Bug#942220: please move perl-modules-5.xx to section libs

[Niko Tyni]

Control: reopen -1
Control: retitle -1 override:perl-modules-5.30:libs/standard
Control: reassign -1 ftp.debian.org

On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 05:36:00PM +0200, Ivo De Decker wrote:
> package: perl
> severity: important
> version: 5.30.0-6
 
> Currently, perl-modules-5.30 is in section perl. Please move it to section
> libs.
> 
> Britney only allows 'smooth updates' for binaries in section libs (or
> oldlibs). During a perl transition, this should allows the old libperl5.xx to
> stay in testing when a newer perl migrates. This means only the packages that
> depend on the api need to go in together.
> 
> This currently doesn't work, because libperl5.30 (section libs) depends on
> perl-modules-5.30 (section perl). As the old perl-modules-5.xx isn't allowed
> to stay in testing, libperl5.xx can't stay around either. Moving
> perl-modules-5.30 to libs would fix that (for the next transition).

It looks like this will need an override update too, so reopening and
moving to ftp.debian.org.

override.sid.main.gz currently has

  perl-modules-5.30       standard        perl    

Please change the section to libs or remove the override if applicable.

Thanks for your work on Debian,
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org