#1145717 ITP: libconvert-base64-perl -- encoding and decoding of Base64 strings

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Edmund Lodewijks
Date:
2026-08-31 12:15:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1145717#5
Date:
2026-08-26 20:13:33 UTC
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* Package name    : libconvert-base64-perl
  Version         : 0.001
  Upstream Author : Robert Norris <rob@eatenbyagrue.org>
* URL             : https://metacpan.org/release/Convert-Base64
* License         : Artistic or GPL-1+
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : encoding and decoding of Base64 strings

Convert::Base64 converts strings to and from the Base64 encoding described in
RFC 4648, exporting encode_base64 and decode_base64.

It is a light wrapper over MIME::Base64 that omits the line wrapping and
padding options, for callers that want the plain RFC 4648 alphabet and
nothing else.

This module is a dependency of the Cassandane test suite shipped with
cyrus-imapd. Cassandane's 1383 tests cover the CalDAV, CardDAV, JMAP and Sieve
surface of the server; 35 suites currently cannot run in Debian because these
Perl modules are not packaged. See #1145447.

The package will be maintained under the umbrella of the Debian Perl Group.
#1145717#10
Date:
2026-08-31 12:12:10 UTC
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Not going to package this after all. Mail::JMAPTalk 0.18 replaced
Convert::Base64 with core MIME::Base64, and the module has no other
reverse dependencies in Debian. Asked ftp-master to reject the pending
upload from NEW.