Re: Perl packages in XML/SGML group

Daniel,
	Gregor just added you to the group. So I guess a welcome is in order. 
Also you can check out the #debian-perl irc channel.
Nicholas

On 22/04/11 11:51, Nicholas Bamber wrote:
> Daniel,
> Yes you can be retained as Uploader for all three packages. The Debian
> Perl team uses subversion (though with a different layout). I find the
> Debian perl layout easier to use. You can apply to join at
> http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-perl/. I am not sure it makes much
> sense to have a team as an uploader though. I don't think we need to do
> anything special with SVN. We just do "apt-get source; make changes and
> then svn-inject and purge the old repository".
>
> Nicholas
>
> On 22/04/11 11:34, Daniel Leidert wrote:
>> Am Donnerstag, den 21.04.2011, 19:56 +0100 schrieb Nicholas Bamber:
>>> Daniel,
>>> I propose moving the three perl packages
>>>
>>>
>>> libsgmls-perl
>>> libxml-parser-perl
>>> libxml-encoding-perl
>>>
>>> to the Debian Perl Group. Two of the three are out of date.
>>
>> Yes, the result of lacking manpower. libsgmls-perl and
>> libxml-parser-perl are orphaned. I just care about libxml-encoding-perl
>> and I already saw, that there is a new release.
>>
>>> libxml-parser-perl has dependencies that can be reduced now that
>>> libwww-perl is split. All are out of date with regard to standards. The
>>> bugs look easily addressable. Of course I could just update them in situ
>>> but the Perl group seems a more natural home and is very active.
>>
>> I agree to a move to the pkg-perl. All I request is, that the
>> debian-xml-sgml maintainer address is put into Uploaders and that the
>> packages are moved into a subversion tree. I would like to be added to
>> the pkg-perl team (dleidert-guest).
>>
>> Do you need the full SVN dump of libxml-encoding-perl (or can you create
>> it yourself?)? The others are still in CVS IIRC.
>>
>> Regards, Daniel
>>
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