Bug#550171: podlators-perl: uninstallable with Perl 5.10.1, possible removal?

[Niko Tyni]

reassign 550171 ftp.debian.org
severity 550171 normal
retitle 550171 RM: podlators-perl -- RoM; obsoleted by Perl 5.10.1
thanks

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 02:47:24PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Niko Tyni <ntyni at debian.org> writes:
> 
> > The Perl 5.10.1 packages conflict with podlators-perl (<= 2.2.2-1)
> > because the core version is an improvement over this one, see
> 
> >  http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/perl/5.10.1-5/fixes/pod2man-index-backslash.diff
> 
> > This means that the podlators-perl is currently uninstallable in sid
> > and there isn't much point in updating it.
> 
> > Given the upstream release rate has slowed down, I suppose there isn't
> > much point in having a separate package in Debian at all. Therefore I'm
> > inclined to turn this into a removal request from sid. In any case it
> > should be removed from squeeze so as not to block the testing transition
> > of the perl package.
> 
> > Russ (cc'd explicitly): please let me know what you think. 
> 
> I have no objections.  There will be a new release shortly, but I'm not
> sure if I'm going to get it done this week before I go on vacation, so
> shortly may be sometime in November.
> 
> The new release at this point only incorporates fixes that I think you
> already have applied to the core version.

OK, thanks. Let's go for the removal then.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org