Re: [PATCH 1/3] gnu: Add perl-log-any.

[Ben Woodcroft <b.woodcroft@uq.edu.au>]

Thanks. I was in the process of packaging log4perl also, you beat me to it.

On 17/07/16 04:20, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
> * gnu/packages/perl.scm (perl-log-any): New variable.
> ---
>   gnu/packages/perl.scm | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 31 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/perl.scm b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
> index aed2a61..486dbc2 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/perl.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/perl.scm
> @@ -2939,6 +2939,37 @@ either uses the first module it finds or throws an error.")
>   versa.")
>       (license (package-license perl))))
>   
> +(define-public perl-log-any
> +  (package
> +    (name "perl-log-any")
> +    (version "1.040")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       (uri (string-append "mirror://cpan/authors/id/D/DA/DAGOLDEN/Log-Any-"
> +                           version ".tar.gz"))
> +       (sha256
> +        (base32
> +         "0r1q7cclgwl24gzdnjzvd8y0r7j17dngjk492x35w198zhdj2ncp"))))
> +    (build-system perl-build-system)
> +    (home-page "http://search.cpan.org/dist/Log-Any")
> +    (synopsis "Bringing loggers and listeners together")
> +    (description "Log::Any provides a standard log production API for
> +modules.  Log::Any::Adapter allows applications to choose the mechanism for log
> +consumption, whether screen, file or another logging mechanism like
> +Log::Dispatch or Log::Log4perl.
> +
> +A CPAN module uses Log::Any to get a log producer object.  An application, in
> +turn, may choose one or more logging mechanisms via Log::Any::Adapter, or none
> +at all.
> +
> +Log::Any has a very tiny footprint and no dependencies beyond Perl 5.8.1,

A reference to the specific Perl version is a bit out of place, no? 
Maybe 'no dependencies beyond Perl itself'. Otherwise LGTM.

> +which makes it appropriate for even small CPAN modules to use.  It defaults to
> +'null' logging activity, so a module can safely log without worrying about
> +whether the application has chosen (or will ever choose) a logging
> +mechanism.")
> +    (license (package-license perl))))
> +
>   (define-public perl-log-report-optional
>     (package
>       (name "perl-log-report-optional")