missing perl files in perl-tar

Martin Hepworth martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM
Wed Jul 28 15:53:03 IST 2004


Jeff

more likely both named after Portland in Dorset, UK..


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Jeff A. Earickson wrote:
> Julian,
>    What I would do is create an "optional" subdirectory under perl-tar,
> put the extra modules in there, along with a README file as to why
> they are there and why they are optional.
>
> Hope you are enjoying Portland, Oregon in the Northwest.  Next trip come
> to Portland, Maine in the NorthEast.  As I remember the story, the
> Oregon town was named after the Maine town.  A homesick Mainer stuck
> out west, I think.  Or maybe they just wanted to confuse travelers and
> airlines for eons to come.
>
> Jeff Earickson
> Colby College (in Maine!)
>
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Julian Field wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:56:46 +0100
>> From: Julian Field <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>> Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Subject: Re: missing perl files in perl-tar
>>
>> At 19:09 27/07/2004, you wrote:
>>
>>> Julian,
>>>    Maybe you should include copies of the clamav and sophos
>>> perl module pieces in the perl-tar subdirectory:
>>>
>>> Mail-ClamAV-0.11
>>> SAVI-Perl-01?  5?
>>>
>>> That might help people...
>>
>>
>> I didn't want to include these in the list, as people not using them
>> would
>> be told that they were missing, which may lead to confusion. So I thought
>> it better to just miss out modules which weren't installed.
>> What do you think?
>> Would you prefer to have a second "optional" list of modules, that would
>> include ClamAV, SAVI and SpamAssassin?
>>
>> P.S. I have now added Net::LDAP Mail::SpamAssassin SAVI Mail::ClamAV
>> to an
>> "optional" list which will report as "missing" if they aren't there. Good
>> idea, thanks for that.
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