[SCM] Debian packaging of Import-Into CPAN distribution branch, master, updated. 2482d0139e2272375a53e49b4a4dd3a9634d3624
Nuno Carvalho
smash at cpan.org
Wed Aug 1 18:02:20 UTC 2012
The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 6b7397d5af6b9057eb1f96ad6f8bfaf623d59299
Author: Nuno Carvalho <smash at cpan.org>
Date: Wed Aug 1 18:44:00 2012 +0100
Improve long description in d/control
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c3ed3ad..2e73574 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
libimport-into-perl (1.001000-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
- TODO:
- - d/control:
- + long description should mention Import::Into somewhere to make searching
- for the module easier
- + hm, the long description only says what other modules don't offer but
- not what this one actually does :)
-
* Initial Release. (Closes: #683423)
-- Nuno Carvalho <smash at cpan.org> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:52:07 +0100
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7224930..a7f6997 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ Package: libimport-into-perl
Architecture: all
Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
Description: module for importing packages into other packages
- Writing exporters is a pain. Some use Exporter, some use Sub::Exporter, some
- use Moose::Exporter, some use Exporter::Declare and some things are pragmas.
+ Import::Into creates a global method import::into which you can call on
+ any package to import it into another package. This is useful because
+ there are many diferent ways to write exporters: some use Exporter, some
+ use Sub::Exporter, some use Moose::Exporter, some use Exporter::Declare
+ and some things are pragmas.
.
- If you want to re-export other things, you have to know which is which.
+ And if you want to re-export other things, you have to know which is which.
Exporter subclasses provide export_to_level, but if they overrode their
- import method all bets are off. Sub::Exporter provides an into parameter but
- figuring out something used it isn't trivial. Pragmas need to have their
- import method called directly since they affect the current unit of
- compilation.
+ import method all bets are off. Sub::Exporter provides an into parameter
+ but figuring out something used it isn't trivial. Pragmas need to have
+ their import method called directly since they affect the current unit of
+ compilation. Import::Into can be used to import packages into other packages
+ without having to deal with the specific details of every exporting approach.
--
Debian packaging of Import-Into CPAN distribution
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