[oe] SUMMARY/DESCRIPTION for "libmodule-build-perl_0.31.bb" refers to "tiny" version

[Tim Orling]

> On Feb 17, 2017, at 3:12 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
>  just noticed that in meta-openembedded/meta-perl layer, there are
> two recipes for perl module building:
> 
>  * libmodule-build-perl_0.31.bb
>  * libmodule-build-tiny-perl_0.036.bb
> 
> but the SUMMARY and DESCRIPTION for the first (non-tiny) version
> clearly was copied and pasted from the second (tiny) version:
> 
> SUMMARY = "Module::Build::Tiny - A tiny replacement for Module::Build"
> DESCRIPTION = "Many Perl distributions use a Build.PL file instead of a \
> Makefile.PL file to drive distribution configuration, build, test and \
> installation. Traditionally, Build.PL uses Module::Build as the underlying \
> build system. This module provides a simple, lightweight, drop-in replacement. \
> Whereas Module::Build has over 6,700 lines of code; this module has less than \
> 120, yet supports the features needed by most distributions.”
> 

I authored the libmodule-build-tiny-perl recipe. I can’t speak for the libmodule-build-perl recipe’s creation process, but it does seem your hypothesis is likely.

>  i'm going to let someone higher up the food chain deal with that.
> 

Perhaps you should consider submitting a patch? Here is where the data should come from:
https://metacpan.org/pod/Module::Build#DESCRIPTION <https://metacpan.org/pod/Module::Build#DESCRIPTION>



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