Package: perl Version: 5.10.1-17squeeze3 Severity: minor Tags: patch
The current description of Perl in the Debian perl package doesn't well represent what Perl is about these days. Improved descriptions have been bouncing around in the Perl community, may I suggest one written by Chris Nehren? Here is a better description: Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 20 years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes. Perl is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large scale development projects. Perl 5 supports many programming styles, including procedural, functional, and object-oriented. In addition to this, it is supported by an ever-growing collection of reusable modules which accelerate development. Some of these modules include Web frameworks, database integration, networking protocols, and encryption. Perl provides interfaces to C and C++ for custom extension development. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages perl depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6+squeeze1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdb4.7 4.7.25-9 Berkeley v4.7 Database Libraries [ ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-9 GNU dbm database routines (runtime ii perl-base 5.10.1-17squeeze3 minimal Perl system ii perl-modules 5.10.1-17squeeze3 Core Perl modules ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages perl recommends: ii netbase 4.45 Basic TCP/IP networking system Versions of packages perl suggests: ii libterm-readline-gnu-p 1.20-1 Perl extension for the GNU ReadLin ii libterm-readline-perl- 1.0303-1 Perl implementation of Readline li ii make 3.81-8 An utility for Directing compilati ii perl-doc 5.10.1-17squeeze3 Perl documentation -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
