Bug#599486: Please update Unicode::Collate (>= 0.60)

[Niko Tyni]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 01:08:26AM +0200, Danai SAE-HAN wrote:
> Package: perl-modules
> Version: 5.10.1-15
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: sid

> In order to package biblatex-biber (see RFPs #570018 and #598160) I need a
> more recent version of Unicode::Collate (at least version 0.60; the latest
> version is 0.62).  It can be
> found at http://search.cpan.org/~sadahiro/Unicode-Collate/ .
> 
> Is it possible to package the newer upstream version?  Or do I need to
> create the libunicode-collate-perl package?  Thanks for your response!

We generally don't upgrade the bundled modules to stay consistent with
the upstream versions of the Perl core. Given that Unicode-Collate-0.60
isn't even the latest upstream development release of Perl (5.13.5) yet, a
separate libunicode-collate-perl package would be the preferred solution.

If/when the separate package enters unstable, please file a bug against
perl for adding the Provides/Replaces/Conflicts dance like we do for
all the other separately packaged dual lived modules.

Cheers,
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org