Integrating Perl in a wider distribution: The Debian pkg-perl group

Submitted by gwolf on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 17:32
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2007

Perl modules are very well organized in CPAN: They can usually be easily found and, thanks to tools such as the CPAN shell, they are easy to install and update even by novice users. However, when people start using Perl systems (as opposed to using Perl for writing such systems), asking them to take care of the dependencies or having them worry about different distribution architectures is a pain that should be spared from them.
In my talk, I will describe how Debian (and other Free Software distributions) addresses this problem by packaging a large subset of the CPAN archive, what is the task and scope of Debian pkg-perl team, some of the tools we use - and, most importantly, what is the best way for us to interact with you, the upstream authors' community - regarding our bug tracking systems, regarding module building and dependencies information, etc.
I presented this talk at YAPC::Europe 2007, Vienna, August 2007.

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Los módulos de Perl están muy bien organizados en el CPAN: Son fáciles de encontrar, y, gracias a herramientas como el shell de CPAN, son fáciles de instalar y actualizar hasta por usuarios novatos. Sin embargo, cuando la gente no involucrada comienza a utilizar sistemas basados en Perl (en contraposición con utilizar Perl para escribir dichos sistemas), pedirles que se preocupen de cubrir las dependencias o que tengan en mente diferentes arquitecturas de distribución de software es una molestia por la que debemos evitar que pasen.
En mi plática, describo cómo Debian (y otras distribuciones de Software Libre) lidian con este problema, empaquetando un amplio subconjunto del archivo CPAN, cuál es la tarea y misión del equipo pkg-perl de Debian, algunas de las herramientas que utilizamos - y más importante que todo lo demás, cuál es la mejor manera en que podemos interactuar con ustedes, la comunidad de autores - respecto a nuestros sistemas de seguimiento de fallos, construcción de módulos, información de dependencias, etc.
Presenté esta plática en el YAPC::Europe 2007, Viena, agosto de 2007.

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