-=| Joey Hess, Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:44:55AM -0400 |=- > Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: > > * The requirement for Perl modules to have a versioned Depend > > and > > Build-Depend on perl >= 5.6.0-16 has been removed. [perl] > > > > So the fallback to the version (>= 5.6.0-16) should be possible to > > drop in dh_perl. > > It's certianly possible to drop. > > I don't, however, know if there's any point in me dropping it. > > (Especially as backporters may want to add it back in.)
As I see it, the versioned dependency only matters if one tries to install woody+ packages on potato. This is to be avoided because of the change in the directory structure in 5.6.0-16. (historical info: potato has 5.004.05-2, woody has 5.6.1-8.9) The difference between with or without the version would be uninstallable bakcage (with) vs. non-working package (without). Though I admit uninstallable package is better than a not working one, does this mean we'd keep the dependency versioned forever? Potato is four releases behind the current stable already (potato woody sarge etch lenny). Even security updates were discontinued since July 2003 :) I hope this clarifies the reasoning behind Salvatore's proposal. It bascally means "we don't care about potato anymore", which is not far from the reality, I think. -- dam
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