Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: transition X-Debbugs-Cc: p...@packages.debian.org
Perl 5.40.1 is in experimental, and I think it's ready for unstable + testing. I expect this is the version we will want to release trixie with. It is ABI compatible with 5.40.0, but will need five packages to be rebuilt, because they have strict dependencies on the upstream version for various reasons [1]. nmu libpar-packer-perl libdevel-cover-perl libclass-xsaccessor-perl libcommon-sense-perl libdevel-mat-dumper-perl . ANY . -m "Rebuild against Perl 5.40.1." --extra-depends 'perl-base (>= 5.40.1)' I have tested the new version on amd64 by rebuilding and running autopkgtest checks on ~5K related packages and found no regressions. I don't quite understand why latexml fails on ci.debian.net, but it passes for me locally. I suspect --add-apt-source or --pin-packages don't work quite perfectly with build dependency resolution under 'build-needed'. After more than fifteen years of doing this I'm still not sure about your preferred process for these minor Perl releases, so I'm erring on the safe side. Please let me know if/when it's OK to upload to unstable. [1] see https://wiki.debian.org/PerlMaintenance#Point_releases_only Thanks for your work, -- Niko
