On 29 Apr 2013, Richard James Salts <d...@spectralmud.org> wrote[0]:
> [..] pcretest was a handy utility. It would be good if the program
> could instead be included with the pcregrep package in pcre-utils
> package or the like.
On 31 Jul 2012, Gedalya <geda...@gedalya.net> wrote:
> As per #616660, pcretest is no longer distributed in any package. [..]
> I'd like to have it available. [..] if this takes a -tools package
> then I'm in favor of that. [..]
On 5 Jul 2013, Neale Banks <ne...@lowendale.com.au> wrote:
> [..] Please package pcretest, either in its own binary or in a package
> like prce-utils. [..]
I agree that `pcretest`, or something very much like it, is useful to
have in Debian.
At time of writing, `pcretest` itself is still unavailable in Debian, at
least within Debian 9 ("Stretch"), which is currently the oldstable
branch.
However, `pcre2test`, *is* available, via the `pcre2-utils` package.
pcre2test is an updated version of `pcretest` by the same author as
pcretest: Phillip Hazel. IMO, this obviates the need for `pcretest`.
Please could you comment on whether `pcre2test` meets your needs, such
that Debian Developers[1] need not expend effort packaging `pcretest`?
Alternatively, if neither of you replies within a reasonable amount of
time[2]; then I propose that this bug be marked as fixed.
In any case, once resolved, this bug report should possibly be modified
to match the state of #616660, and then be merged with it.
Sam
[0] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616660#15
[1] I am not a Debian Developer.
[2] I agree with Solveig[3] that a year is a reasonable amount of time.
I have no authority in the matter, though.
[3]
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWomen/Projects/MiniDebconf-Women/2014/Talks#Bug_triaging_and_bug_closing
