[csw-maintainers] Changing the package description for Perl modules

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 02.03.2010 um 19:14 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org>  
> wrote:
>>
>> If I want to install a Perl module I have to look up which package
>> it is in. That means I know it is Config::Augeas on CPAN. This may
>> or may nor translate to CSWpmconfigaugeas, CSWpmcfgaugeas or
>> CSWpmcfgaug. We could also have special variables in the pkginfo
>> which must then find their way to the package database somehow, like
>>  PERL_MODULE_NAME=Config::Augeas
>> That's why the description seemsed easiest.
>
> I think that the special variable may be the best approach; some of
> those CPAN paths are ludicrously long, and would then obscure a
> meaningful description field.

Ok then. The "upstream name" will then become field no. 9 in the catalog
(that's what I meant with package database). It is imperative to have  
this
information available easily on package installation.


Best regards

   -- Dago