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

[Philip Brown]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
> 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.

Err, what?  WHY??

seems to me it is mostly only important at package creation time.
catalog is only for "binary package install" purposes.