time for perl 5.10.x in devel?

Tom "spot" Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Mon Nov 26 16:18:18 UTC 2007


On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 11:16 -0800, Chris Weyl wrote:

> 642 noarch
> 172 x86_64
> -------------
> 814 total
> 
> I suspect we can ease the pain by coordinating a mass rebuild here,
> and just kicking off the rebuilds centrally.  (e.g. an annointed
> Rebuilder In Chief)

The circular dependencies will be fun!

First things first, lets divide up all of jpo's perl packages tomorrow
(assuming that he doesn't come out of AWOL status in the next 24 hours),
so that we have owners to help push this through.

Here's the list of his packages (mostly perl), feel free to start
staking claims on what you'd like:

      * asymptote -- Descriptive vector graphics language
      * eventlog -- Syslog-ng v2 support library
      * kchmviewer -- CHM viewer with KDE support
      * libcgi -- CGI easy as C
      * libol -- Support library for syslog-ng
      * libsmi -- A library to access SMI MIB information
      * nagios-plugins -- Host/service/network monitoring program
        plugins for Nagios
      * nagios-plugins-snmp-disk-proc -- Nagios SNMP plugins to monitor
        remote disk and processes
      * pdfjam -- Utilities for join, rotate and align PDFs
      * perl-Alien-wxWidgets -- Building, finding and using wxWidgets
        binaries
      * perl-AppConfig -- Perl module for reading configuration files
      * perl-Array-Compare -- Perl extension for comparing arrays
      * perl-Authen-SASL -- SASL Authentication framework for Perl
      * perl-B-Keywords -- Lists of reserved barewords and symbol names
      * perl-Cache-Cache -- Generic cache interface and implementations
      * perl-Cairo -- Perl interface to the cairo library
      * perl-Carp-Assert -- Executable comments
      * perl-Carp-Assert-More -- Convenience wrappers around
        Carp::Assert
      * perl-Compress-Bzip2 -- Interface to Bzip2 compression library
      * perl-Config-IniFiles -- A module for reading .ini-style
        configuration files
      * perl-Config-Tiny -- Perl module for reading and writing .ini
        style configuration files
      * perl-CSS-Tiny -- Read/Write .css files with as little code as
        possible
      * perl-Data-Compare -- Compare perl data structures
      * perl-DBD-CSV -- DBI driver for CSV files
      * perl-DBD-SQLite -- Self Contained RDBMS in a DBI Driver
      * perl-DBD-XBase -- Perl module for reading and writing the dbf
        files
      * perl-Devel-Cover -- Code coverage metrics for Perl
      * perl-Devel-Cycle -- Find memory cycles in objects
      * perl-Digest-MD4 -- Perl interface to the MD4 Algorithm
      * perl-Email-Address -- RFC 2822 Address Parsing and Creation
      * perl-Email-MessageID -- Generate world unique message-ids
      * perl-Email-MIME -- Easy MIME message parsing
      * perl-Email-MIME-ContentType -- Parse a MIME Content-Type Header
      * perl-Email-MIME-Encodings -- Unified interface to MIME encoding
        and decoding
      * perl-Email-MIME-Modifier -- Modify Email::MIME Objects Easily
      * perl-Email-Simple -- Simple parsing of RFC2822 message format
        and headers
      * perl-Error -- Error Perl module
      * perl-Expect -- Expect for Perl
      * perl-Expect-Simple -- Wrapper around the Expect module
      * perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder -- Compile and link C code for Perl
        modules
      * perl-ExtUtils-Depends -- Easily build XS extensions that depend
        on XS extensions
      * perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS -- Module and a script for converting Perl
        XS code into C code
      * perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig -- Simplistic interface to pkg-config
      * perl-File-Find-Rule-PPI -- Add support for PPI queries to
        File::Find::Rule
      * perl-File-HomeDir -- Get the home directory for yourself or
        other users
      * perl-File-Tail -- Perl extension for reading from continously
        updated files
      * perl-File-Which -- Portable implementation of the 'which'
        utility
      * perl-FreezeThaw -- Convert Perl structures to strings and back
      * perl-GD -- Perl interface to the GD graphics library
      * perl-GDGraph -- Graph generation package for Perl
      * perl-GDGraph3d -- 3D graph generation package for Perl
      * perl-GDTextUtil -- Text utilities for use with GD
      * perl-Geo-Constants -- Standard Geo:: constants
      * perl-Geo-Ellipsoids -- Standard Geo:: ellipsoids
      * perl-Geo-Forward -- Calculate geographic location from lat, lon,
        distance, and heading
      * perl-Geo-Functions -- Standard Geo:: functions
      * perl-Geo-Inverse -- Calculate geographic distance from a lat &
        lon pair
      * perl-Glib -- Perl interface to GLib
      * perl-GPS -- Perl interface to a GPS receiver that implements the
        Garmin protocol
      * perl-GPS-PRN -- Package for PRN - Object ID conversions
      * perl-GSSAPI -- Perl extension providing access to the GSSAPIv2
        library
      * perl-Gtk2 -- Perl interface to the 2.x series of the Gimp
        Toolkit library
      * perl-Hook-LexWrap -- Lexically scoped subroutine wrappers
      * perl-HTML-Scrubber -- Library for scrubbing/sanitizing html
      * perl-HTML-Template -- Perl module to use HTML Templates
      * perl-HTTP-Proxy -- A pure Perl HTTP proxy
      * perl-HTTP-Recorder -- Record interaction with web sites
      * perl-HTTP-Request-Params -- Retrieve GET/POST Parameters from
        HTTP Requests
      * perl-HTTP-Server-Simple -- Very simple standalone HTTP daemon
      * perl-Image-Base -- Base class for loading, manipulating and
        saving images in Perl
      * perl-Image-Info -- Image meta information extraction module for
        Perl
      * perl-Image-Size -- Determine the size of images in several
        common formats in Perl
      * perl-Image-Xbm -- Load, create, manipulate and save xbm image
        files in Perl
      * perl-Image-Xpm -- Load, create, manipulate and save xpm image
        files in Perl
      * perl-IO-Capture -- Abstract Base Class to build modules to
        capture output
      * perl-IO-Interface -- Perl extension for accessing network card
        configuration information
      * perl-IO-Socket-SSL -- Perl library for transparent SSL
      * perl-IO-String -- Emulate file interface for in-core strings
      * perl-IO-Tty -- Perl interface to pseudo tty's
      * perl-IO-Zlib -- Perl IO:: style interface to Compress::Zlib
      * perl-IPC-Shareable -- Share Perl variables between processes
      * perl-IPC-SharedCache -- Perl module to manage a cache in SysV
        IPC shared memory
      * perl-List-MoreUtils -- Provide the stuff missing in List::Util
      * perl-Locale-Maketext-Fuzzy -- Maketext from already interpolated
        strings
      * perl-Log-Dispatch -- Dispatches messages to one or more outputs
      * perl-Log-Dispatch-FileRotate -- Log to files that archive/rotate
        themselves
      * perl-Log-Log4perl -- Log4j implementation for Perl
      * perl-Mail-Sender -- Module for sending mails with attachments
        through an SMTP server
      * perl-Mail-Sendmail -- Simple platform independent mailer for
        Perl
      * perl-MARC-Record -- Object-oriented abstraction of MARC record
        handling
      * perl-MLDBM -- Store multi-level hash structure in single level
        tied hash
      * perl-Module-CoreList -- Perl core modules indexed by perl
        versions
      * perl-Module-Find -- Find and use installed modules in a
        (sub)category
      * perl-Module-Locate -- Locate modules in the same fashion as
        "require" and "use"
      * perl-Module-ScanDeps -- Recursively scan Perl code for
        dependencies
      * perl-Module-Versions-Report -- Report versions of all modules in
        memory
      * perl-Net-GPSD -- Provides an object client interface to the gpsd
        server daemon
      * perl-Net-SNMP -- Object oriented interface to SNMP
      * perl-Net-SSLeay -- Perl extension for using OpenSSL
      * perl-PadWalker -- Play with other peoples' lexical variables

      * perl-Perl-Critic -- Critique Perl source code for best-practices
      * perl-pmtools -- A suite of small programs to help manage Perl
        modules
      * perl-Pod-Coverage -- Checks if the documentation of a module is
        comprehensive
      * perl-Pod-Escapes -- Perl module for resolving POD escape
        sequences
      * perl-Pod-Simple -- Framework for parsing POD documentation
      * perl-Pod-Spell -- A formatter for spellchecking Pod
      * perl-Pod-Strip -- Remove POD from Perl code
      * perl-PPI -- Parse, Analyze and Manipulate Perl
      * perl-PPI-HTML -- Generate syntax-hightlighted HTML for Perl
        using PPI
      * perl-PPI-Tester -- A wxPerl-based interactive PPI
        debugger/tester
      * perl-Scalar-Properties -- Run-time properties on scalar
        variables
      * perl-Set-Scalar -- Basic set operations
      * perl-SNMP_Session -- SNMP support for Perl 5
      * perl-Socket6 -- IPv6 related part of the C socket.h defines and
        structure manipulators
      * perl-SQL-Statement -- SQL parsing and processing engine
      * perl-String-Format -- Sprintf-like string formatting
        capabilities with arbitrary format definitions
      * perl-Sub-Uplevel -- Run a perl function in an upper stack frame
      * perl-Test-Builder-Tester -- Test runner for Test::Builder
        testsuites
      * perl-Test-Cmd -- Perl module for portable testing of commands
        and scripts
      * perl-Test-Differences -- Test strings and data structures and
        show differences if not ok
      * perl-Test-Exception -- Library of test functions for exception
        based Perl code
      * perl-Test-Expect -- Automated driving and testing of
        terminal-based programs
      * perl-Test-File -- Test file attributes
      * perl-Test-Manifest -- Test case module for Perl
      * perl-Test-Memory-Cycle -- Check for memory leaks and circular
        memory references
      * perl-Test-MockObject -- Perl extension for emulating troublesome
        interfaces
      * perl-Test-Number-Delta -- Compare the difference between numbers
        against a given tolerance
      * perl-Test-Object -- Thoroughly testing objects via registered
        handlers
      * perl-Test-Perl-Critic -- Use Perl::Critic in test programs
      * perl-Test-Pod -- Perl module for checking for POD errors in
        files
      * perl-Test-Pod-Coverage -- Check for pod coverage in your
        distribution
      * perl-Test-Spelling -- Check for spelling errors in POD files
      * perl-Test-SubCalls -- Track the number of times subs are called
      * perl-Test-Warn -- Perl extension to test methods for warnings
      * perl-Test-WWW-Mechanize -- Testing-specific WWW::Mechanize
        subclass
      * perl-TeX-Hyphen -- Hyphenate words using TeX's patterns
      * perl-Text-CSV_XS -- Comma-separated values manipulation routines
      * perl-Text-Template -- Expand template text with embedded Perl
      * perl-Text-WikiFormat -- Translate Wiki formatted text into other
        formats
      * perl-Tie-IxHash -- Ordered associative arrays for Perl
      * perl-Tree-DAG_Node -- Class for representing nodes in a tree
      * perl-UNIVERSAL-can -- Hack around people calling
        UNIVERSAL::can() as a function
      * perl-UNIVERSAL-isa -- Hack around module authors using
        UNIVERSAL::isa as a function
      * perl-WWW-Bugzilla -- Handles submission/update of bugzilla bugs
        via WWW::Mechanize
      * perl-WWW-Mechanize -- Automates web page form & link interaction
      * perl-Wx -- Interface to the wxWidgets cross-platform GUI toolkit
      * perl-XML-Simple -- Easy API to maintain XML in Perl
      * srecord -- Manipulate EPROM load files
      * swatch -- Tool for actively monitoring log files
      * syslog-ng -- Syslog replacement daemon
      * tetex-beamer -- A LaTeX class for producing presentations and
        slides
      * tetex-bytefield -- Create illustrations for network protocol
        specifications
      * tetex-perltex -- Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code
      * tetex-pgf -- Create PostScript and PDF graphics in TeX
      * tetex-xcolor -- Driver-independent color extensions for LaTeX
        and pdfLaTeX

~spot




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