers,
>> gregor
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> Sincerely,
> Mikko Koivunalho
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