clone 578547 -1 retitle -1 libdata-visitor-perl: move away from libdata-alias-perl ? reassign -1 libdata-visitor-perl 0.27-1 forwarded -1 http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=57410 user debian-p...@lists.debian.org usertags -1 perl-5.12-transition thanks
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 09:57:30PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > The good news is that the only direct reverse dependency, > libdata-visitor-perl, only uses Data::Alias::deref(), which works fine > with 5.12. Furthermore, it's really a soft dependency and the relevant > tests are skipped if Data::Alias is not installed. > > This gives us a few new options, assuming libdata-alias-perl doesn't > get fixed in time (or at all): > > A: disable the test suite in libdata-alias-perl and ship a package > that works just 'well enough' > > B: remove libdata-alias-perl from the archive: either > B1. remove the libdata-visitor-perl dependency on libdata-alias-perl > and hope that no libdata-visitor-perl reverse dependencies need > the removed functionality > OR > B2. split Data::Alias::deref() out into a new package and make > libdata-visitor-perl use that. > OR > B3. find another dereferencing implementation and make > libdata-visitor-perl use that. > > B2 or B3 are the only options that look "right" to me. > > Obviously upstream should be involved. I've filed [rt.cpan.org #57410] on Data-Visitor about this and updated the Data-Alias ticket [rt.cpan.org #36165]. -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
