[pkg-firebird-general] DBD::InterBase license ?

[Kai Bäsler]

Hello Damyan,

>> Allright, i already feared it would be that way. Is there any  
>> chance to
>> get it mentioned in the documentation? I could contribute a short  
>> howto
>> and describe how to use dh-make-perl to make your own .deb from  
>> the CPAN
>> distribution.
>
> Which documentation you suggest mentions this? README.DBD::Interbase
> in /usr/share/doc/firebird/ ?
> It would be great if you can prepare it.

May i suggest something like README.Drivers? We could then make it a  
little more generic and mention the already existing packages for PHP  
and Python. In addition i would add a section about Perl (IBPerl and  
DBD::InterBase) and maybe we can mention the Ruby effort to.

It will take a few days, but i think i can have a rough cut through  
the end of next week.


>>> However, you may want to give IBPerl a try. ...
>>> Ah, and it would be exceptionally great if you're interested in
>>> transforming IBPerl into DBD::Firebird or something. License is  
>>> "same
>>> as perl" so no problems on the legal side. I could even take the  
>>> steps
>>> to put it in the official archive then.
>>
>> What needs to be done?
>
> Too much, probably. I still can't find the time and the energy to
> write a full-blown DBD driver out of IBPerl. I don't know much of DBD
> internals too. Maybe some other life :)

Why not making libiperl-perl (or libfirebird-perl?) official as a  
first step?

Kai