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

[Danai SAE-HAN ( 韓達耐 )]

Ok, thanks for the info!

BR

-- 
Danai

On 8 October 2010 12:24, Niko Tyni <ntyni at debian.org> wrote:
> 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