[libmodule-install-perl] 05/06: move the discouragement paragraph to the start of the long description

Damyan Ivanov dmn at moszumanska.debian.org
Wed Oct 25 13:30:42 UTC 2017


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commit 01437b74584552121fcf7660e3e0ab6c9c110f9f
Author: Damyan Ivanov <dmn at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 25 13:25:17 2017 +0000

    move the discouragement paragraph to the start of the long description
---
 debian/control | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1636b83..8f4b1f4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ Recommends: libarchive-zip-perl (>= 1.37),
             libjson-perl,
             libpar-dist-perl
 Description: framework for installing Perl modules
+ NOTE: while Module::Install pioneered many great ideas in its time, its
+ primary benefits have been better achieved by other tools, like Dist::Zilla,
+ and its spinoffs. Use of Module::Install for new distributions is therefore
+ discouraged by the maintainers.
+ .
  Module::Install is a package for writing installers for CPAN (or CPAN-like)
  distributions that are clean, simple, minimalist, act in a strictly correct
  manner with ExtUtils::MakeMaker. It will run on any Perl installation version
@@ -44,8 +49,3 @@ Description: framework for installing Perl modules
  in Makefile.PL in a simple and portable way. It is simple to learn, and has
  the same features as ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build. However, it has
  the advantage that it requires no installation for end-users.
- .
- Please note that while Module::Install pioneered many great ideas in its
- time, its primary benefits have been better achieved by other tools, like
- Dist::Zilla, and its spinoffs. Use of Module::Install for new distributions
- is therefore discouraged by the maintainers.

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