Source: libtext-roman-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: Gunnar Wolf , Axel Beckert Section: perl Priority: optional Standards-Version: 4.1.1 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libtext-roman-perl.git Vcs-Git: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/pkg-perl/packages/libtext-roman-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Text-Roman Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10), perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Package: libtext-roman-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends} Description: Allows conversion between Roman and Arabic algarisms Text::Roman supports both conventional Roman algarisms (which range from 1 to 3999) and Milhar Romans, a variation which uses a bar across the algarism to indicate multiplication by 1_000. For the purposes of this module, acceptable syntax consists of an underscore suffixed to the algarism e.g. IV_V = 4_005. The term Milhar apparently derives from the Portuguese word for "thousands" and the range of this notation extends the range of Roman numbers to 3999 * 1000 + 3999 = 4_002_999.