Bug#735134: perl: rename(1) is ancient

[gregor herrmann]

On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 18:05:45 +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote:

> > A
> > maintained version is available as a separate package, libfile-rename-perl.
> This is a frustrating package name for an end user binary. Reminds
> me of the difficulty I have remembering which package the LWP-tools
> "GET" and "HEAD" live in. What's wrong with "rename"?

It's the package for the CPAN File::Rename distribution, and
therefore named accordingly to
https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-package_names
in Debian.

But yes, adding a "Provides: rename" wold probably make sense.

(Cf. also
http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/policy.html#package_naming_policy )
 
Cheers,
gregor

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