Package: dh-make-perl Version: 0.73-1 Severity: wishlist
The idea is to protect dh-make-perl from DEP-5 changes and to also make 'dh-make-perl refresh' respect more existing content of a debian/copyright file. Specifically the new steps would be: 1.) Attempt to read the existing debian/copyright file into a Debian::Copyright object. 2.) If 1. failed gather the data as one would at the moment and create a Debian::Copyright object from that. 3.) Update the 'debian/*' stanza in the Debian::Copyright object. 4.) Refresh the common licenses in the Debian::Copyright object 5.) Rename any fields that have been changed according to the current DEP-5 standard. 6.) Write out the new debian/copyright file. Other comments: a.) The main affect of the proposal would be that the manual bits of a debian/copyright file would not get overwritten. Are there any downsides to this? b.) Debian::Copyright was modelled explicitly on Debian::Control. It would need more work for all this to be doable however. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dh-make-perl depends on: ii debhelper 8.9.6 helper programs for debian/rules ii dpkg-dev 1.16.0.3 Debian package development tools ii fakeroot 1.18-1 tool for simulating superuser priv ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.24+b2 Perl interface to libapt-pkg ii libarray-unique-perl 0.08-1 Tie-able array that allows only un ii libclass-accessor-perl 0.34-1 Perl module that automatically gen ii libcpan-meta-perl 2.112150-1 Perl module to access distribution ii libdpkg-perl 1.16.0.3 Dpkg perl modules ii libemail-address-perl 1.892-1 Perl module for RFC 2822 address p ii libemail-date-format-perl 1.002-1 Module to generate RFC-2822-valid ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.33-1 Perl module with additional list f ii libmodule-corelist-perl 2.55-1 module to determine modules shippe ii libmodule-depends-perl 0.15-2 Perl module to identify the depend ii libparse-debcontrol-perl 2.005-2 Easy OO parsing of Debian control- ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.2.0-1 parse Debian changelogs and output ii libsoftware-license-perl 0.103002-1 module providing templated softwar ii libtie-ixhash-perl 1.21-2 ordered associative arrays for Per ii libwww-mechanize-perl 1.70-1 module to automate interaction wit ii libyaml-perl 0.73-1 YAML Ain't Markup Language ii make 3.81-8.1 An utility for Directing compilati ii perl 5.12.4-4 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules [libmodule-corel 5.12.4-4 Core Perl modules Versions of packages dh-make-perl recommends: ii apt-file 2.5.0 search for files within Debian pac ii git 1:1.7.2.3-2.2 fast, scalable, distributed revisi dh-make-perl suggests no packages. -- 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
