On Sunday 15 November 2009 13:38:01 Jonathan Yu wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Peter Samuelson <pe...@p12n.org> wrote: > > [Andres Mejia] > > > >> Digest::SHA::PurePerl is a complete implementation of the NIST Secure > >> Hash Standard written entirely in Perl. It gives Perl programmers a > >> convenient way to calculate SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and > >> SHA-512 message digests. It is functionally equivalent to the > >> Digest::SHA module. > > > > Is there any possible point? All Debian architectures can build and > > run XS Perl modules. > > (Note: I have no idea what this particular case is about) > > PurePerl programs are often useful because they have less risk of > crashing horribly via a segfault. I'm not sure how this applies to > something as well-tested as the Digest::SHA module or the C > implementation of the algorithm. > > It should be noted that while all arches can build and run XS modules, > it doesn't preclude a given arch from being unable to build a module > properly. In that case, it's convenient to be able to fall back to a > pure perl equivalent easily. > > Neither of these is really convincing (not to me, and probably not to > you), but it's the best I could come up with.
Well, really the only reason why I'm even bothering to package this is because I'm working on an assignment which I want to make sure builds and runs on CentOS and OSX and making Digest::SHA::PurePerl work would be easier for me than making Digest::SHA build and run on these other distros. Of course, I know I didn't need to debianize this module for this particular purpose, but I thought I would take the time to package it anyway. For anyone willing to sponsor an upload of this module, I have packages ready for review and upload at: git://git.debian.org/git/pkg-perl/packages/libdigest-sha-pureperl-perl.git http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-perl/packages/libdigest-sha-pureperl- perl.git;a=summary Thanks in advance. -- Regards, Andres -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
