Bug#397779: libmail-spf-query-perl should have dependency on LMAP::CID2SPF module

[Julian Mehnle]

Peter Fokkinga wrote:
> Package: libmail-spf-query-perl
> Version: 1.997-3
>
> The Perl module Mail::SPF::Query in libmail-spf-query-perl uses
> LMAP::CID2SPF but AFAIK this module is not available as a Debian
> package.
> 
> When spamassassin is installed in combination with libmail-spf-query-perl
> then the following error will end up in /var/log/mail.warn
>
> Nov  7 22:28:00 jet spamd[514]: Can't locate LMAP/CID2SPF.pm in @INC
> (@INC contains: ../lib /usr/share/perl5 /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.8.7 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /usr/shar e/perl5/Mail/SPF/Query.pm line 1757, <GEN154> line 51.

Short answer:  This is really a design bug in Mail::SPF::Query < 1.998.

Long answer:

LMAP::CID2SPF was supposed to translate DNS records of Microsoft's long-
dead "Caller ID"[1] (not to be confused with their newer proposal called
"Sender ID") to SPF records.  However the Caller ID records out there can
be counted on a single hand, so there is no point in supporting those
records in Mail::SPF::Query.

Since this is a bug in Mail::SPF::Query 1.997 (and earlier), which is in
the current "stable" (AKA Sarge) distribution, an upload to "proposed-
updates" removing the use og LMAP::CID2SPF would be the appropriate and
minimally invasive solution.  An upload of 1.999.1 to "proposed-updates"
might be a viable alternative.

However, as Etch is about to be released soon, there is probably little
point in making a "proposed-updates" upload now...  Thus I propose to tag
this bug "wontfix".  Any objections?

Julian,
both upstream maintainer and a member of the Debian Perl Group.

References:
 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARID
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