On 4 May 2010 22:54, Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org> wrote: > unlike earlier versions, perl 5.12.0-1 in experimental is configured with > the "use64bitint" and "uselongdouble" options on all architectures. I'm > looking for input on whether this is the right choice for sid.
Sounds like a good idea to me. I had intended to do this for 5.10, as noted in #310995, but it appears to have slipped through the cracks at the time. > It would be possible to choose these settings separately for each > architecture. > Should I exclude the 'smaller' architectures (armel, mips*?) You could ask debian-...@lists.debian.org and the other ports lists, but it seems reasonable to include 64bit support only on those architectures where there is native 64 bit support in the chipset. > A complication is that it's hard to change these settings after an upload > to unstable because they change the binary interface. The perlapi-* > dependencies specified in the Perl policy only allow for ABI breaks when > the upstream version changes, so the transition would be a mess. > > See #579457 for an idea of how to make a cleaner transition possible; > even with that, it would be very much preferrable to get this "right" > the first time. I suspect that you may be over-thinking this. More comments in that bug shortly. --bod -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikrlwvlfcjpi5v0do16lci6t2ypkake39f1l...@mail.gmail.com
