On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 03:07:39PM +0300, Niko Tyni wrote: > Package: release.debian.org > User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org > Usertags: transition > X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-p...@lists.debian.org > > We'd like to get Perl 5.26 in sid/buster soonish. > > As usual, we've done test rebuilds of packages build dependending on perl. > Things are looking pretty good. Known issues are at > > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=perl-5.26-transition;users=debian-p...@lists.debian.org > > and should be marked as blockers of this bug next.
Previously we only used blockers to track FTBFS in packages needing binNMUing - so far I have just added those. I think it probably makes sense to keep with that, as the above link give you the full picture when needed. > We'll ping this bug when things are ready, but please let us know if > you have any preference about the timing. Indeed, it might be worth having debconf as a target? > It might be prudent to decouple the move to versioned Provides (see > #758100 and the thread at [1]) from the rest of the transition and do > it with 5.24 in sid first. I hope to have time for that next week. > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00236.html +1 to that! Cheers, Dominic.
