microsoft / microsoft/OSSGadget
Enable support for Foo::Bar packages on CPAN
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C#
- Stars
- 371
- Forks
- 58
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Description
Most Perl packages are known as Foo::Bar rather than Foo-Bar. It would be nice to specify it that way unless it breaks PackageURL.
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Research direction
Start by locating the Perl package-name parsing entry point and the code that converts package names to PackageURL values. Check existing tests for Perl package identifiers, then verify that Foo::Bar input is accepted while PackageURL compatibility remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100