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Perl for Server Spin/SIG
Goal: have a list of main Perl modules needed on production server.
Good candidates: It should be small group, which should be part of Server from ServerSIG. These aim is take more care about them and watch growth of requirements of these packages.
Candidates
Minimal installation
(modules without their dependencies)
| package | what does it do | comments |
|---|---|---|
| perl-Archive-Tar | an interface to TAR archive files | |
| perl-Archive-Zip | an interface to ZIP archive files | |
| perl-CGI-Session | persistent session data in CGI applications | |
| perl-CGI | simply CGI | |
| perl-core | main perl (interpreter and core modules) | |
| perl-Crypt-SSLeay | OpenSSL support for LWP (libwww-perl) | |
| perl-DBD-MySQL | database driver | |
| perl-DBD-Pg | database driver | |
| perl-DBD-SQLite | database driver | |
| perl-DBI | database independent interface | |
| perl-DBIx-Simple | OO interface to database | |
| perl-LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | |
| perl-libguestfs | it's sub-package of libguestfs incorrectly sub-packaged | |
| perl-libwww-perl | Library for WWW in Perl - accessing data on web | |
| perl-libxml-perl | no ratings, 6 years without new release, few dependencies | remove? |
| perl-Mozilla-LDAP | could be removed? last release in 1999, no rating | |
| perl-Net-DNS-Nameserver | interface for DNS nameserver | |
| perl-Net-DNS | interface to DNS resolver | |
| perl-Task-Weaken | test whether XS support is in use, otherwise print warning | |
| perl-URI | Uniform Resource Identifiers | |
| perl-XML-LibXML | Perl Binding for libxml2 | must for perl-XML-SAX |
| perl-XML-LibXSLT | Interface to the gnome libxslt library | dependency of Publican |
| perl-XML-SAX | Simple API for XML | must for perl-XML-LibXML |
| perl-YAML | generic data serialization language |
Catalyst, CGI,...
| package | what does it do | comments |
|---|---|---|
| perl-Task-Catalyst | install all Catalyst modules | choose only some Catalyst:: |
| Catalyst::EngineHTTP::Prefork | add? | |
| Catalyst::Engine::PSGI | add? | |
| perl-CGI | Handle Common Gateway Interface requests and responses | |
| perl-FCGI | FastCGI Perl bindings | |
| perl-FCCI-ProcManager | A FastCGI process manager | |
| perl-JSON | converts Perl data structures to JSON and vice versa | |
| perl-JSON-XS | converts Perl data structures to JSON and vice versa |
CPAN enablement
(is it needed on production server?)
| perl-local-lib | create local path for installation from cpan |
| perl-App-perlbrew | help switch between perl releases |
Useful
Plack - PSGI stack