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#3 Re: Perl Packages - the return Posted by jeremiah (195.198.xx.xx) on Sun 23 Mar 2008 at 13:49 You can always send an RFP bug to the debian perl packagers if you want a particular perl module from CPAN to be in debian. An RFP bug is "Request For Package" and it comes into the debian-perl group's attention. Often these get acted on fairly quickly so it is a good way to get what you need from CPAN into debian. Jos' tool, cpanplus, is now going to be in perl 5.10 as a part of the standard perl distribution which means that you can use that to create a debian package (deb) directly from CPAN. While this method takes care of CPAN dependencies, it is not so great at taking care of debian dependencies, and it does not get any attention from the debian-perl group. This might not be a bad thing necessarily if you are just after some obscure perl module, but if it is something you rely on you can get bug fixing, regular updates, and other care from the debian-perl group when you submit an RFP. Plus operating system dependencies are baked into debian-perl packages, eliminating the chance of a difficult to track down dependency.

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