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Clarify scope in README
Note that Docker Library has some policies that limit the scope the official images.
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docker-perl
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This project is the source for the Docker perl repo; for more details,
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take a look at https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/perl/.
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This project is the source for the [Docker Library official perl images](https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/perl/),
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which builds the officially-supported perl versions ([perlpolicy](https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy)) on
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the officially supported Debian base images for several
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architectures. These are reviewed and built by Docker Library.
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The structure of this repo is to use the full version ID of each Perl
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locally applied patches. These changes should be limited to Configure
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rather than to code itself, and will be a cherry pick or back port of a
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patch from the mainline perl branch whenever possible.
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## See Also
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* [Docker Library FAQ](https://github.com/docker-library/faq?tab=readme-ov-file#what-do-you-mean-by-official)
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